non-Jewish
adjective
non-Jew·ish
ˌnän-ˈjü-ish 
: not Jewish : not being, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews
Since only about 10,000 Jews live in the city, the restaurant must attract non-Jewish patrons to survive.—
Julia M. Klein
Julia M. Klein
non-Jew
noun
plural non-Jews
Of the seven or eight people present, we were the only non-Jews.
—Clifford Thompson
Clifford Thompson
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Jewish women, of course, were targeted for their religious identities, but non-Jewish women could be dismissed simply for being female, especially if they were seen as political opponents of Nazism or as sympathetic to their Jewish colleagues.
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Among the dead were 960,000 Jews, 74,000 non-Jewish Poles, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners and about 15,000 people of other nationalities.
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Remembering only Auschwitz also obscures the bravery of non-Jewish rescuers who risked their lives to aid Jews.
—Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Jewish women, of course, were targeted for their religious identities, but non-Jewish women could be dismissed simply for being female, especially if they were seen as political opponents of Nazism or as sympathetic to their Jewish colleagues.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Among the dead were 960,000 Jews, 74,000 non-Jewish Poles, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners and about 15,000 people of other nationalities.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Remembering only Auschwitz also obscures the bravery of non-Jewish rescuers who risked their lives to aid Jews.
—Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Non-Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Jewish. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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