Jewnoun [ C ]
uk/dʒuː/us/dʒuː/a member of a people whose traditional religion is Judaism:
Although my family is Jewish, we're not practising Jews (= actively involved in the religion).
More examples
- There are several Jews living in the area.
- Both my grandfathers were Jews.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Judaism
- bar mitzvah
- bat mitzvah
- cantor
- Chanukah
- diaspora
- Judaeo-Christian
- Judaic
- Judaism
- kosher
- menorah
- Pentecost
- Pharisee
- Shabbat
- shalom
- skullcap
- Star of David
- the Talmud
- the Torah
- Yom Kippur
- Zionism
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Jewish
adjective uk/ˈdʒuː.ɪʃ/us/ˈdʒuː.ɪʃ/
Examples
- We had a traditional Jewish upbringing.
- This is an old Jewish recipe.
- He explained some Jewish customs to us.
New York has one of the largest Jewish communities in the world.
Jewishness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdʒuː.ɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈdʒuː.ɪʃ.nəs/