Jewish

adjective

Jew·​ish ˈjü-ish How to pronounce Jewish (audio)
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews
also : being a Jew
Jewishly adverb
Jewishness noun

Examples of Jewish in a Sentence

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The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows. Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 This is already an issue in the world of human resources where LLMs might unfairly reject a candidate because their last name sounds Jewish, the research noted. Mark Guarino, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2025 In Los Angeles, Rabbi Hannah Jensen, who helps lead the progressive congregation Ikar, invoked the traditional Three Weeks of mourning on the Jewish calendar — and reimagined them as an extended period of civic grief for her city. Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 His thought experiments lead sometimes to stone walls and sometimes to flashes of insight or hilarity, always with an un-erasable Jewish inflection. Jon Raymond august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Jewish

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1531, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Jewish was circa 1531

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“Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewish. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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