gentile
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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
As my mother and I walked together, I could imagine my gentile friends nearby, still going to school, still playing the streetcar game, but I did not lift my eyes even for a quick peek.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
On his TV show, he was wary of offending gentiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Were they a bunch of demonic St. Pauls converting the gentiles, or were they surfers riding the wave of the nation’s collective id?
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
Moreover, their devotion paid off materially; after converting to Catholicism in mass baptisms, Frank’s followers take on Polish names and prosper as gentiles, with several even entering the nobility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Over 7,000 of those righteous gentiles were in Poland, more than in any other country.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
Most of the stores were run by gentiles, but some were owned by Orthodox Jews, members of the Hasidic sects in the area.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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