Jews

¹ Cultural  

1. The Israelites, particularly after their return from captivity in Babylon (see also Babylon) about five hundred years before the birth of Jesus; at that time, the Israelites were established as a religious group, founded on the Mosaic law, not simply a national group.

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Jews ² Cultural  

1. Adherents of Judaism.

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When the Jewish nation was destroyed by the Romans in the year a.d. 70 and the Jews were scattered throughout the world, their religious beliefs and customs allowed them to remain one people.

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Prior to Darby, Christians generally did not believe that Jews or a contemporary nation state called Israel had any role to play in the end times.

From Salon

"A school must be a place where children can attend classes in complete safety. Amsterdam must be a place where Jews can live in safety," she said.

From Barron's

"This is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community," Halsema said, stressing that Amsterdam "must be a place where Jews can live safely".

From BBC

American Jews were already reporting increasing unease over antisemitism and the new Middle East war is likely to compound those fears.

From Barron's

“A not uncommon greeting among Berlin Jews,” Mr. Buruma writes, was, “how is your emigration coming along?”

From The Wall Street Journal