Jewish
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism.
Jewish customs.
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Informal. Yiddish.
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Etymology
Origin of Jewish
1540–50; Jew + -ish 1; compare Old English iudēisc < Late Latin iudē ( us ) Jew + Old English -isc -ish 1
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So had the creation and decoration of Prague’s earliest Jewish synagogue, the Altneuschul, the double-naved Gothic house of worship completed in 1270 that is also the oldest still-active synagogue in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The objects displayed include Jewish marriage rings and beakers alongside gold and silver coins, belt buckles, jewelry and other secular items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Soviet Jewish immigrants arrived in large numbers during the 1990s, while affordable housing later attracted growing numbers of ultra-Orthodox families.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Much of this Iranian aggression has been aimed at Jewish communities, Sir Ken added, and also at "harder targets, like military sites".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Yes, Tía. Writing makes me feel better. And, you know, my favorite poet is Qasmuna—she was a Jewish woman too, though she wrote in Arabic.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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