Jewry

noun

1
: the Jewish people
2
plural Jewries : a community of Jews

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The great achievement of American Jewry in the last couple of decades has been the end of conditional acceptance. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024 Experiences in modern Turkey shaped the collective identity and political strategies of Turkish Jewry, contributing to the emergence of the aforementioned distinct mindsets: the Kayades and the Avlaremoz. Türkay Salim Nefes, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024 Read More: As the Families of Murdered Hostages, Our Message to People in Power Is Simple: Act Conflating criticism of Zionism with antisemitism leads to understanding the ongoing violence against the Palestinian people as an unfortunate side effect of protecting global Jewry. Rabbi Andrue J. Kahn, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024 For two, the previous surge was per Gilder himself a function of the arrival of brilliant Soviet Jewry. John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Jewry 

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Jewry was in the 13th century

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“Jewry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewry. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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Jewry

noun
Jew·​ry ˈju̇(ə)r-ē How to pronounce Jewry (audio)
ˈjü-rē
1
plural Jewries : a district in which Jews lived : ghetto
2
: the Jewish people
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