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.

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Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since 1967.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In this period before Rosh Hashana, the daily shofar blasts are supposed to get Jews thinking about what they have done wrong in the past year and how they could be better in the next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The last time a plurality of American Jews did not support the Democratic nominee for president was in 1920.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The pervasive nature of the threat has Jews continually thinking about it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

As we pass through the stone walls of the town, all the last Jews departing form a procession so large we are a river of people.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar