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

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

But Noah’s on the verge of getting his own congregation, and about the only thing that could defer this lifelong dream would be a very public relationship with such an unfiltered — and, more importantly, non-Jewish — woman. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024

Other Dutch towns, however, have established stolpersteines for non-Jewish resistance to Nazis. —The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above