crypto-Jew

[ krip-toh-joo ]

/ ˈkrɪp toʊˌdʒu /

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noun

a member of a Jewish community who secretly practices Judaism while officially converting, under duress, to either Christianity or Islam.

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How to use crypto-Jew in a sentence

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marrying another Jew was not just a personal simcha (joy), but one for the community.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the book, there is a real guy named Gadbeck who was a German Jew who lived in Berlin the whole time during World War II.
How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall|William O’Connor|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

To me, being a Jew carries a low-grade paranoia that is both an overreaction and entirely justified, based on history.
Gaza, You're No Good For My Marriage|Josh Robin|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Again the young fellow repeats his fatal "Banco," as he stakes a fresh pile of notes handed to him by the obsequious Jew.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
It was crowned by a wide-brimmed bowler hat which the man wore pressed down upon his ears like a Jew pedlar.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
He had no other opportunity; for the Jew remained very surly and silent till night, when he prepared to go abroad.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
You may burn a candle, said the Jew, putting one upon the table; and heres a book for you to read till they come to fetch you.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Here, said Toby, as the young Jew placed some fragments of food and a bottle upon the table, Success to the crack!
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens