Jewishness

American  

[joo-ish-nis] / ˈdʒu ɪʃ nɪs /

noun

1. the state or quality of being Jewish.

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Etymology

Origin of Jewishness

First recorded in 1540–50; Jewish + -ness

Example Sentences

The coverup didn’t quite work—Dillon’s Jewishness was often suspected—but he never stopped trying.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other students and staff “are hiding their Jewishness,” Sacks said.

From Los Angeles Times

But if Roth’s interest in Judaism was intermittent, his engagement with Jewishness—as temperament and as argument—was lifelong.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eager to serve his premise regarding Dylan’s Jewishness, Freedman sometimes turns it into a flimsy fallback device.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet, as Freedman implies throughout, elements of Dylan’s Jewishness remained central to his art and identity, from his commitment to social justice to his imaginative formation of a new persona.

From Los Angeles Times