Jewishness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Jewishness
Example Sentences
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“The difficulty here, I think, is that Jewishness doesn’t fit neatly into the categories Americans normally use,” said Jeffrey Kopstein, the chancellor’s professor of political science at UC Irvine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Waldemar’s Jewishness expresses itself in fighting for equal rights and helping the disenfranchised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
"I've never felt my Jewishness before. I've never experienced antisemitism in my whole life until now," MaryAnne says.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
Just like Esther, we are invited to step into our power - not by moving away from our Jewishness, but by stepping into it in order to enact change.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
It was in her sense of education, more than any other, that Mommy conveyed her Jewishness to us.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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