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In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty.
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Meaning of "Jewish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JEWISH

Jewish  [ˈdʒuːɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JEWISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jewish can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JEWISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jewish

Jews

The Jews; , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites of the Ancient Near East. According to Jewish tradition, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE. Jacob and his family migrated to Ancient Egypt after being invited to live with Joseph in the Land of Goshen region by Pharaoh himself. Their descendants were later enslaved until the Exodus led by Moses, which is commonly dated to the 13th century BCE. Historically, Jews had evolved mostly from the Tribe of Judah and Simeon, and partially from the Israelite tribes of Binyamin and Levi, who had all together formed the ancient Kingdom of Judah. A closely related group is the Samaritans, who claim descent from the Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, while according to the Bible their origin is in the people brought to Israel by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and some Cohanim who taught them how to worship the "native God". The Jewish ethnicity, nationality and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation.

Definition of Jewish in the English dictionary

The definition of Jewish in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of Jews.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JEWISH


aguish
ˈeɪɡjuːɪʃ
blueish
ˈbluːɪʃ
bluish
ˈbluːɪʃ
fluish
ˈfluːɪʃ
gluish
ˈɡluːɪʃ
Hewish
ˈhjuːɪʃ
Meldrewish
ˈmɛldruːɪʃ
newish
ˈnjuːɪʃ
non-Jewish
ˌnɒnˈdʒuːɪʃ
rawish
ˈrɔːɪʃ
shrewish
ˈʃruːɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JEWISH

Jewess
jewfish
jewie
Jewish American Princess
Jewish Autonomous Region
Jewish calendar
Jewishly
Jewishness
Jewries
Jewry
jezail
Jezebel
Jezreel
Jezreelite
JFET
JFK
Jhabvala
jhala
Jhansi
Jharkhand

WORDS THAT END LIKE JEWISH

cowish
death wish
lowish
marrowish
narrowish
nohowish
outwish
sallowish
slowish
snowish
swish
tallowish
unwish
willowish
wish
wishtonwish
yellowish

Synonyms and antonyms of Jewish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Jewish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JEWISH

Find out the translation of Jewish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Jewish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Jewish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

犹太人的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

judío
570 millions of speakers

English

Jewish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यहूदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَهُودِيٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иудейский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

judaico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইহুদি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

juif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yahudi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jüdisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユダヤ人の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유태인의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yahudi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc người Do thái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யூத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यहूदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yahudi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ebraico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żydowski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

єврейський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

evreiesc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εβραϊκός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Joodse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

judisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jødisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Jewish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JEWISH»

The term «Jewish» is very widely used and occupies the 9.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JEWISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Jewish

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10 QUOTES WITH «JEWISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Jewish.
1
Randa Abdel-Fattah
The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.
2
Kevin Barry
At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me think I needed to write the next great Jewish American novel. As a ginger-haired child in the West of Ireland, that didn't work out very well, as you can imagine.
3
Joy Behar
I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way.
4
David Ben-Gurion
The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America.
5
Els Borst
If I had been prime minister, I would have offered apologies to the Dutch Jewish community without hesitation. This would refer both to our government's attitude during the Second World War and to the very late postwar discovery that the restitution process had been poorly conceived.
6
Alain de Botton
I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.
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Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty.
8
Clive Davis
My 'act' was schoolwork. I was your basic, garden-variety, ambitious, upwardly mobile, hard-working Jewish boy from Brooklyn. I was bound to go beyond my parents. It was simply the way things were.
9
Anita Diament
November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays.
10
Ariel Dorfman
I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JEWISH»

