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Religious Jews need a critical mass of committed coreligionists on campus for prayer quorums and holiday celebrations.
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Rebecca Sugar, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
Nowadays, half the world’s Jews live in Israel, which is surrounded by countries and peoples dedicated to its destruction — are their coreligionists living in the most powerful nation on Earth supposed to abandon them?
—Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
More than anything, Iran wants to preserve its regional power, based in proxies and allies that are often Shiite coreligionists.
—Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 27 Aug. 2019
Orthodox Jews of all ethnicities lean more conservative on Middle East politics than their coreligionists, according to a nationwide Pew Research Center survey in 2013.
—Dakota Smith, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
Persecuting religious dissenters in one nation might reignite war, as rulers of other countries would feel obliged to defend their coreligionists abroad.
—Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 27 Sep. 2017
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Rebecca Sugar, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
Nowadays, half the world’s Jews live in Israel, which is surrounded by countries and peoples dedicated to its destruction — are their coreligionists living in the most powerful nation on Earth supposed to abandon them?
—Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
More than anything, Iran wants to preserve its regional power, based in proxies and allies that are often Shiite coreligionists.
—Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 27 Aug. 2019
Orthodox Jews of all ethnicities lean more conservative on Middle East politics than their coreligionists, according to a nationwide Pew Research Center survey in 2013.
—Dakota Smith, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
Persecuting religious dissenters in one nation might reignite war, as rulers of other countries would feel obliged to defend their coreligionists abroad.
—Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 27 Sep. 2017
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“Coreligionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coreligionist. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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