Jews

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1. The Israelites, particularly after their return from captivity in Babylon (see also Babylon) about five hundred years before the birth of Jesus; at that time, the Israelites were established as a religious group, founded on the Mosaic law, not simply a national group.

Jews

²

1. Adherents of Judaism.

When the Jewish nation was destroyed by the Romans in the year a.d. 70 and the Jews were scattered throughout the world, their religious beliefs and customs allowed them to remain one people.

Example Sentences

He dismissed them as an "attempt to make the Jews look bad".

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“Yet in multiple ways,” the author adds, “Caesar’s humor was Jewish, and Jews read it as such.”

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There, they avoided the fate of many Jews in Occupied France, beginning with the humiliation of the yellow star.

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The argument that “Imago Dei” forbids Christians from hating Jews is also an argument for the defense of the image of God against its imitation, and especially its would-be replacements.

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Murderous hatred of the Jews has fueled Hamas since its founding.

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