Jews

¹ Cultural  

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.

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Jews ² Cultural  

1. Adherents of Judaism.

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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

The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council said they were "deeply concerned" by the High Court ruling and welcomed the home secretary's plan to appeal against it.

From BBC

"We cannot airbrush French Jews out of the republic's family photo".

From Barron's

The American turn to monolingualism did not occur until after the Civil War, when new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe began to arrive in large numbers: Italians, Poles, Greeks and Ashkenazi Jews.

From Salon

The inventors and entrepreneurs Mr. Kimmel profiles weren’t descended from the prosperous German Jews who settled in America beginning in the early 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who many Australian Jews say had not taken threats to their community seriously, also called for a royal commission—Australia’s highest form of inquiry—into antisemitism and social cohesion.

From The Wall Street Journal