: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews
also
: being a Jew
Jewishly
adverb
Jewishness
noun
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The major inciting incident saw Carano sharing a post from another account that seemingly compared the treatment of conservatives in the U.S. during the COVID pandemic to that of Jewish people during Nazi-era Germany.
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Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
In August 2005, as part of Israel’s unilateral disengagement, the government forcibly removed approximately 8,600 Jewish residents from the area.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
And so while other Israelis mourned, the hard right went to work, methodically building a political movement to retake the Gaza Strip, annex it, and repopulate it with Jewish settlements.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
On Rosh Hashanah of 1944, Fernande met a young American Jewish soldier named David Snegg at the Grand Synagogue in Paris.
—Marc Snegg, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
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Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
In August 2005, as part of Israel’s unilateral disengagement, the government forcibly removed approximately 8,600 Jewish residents from the area.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
And so while other Israelis mourned, the hard right went to work, methodically building a political movement to retake the Gaza Strip, annex it, and repopulate it with Jewish settlements.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
On Rosh Hashanah of 1944, Fernande met a young American Jewish soldier named David Snegg at the Grand Synagogue in Paris.
—Marc Snegg, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewish. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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