How to Use Jewry in a Sentence
Jewry
noun-
The question facing world Jewry is no longer whether Israel will survive, Rabbi London said.
— Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Approximately 50 percent of world Jewry lives in the state of Israel and roughly 50 percent live outside of Israel.
— Scott Meltzer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Leaders of the Jewish Agency implied that the state represented world Jewry, not its citizens.
— Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 -
In this struggle between good and evil, Muslims have a religious obligation to resist Israel and global Jewry.
— Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023 -
Advocating for the destruction of the country where almost half of world Jewry resides threatens the Jewish community with another genocide.
— Joshua Stanton, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024 -
However, he was reassigned to the camp the following year to oversee the mass extermination of Hungarian Jewry in an operation named after him.
— Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 -
The Council of Zambian Jewry accumulated $2 million — proceeds from the sale of community properties and investments.
— Harry D. Wall, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024 -
For more than two decades, the foundation has undertaken multifaceted efforts to solidify Israel’s relationship with American Jewry.
— James Linhardt, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
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