Example Sentences

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“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

“Is it the fair skin or the Jewish roots?” the half-Jewish rapper asks.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Character Zoe Gutierrez’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. 29, 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

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

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri