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
"I grew up in a religious context where my Jewishness was very much entwined with the state of Israel, but I really started to interrogate that," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
The coverup didn’t quite work—Dillon’s Jewishness was often suspected—but he never stopped trying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.
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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