Jewishness

[joo-ish-nis]

noun

1. the state or quality of being Jewish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jewishness¹

First recorded in 1540–50; Jewish + -ness

Example Sentences

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

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

From Los Angeles Times

Trump is also claiming that Jewishness is something that does not belong to Jews, and is instead mutable by authority figures and contingent upon obedience to a certain set of ideological tests.

From Slate

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

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