Jew

Example Sentences

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It was in her classroom at Tikvah, the Jewish foundation Ms. Wisse has called home since 2014, where I first heard the idea that Josef K. was a Jew.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Yet at the same time this weekend the ritual will feel different for every Jew in Britain.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Tom, whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a boy, is a thoroughly assimilated, tennis-obsessed Englishman who brings his own more conciliatory perspective to the discussion as a British Jew.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In describing Jonathan Miller, he writes that “among practicing Jews, Miller wasn’t truly a Jew, but he considered himself Jewish nonetheless.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Now that I know more about Jacob, I understand why—I’d never seen a Jew and a Christian holding hands before, either.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz