Judaica

American  

[joo-day-i-kuh] / dʒuˈdeɪ ɪ kə /

plural noun

1. things pertaining to Jewish life and customs, especially when of a historical, literary, or artistic nature, as books or ritual objects.

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Judaica British  

/ dʒuːˈdeɪɪkə /

plural noun

1. the literature, customs, culture, etc, of the Jews

2. books or artefacts of Jewish interest, esp as a collection

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Etymology

Origin of Judaica

1920–25; < Latin, noun use of neuter plural of jūdaicus Judaic

Example Sentences

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Judaica

Over the years, he got the chance to show parts of his collection in exhibits at the Hollywood Museum, the Bernard Museum of Judaica and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

“Almost all of these objects show women’s strength and power,” said Marietta Cambareri, the museum’s curator of European sculpture and Judaica who organized the show, which is on view through Jan. 7.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

Sharon Liberman Mintz, a senior Judaica specialist at Sotheby’s, said that radiocarbon dating of the parchment gave an estimated date of 880 to 960.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

Placed in safekeeping after the synagogue’s destruction, its whereabouts for 600 years are unknown; it was purchased by British Judaica collector David Sassoon in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

Josephus, in enumerating the catalogue of the spolia Judaica, borne before in the triumph, does not mention it.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg