non-Jewish

adjective

non-Jew·​ish ˌnän-ˈjü-ish 

: not Jewish : not being, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews

Since only about 10,000 Jews live in the city, the restaurant must attract non-Jewish patrons to survive.

—Julia M. Klein

non-Jew

ˌnän-ˈjü 

noun

plural non-Jews

Of the seven or eight people present, we were the only non-Jews.

—Clifford Thompson

Examples of non-Jewish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities. —Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025

As Ruth Wisse points out in her study of Sholem Aleichem in The Modern Jewish Canon, all of his contemporaries writing on the same topic, in Yiddish or Hebrew or a non-Jewish language, more or less side with the rebels. —Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025

The report is based on surveys of a representative sample of 2,056 Jewish and non-Jewish adults across the country between Oct. 8 and Nov. 29. —Katie Futterman Las Vegas Review-Journal (tns), arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025

Esther did not shy away from her disapproval after Noah began dating the non-Jewish Joanne, played by Kristin Bell. —Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for non-Jewish

• bluish
• jewish