1
: a person belonging to a continuation through descent or conversion of the ancient Jewish people
2
: one whose religion is Judaism
3
a
: a member of the tribe of Judah
b
4
: a member of a nation existing in Palestine from the sixth century b.c. to the first century a.d.
Examples of Jew in a Sentence
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The earliest victim mentioned is a Jew from Lithuania who was killed by an Arab in 1851 after a financial dispute, and the eviction of some Arabs, related to the rebuilding of a synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Ivy League institutions have attracted the most attention for outbursts of Jew hatred even as scores of civilian hostages from Israel are subject to torture, rape, and brutal isolation.
—Michael S. Roth, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
The series tells the story of Lali (Hauer-King), a Slovakian Jew who was deported to Auschwitz, the concentration camp where over a million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, and who was charged with inking ID numbers on fellow prisoners’ arms.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
According to a synopsis, the show centers on Lali, a Slovakian Jew who was deported to concentration camp Auschwitz in 1942.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
The six-parter sees Keitel playing an elderly Lali Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who arrived at a nightmarish Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis’ largest concentration and extermination camp during the Holocaust, in 1942.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
As a Jew and a Communist activist, he had been threatened with prison and execution in Iraq.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Those who use this as an excuse to hate Jews tend to forget that Jesus, in His earthly body, was a Jew, and therefore loved them.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
And belief in the divinity of Jesus further undercut his followers’ ability to see him as a Jew.
—James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Ivy League institutions have attracted the most attention for outbursts of Jew hatred even as scores of civilian hostages from Israel are subject to torture, rape, and brutal isolation.
—Michael S. Roth, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
The series tells the story of Lali (Hauer-King), a Slovakian Jew who was deported to Auschwitz, the concentration camp where over a million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, and who was charged with inking ID numbers on fellow prisoners’ arms.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
According to a synopsis, the show centers on Lali, a Slovakian Jew who was deported to concentration camp Auschwitz in 1942.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
The six-parter sees Keitel playing an elderly Lali Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who arrived at a nightmarish Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis’ largest concentration and extermination camp during the Holocaust, in 1942.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
As a Jew and a Communist activist, he had been threatened with prison and execution in Iraq.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Those who use this as an excuse to hate Jews tend to forget that Jesus, in His earthly body, was a Jew, and therefore loved them.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
And belief in the divinity of Jesus further undercut his followers’ ability to see him as a Jew.
—James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Jew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jew. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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Jew
noun1
: one of the ancient Hebrews or a descendant of the ancient Hebrews
2
: one whose religion is Judaism
Jewish
adjective
ˈjü-ish
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