Discover the use of Jewish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Jewish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Jewish Study Bible: Jewish Publication Society Tanakh ...
This study Bible offers readers of the Hebrew Bible a resource that is specifically tailored to meet their needs. It presents the centre of gravity of the Scriptures where Jews experience it.
Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler, Michael A. Fishbane, 2004
2
Jewish Literacy in Roman Palestine
Since Judaism has always been seen as the quintessential 'religion of the book', a high literacy rate amongst ancient Jews has usually been taken for granted.
Catherine Hezser, 2001
3
Visions of Jewish Education
Six leading scholars address the current myriad challenges to Jewish continuity.
Seymour Fox, Israel Scheffler, Daniel Marom, 2003
4
Jews and Jewish Life in Russia and the Soviet Union
The main focus of this book is Jewish life under the Soviet regime. The themes of the book include: the attitude of the government to Jews, the fate of the Jewish religion and life in Post-World War II Russia.
Yaacov Ro'i, 1995
5
Jewish Musical Traditions
The story began in Biblical times and encompasses two thousand years, during which a widely dispersed people have tried to preserve their cultural values in complex and horrific situations.
Amnon Shiloah, 1995
6
The Jewish Question: Biography of a World Problem
This monumental work of Alex Bein, noted scholar and chief librarian of the Israeli National Library, is the most authoritative survey of Jewish culture and Jewish problems in the Diaspora.
Alex Bein, 1990
7
Jewish Music: Its Historical Development
The leading 20th-century authority on Jewish music describes and analyzes its elements and characteristics, chronicles its development from the earliest appearance of Semitic song 2000 years ago to the early 20th century.
Abraham Zebi Idelsohn, 1929
8
Caring for Jewish Patients
Jewish patients customarily have particular ways of approaching health and health care. This book outlines Jewish practices and customs of direct relevance to health professionals, illustrated throughout with case histories.
Joseph Spitzer, 2003
9
American Jewish Fiction: A JPS Guide
This new volume in the JPS Guides series is a fiction reader’s dream: a guide to 125 remarkable works of fiction.
Josh Lambert, 2010
10
The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book
In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
Raphael Patai, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JEWISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Jewish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stepping down of ADL head – a turning point in Jewish-American …
In response, he quoted the Jewish sage Hillel: "But if I am only for ... has led to a proliferation of small Jewish nonprofits focused on very specific ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
Mystery solved: Jewish WWII soldier's body found - Israel News …
His family never knew what happened to him, but seven decades after Israel Bristman was killed in a Russian forest fighting the Nazis, his ... «Ynetnews, Jul 15»
3
Kansas Jewish sites killer argues murders were 'necessary' | The …
Rev. Adam Hamilton wipes his eyes during a prayer at an Interfaith Service of Unity and Hope at the Jewish Community Center in Overland ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
4
Argentina commemorates Jewish community centre attack | Video …
Argentines pay tribute to victims of the 1994 attack on the Jewish community centre that killed 85 people as family members continue to call for ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
5
French Jewish schools perfect in matriculation exams | The Times of …
Of the five Jewish schools listed as achieving a perfect score, ORT Toulouse was the only one outside the Paris region. Each school had ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
6
GOP sees Iran nuclear deal as chance to gain Jewish voters
Mark McNulty of the Republican Jewish Coalition says the Iran deal is "the brainchild" of Obama and Democratic presidential contender Hillary ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
7
Nicole Richie pours wine on Instragram's The Fat Jewish for …
In the video The Fat Jewish, whose real name is Josh Ostrovsky, 30, is seen licking his hands and repeatedly rubbing them on his bare chest ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
Argentina's President Kirchner Blames Visit to Jewish Community for …
Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner blamed the country's Jewish community for the illness of her Foreign Minister, also a Jew. PHOTO:API. «Algemeiner, Jul 15»
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US Jewish groups join recovery effort after Israeli church arson attack
Two prominent American Jewish organizations are among those helping a torched Israeli church recover from an arson attack. «Deseret News, Jul 15»
10
Faith in Focus: Raleigh church offers lessons on Jewish Holy Days …
Yavneh Jewish Renewal Community and the Center for Deep Ecumenism will present a two-session mini-course in August called “Top Ten ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»

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