How to Use non-Jewish in a Sentence

non-Jewish

adjective
  • Where was the clear response from their non-Jewish colleagues?
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Meanwhile, their non-Jewish friends, families and co-workers are busy and much of the world is closed.
    Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Noah is a young rabbi who falls in love with a non-Jewish podcast host played by Kristen Bell.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In this challenging time, I have been comforted by words of support from many non-Jewish friends.
    Tevi Troy, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Some non-Jewish social clubs used the halls for events and welcomed Jewish attendees.
    Arkansas Online, 23 May 2026
  • His non-Jewish classmate Sofia Bordei, 17, agreed.
    Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • First, non-Jewish residents have long been treated as second-class citizens.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Edith and her non-Jewish fiancé were arrested trying to cross the border to Switzerland.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2024
  • Letter writer blames sister-in-law for brother’s non-Jewish funeral plans.
    R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 7 May 2026
  • The list does not include translations used by Catholics or sacred texts from non-Jewish and non-Christian faiths.
    Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The list does not include translations used by Catholics or sacred texts from non-Jewish and non-Christian faiths.
    Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
  • Moore’s ties to the Middle East region run deeper than most non-Arab and non-Jewish westerners.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • My parents were forced to discharge my nanny because Jews were no longer permitted to employ non-Jewish servants.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
  • The park was a stereotype of Jewish and non-Jewish families who, for the most part, played separately and nicely.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • These grand spectacles were designed to draw huge crowds to the synagogue – not only Jews, but non-Jewish visitors as well.
    Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
  • Foxman faced criticism that the ADL put too many resources into non-Jewish issues.
    CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • 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
  • The talk was also enjoyed by non-Jewish residents of Eskaton such as Bert Donlon.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Some have sought her advice about the safety of keeping their mezuzahs publicly displayed on their doorposts and about discussing Israel with their non-Jewish relatives.
    Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The club permitted various non-Jewish groups to use its meeting halls, which enhanced relations between the communities.
    Arkansas Online, 23 May 2026
  • Their leadership helped expand social services and support networks for both Jewish and non-Jewish residents.
    Jason Touvi, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
  • When she was first reported missing, both Jewish and non-Jewish city residents banded together to form search parties for Lebowitz.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
  • Other Dutch towns, however, have established stolpersteines for non-Jewish resistance to Nazis.
    The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Nearly all of the people interviewed talked about a kind of aloneness, a sense that a chasm had appeared between their network of Jewish friends and family and the non-Jewish world around them.
    Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The housing laws included exceptions that favored the new, non-Jewish tenants, such as Allied bombing victims and former prisoners of war.
    Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
  • One urged Jews to join the partisans and head to the forest to fight; the other was for non-Jewish, Russian-speaking Poles urging them to join the partisans.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The effort ultimately failed because the Wertheimers had earlier transferred their ownership to a non-Jewish associate.
    Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Mirren's casting as Meir, Israel's first woman prime minister, was met with criticism that a non-Jewish person should not portray Meir onscreen.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • On Friday, Jewish and non-Jewish students criticized the encampment, calling the demonstrations anti semitic.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
  • Transforming the elegant British, non-Jewish actress into the matronly prime minister required prosthetics for the cheeks, chin, nose and neck, plus contact lenses and a wig.
    Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024

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