Jewry

American  

[joo-ree] / ˈdʒu ri /

noun

plural

Jewries

1. the Jewish people collectively.

2. a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.

3. Archaic. Judea.

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Jewry British  

/ 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

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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

Example Sentences

Ms. Ziegelman pores over the pages of many memory books—for Luboml as well as other similarly fated towns—to bring back to life the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“The country has changed very significantly in the last two years,” said Robert Goot, deputy president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

From The Wall Street Journal

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