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

He has denounced “organized Jewry in America” and asserts that “Jews are running society.”

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On Monday’s Carlson show, Mr. Fuentes assailed “organized Jewry” as the obstacle to American unity and “these Zionist Jews” as the impediment to the right’s success, while calling himself a fan of Joseph Stalin.

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He “normalized” his guest with the gentlest of questioning, nodding along as Mr. Fuentes said the country can’t be held together unless “organized Jewry in America” is defeated.

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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.

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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.

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