: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews
also
: being a Jew
Jewishly
adverb
Jewishness
noun
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Both campaigns also, in these last days, invoked Philadelphia’s Jewish delis.
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Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2024
Israelis worry that sharing a democratic state with Palestinians would necessarily mark the end of a Jewish one.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Israel used clandestine operations to assassinate key Iranian figures and execute cyberattacks on vital facilities as Iran continued activating its Arab proxy militias to attack the Jewish state.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
In another interview with Tucker Carlson (at the time with Fox), Ye suggested that the Ku Klux Klan and American birth control activist Margaret Sanger had created Planned Parenthood with the goal of controlling the Jewish population.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2024
Israelis worry that sharing a democratic state with Palestinians would necessarily mark the end of a Jewish one.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Israel used clandestine operations to assassinate key Iranian figures and execute cyberattacks on vital facilities as Iran continued activating its Arab proxy militias to attack the Jewish state.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
In another interview with Tucker Carlson (at the time with Fox), Ye suggested that the Ku Klux Klan and American birth control activist Margaret Sanger had created Planned Parenthood with the goal of controlling the Jewish population.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewish. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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