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Jewishness

American

[joo-ish-nis] / ˈdʒu ɪʃ nɪs /

noun

the state or quality of being Jewish.

Etymology

Origin of Jewishness

First recorded in 1540–50; Jewish + -ness

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

The secretly-Jewish Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai foil Haman's plan when Esther reveals her Jewishness to her husband and convinces the king to spare her people from genocide.

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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