Jewry

[joo-ree]

noun

plural

Jewries 

1. the Jewish people collectively.

2. a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.

3. Archaic.,  Judea.

Jewry

/ ˈdʒʊərɪ /

noun

1. 1. Jews collectively

   2. the Jewish religion or culture

2. archaic,  (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews

3. (in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination

4. archaic,  the land of Judaea

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jewry¹

1175–1225; Middle English jewerie < Anglo-French juerie ( Old French juierie ), equivalent to ju Jew + -erie -ery

Example Sentences

The move has drawn a mixed response in Australia, with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry calling it a "betrayal", and some Palestinian activists saying it doesn't go far enough.

From BBC

Stronger words came from Danny Blatman, an Israeli historian of the Holocaust and head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

From BBC

The co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Alex Ryvchin said the video served as a "warning sign once again to all Australians about the evil that exists in our midst".

From BBC

Carter’s image as a kindly elder statesman, friend to world Jewry and bulwark of Israel’s security took an immediate beating.

From Los Angeles Times

Eichmann played a key role in the 1942 Wannsee Conference at which the Nazis' annihilation of European Jewry was planned, and was seen as the logistical mastermind of the Final Solution.

From BBC