: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews
also
: being a Jew
Jewishly
adverb
Jewishness
noun
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He’s gone now, and so is his city; even his father’s grave marker in the New Jewish Cemetery has long since vanished.
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Laura Moserb, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
Last month, police say, a 12-year-old Jewish girl was raped in a Paris suburb by three boys who tormented her with antisemitic insults.
—Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
The mural -- widely denounced as antisemitic -- was removed in 2012 but has been shared by other conservative political figures in the United States, according to Jewish Insider.
—Katie Bernard The Philadelphia Inquirer (tns), arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2024
Doby, Robinson and Greenberg all document the long-lasting relationship between African-American and Jewish sports fans standing together for decades in support of each other.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 July 2024
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Laura Moserb, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
Last month, police say, a 12-year-old Jewish girl was raped in a Paris suburb by three boys who tormented her with antisemitic insults.
—Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
The mural -- widely denounced as antisemitic -- was removed in 2012 but has been shared by other conservative political figures in the United States, according to Jewish Insider.
—Katie Bernard The Philadelphia Inquirer (tns), arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2024
Doby, Robinson and Greenberg all document the long-lasting relationship between African-American and Jewish sports fans standing together for decades in support of each other.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 July 2024
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“Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewish. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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