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

Jewish and non-Jewish religious leaders from across New England gathered, including Ezra Stiles, a Congregationalist minister who later became president of Yale College. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024

Scharf, 38, was raised modern Orthodox in New York City and Florida, according to a 2023 profile in Jewish Insider, and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, an elite non-Jewish private prep school in Massachusetts. —Luke Tress, Sun Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024

Conservative and Orthodox rabbis are not permitted to marry a non-Jewish spouse, and as recently as 2023, the Conservative movement reiterated that its rabbis cannot perform interfaith marriages. —Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024

An Israeli constitution must also face the sensitive task of addressing the collective identity of Palestinian citizens, who constitute the country’s largest non-Jewish minority. —Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above