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gentile

[jen-tahyl] / ˈdʒɛn taɪl /


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Jesenská, a gentile, was a Czechoslovak citizen living in Vienna, and when she received Kafka’s permission to translate him into Czech the two began a passionate correspondence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Creator-showrunner Erin Foster can’t imagine her Netflix rom-com about a progressive rabbi and a gentile sex podcaster set anywhere but her native Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Now, because it occurs around the biggest holiday here for our gentile friends, we make a much bigger deal out of it.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

“We reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023

There were some gentile Poles who also saw new opportunities.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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