half-Jewish

• a word derived from Jewish.
  Jewish

  adjective

  of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism.

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half-Jewish

“This is an issue that arouses real passion,” said Rep. Seth Magaziner, a half-Jewish Rhode Island congressman navigating the same post-Oct. 7th currents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

The character’s identity plays an important role in the book, as she is written as a half-Mexican and half-Jewish lesbian.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Her mother was Baroness Eva Sacher-Masoch, a Hungarian, half-Jewish former ballet dancer who had fled the Nazis in World War II.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025

I am half-Jewish, but ... or ... my mother, so ...

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2019

Ben is half-Jewish, half-Chinese, raised in Newton, close to where Gogol and Sonia grew up.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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