Jewishness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Jewishness
Example Sentences
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Mr. Shapiro has his Jewishness and his connection to Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 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
In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
Any mention of Jewish people or Jewishness is curiously absent from Nazi annexation of Austria in The Sound of Music.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 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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