: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews
also
: being a Jew
Jewishly
adverb
Jewishness
noun
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The first set of grades, issued last April, drew criticism from Jewish campus groups, including chapters of Hillel and Chabad, who argued that the grades did not reflect a complex reality.
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Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
The film gives viewers a glimpse of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of a Palestinian activist, Adra, and a Jewish Israeli journalist, Abraham.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Mar. 2025
The largest outbreak in the last decade occurred in 2018 and 2019 in largely unvaccinated Orthodox Jewish communities in New York City and New York State where more than 1,000 cases occurred, with 10% of those hospitalized.
—Professor David R. Hill, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
The group was protesting the expulsions of two students who interrupted an Israeli history class with flyers that depicted a trampling of the Star of David, a Jewish symbol.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
The film gives viewers a glimpse of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of a Palestinian activist, Adra, and a Jewish Israeli journalist, Abraham.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Mar. 2025
The largest outbreak in the last decade occurred in 2018 and 2019 in largely unvaccinated Orthodox Jewish communities in New York City and New York State where more than 1,000 cases occurred, with 10% of those hospitalized.
—Professor David R. Hill, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
The group was protesting the expulsions of two students who interrupted an Israeli history class with flyers that depicted a trampling of the Star of David, a Jewish symbol.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewish. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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