Jewry

American  

[joo-ree] / ˈdʒu ri /

noun

Jewries plural

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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Jewries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Jewry

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

Example Sentences

A Jew writing in German, “Kafka sees that the schlemiel loses. He sees it through to the tragic end,” as European Jewry soon would.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"His visit will lift the spirits of a pained community," said Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the community's peak body.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

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 • Jan. 16, 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

He talked of nothing else but European Jewry and the responsibility American Jews now carried.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok