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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Rothschild’s spiritual beliefs, coupled with the desperate state of global Jewry, led him to pour his time and resources into Palestine, the ancestral home of his people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry says antisemitic incidents have increased from an average of 342 before the 7 October attacks in 2023 to 1,654 last year.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 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
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
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
They were established, as they had been elsewhere in Europe, in separate "Jewries," or places kept apart for them in every city.
From The Story of Rouen by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
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