Jew

Example Sentences

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Kafka was a German-speaking, non-practicing Jew who lived in Prague, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918, when it became the capital of Czechoslovakia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

But it is clear, and has always been clear, that, at the minimum, anyone born to a Jewish mother is certainly a Jew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Marian’s grandfather referred to himself as a Black Jew and practiced his adopted religion in a crowded household of devout Baptists.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman