According to the Ten Commandments and classical Jewish law (halacha), it is forbidden for Jews to worship any deity other than the God of Israel—specifically by bowing or offering incense, sacrifices, or poured libations.
Historically, Judaism has incorporated the wisdom of alien religions that do not contradict the Torah while rejecting polytheism and the worship of graven images.
[8] Many young Israelis are drawn to the appeal of Buddhist meditation as a means to alleviate the violence and conflict witnessed in their everyday lives and explain the Jews' longstanding history of persecution.
[9] Some strains of Orthodox Judaism (e.g., Breslovers) have embraced meditation since the 18th century as a means to commune with God, but Reform Jews have historically opposed it in favor of a more rationalist, intellectual form of worship.
The drunkenness of Noah is perhaps the most famous example, but the Book of Proverbs also warns that alcohol abuse leads to misfortune, poverty, and general sinfulness due to the removal of all inhibitions.
[19] Jews and Buddhists frequently regard the prophets of the Tanakh as similar beings to the bodhisattvas because they too delay entry to the afterlife until they have completed their mission of saving the children of Israel during times of persecution.