Jewry
Americannoun
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Jewries
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the Jewish people collectively.
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a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.
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Archaic. Judea.
noun
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Jews collectively
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the Jewish religion or culture
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archaic (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews
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(in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination
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archaic the land of Judaea
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Etymology
Origin of Jewry
1175–1225; Middle English jewerie < Anglo-French juerie ( Old French juierie ), equivalent to ju Jew + -erie -ery
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In “Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul,” Jenna Weissman Joselit, a professor of Judaic studies and history at George Washington University, reminds us of his significant contributions to American Jewry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
For weeks, Mamdani has been meeting with constituents and leaders from every sector of New York Jewry to alleviate their concerns about his support for their safety and wellbeing.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2026
As their coffins rested in the hearse, we began to sing “Am Yisrael Chai,” the anthem of the Soviet Jewry movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
"Anyone who knew him knew that he was the very best of us," said Alex Ryvchin from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
He was reading everything he could find that told of the destruction of European Jewry.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
The settlement of one of the wealthiest among the English Jewries in the very heart of the town indicated, while it promoted, the activity of its trade.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by John Richard Green
It presents many new facts on the medieval Jewries of Germany.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Israel Abrahams
Jewish traders had followed William the Conqueror from Normandy, and had been enabled by his protection to establish themselves in separate quarters or "Jewries" in all larger English towns.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
Thereat arose a new and stranger commotion throughout all the Ghettos, Jewries, and Mellahs.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Finally, Rashi's influence was not confined either within the walls of the Jewries or within the frontiers of France, but it radiated to foreign lands and to ecclesiastical circles.
From Rashi by Adele Szold
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