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
A rabbi and a gentile who fall in love?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2024
“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
Apparently tipped off to their presence, the Germans raided the school in 1943 on the Christian feast of Pentecost, when gentile students were likely to be home with their families.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022
He also made arrangements with his gentile friend Wojek to sell a few of his fine suits on the black market.
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
According to the Torah — for gentiles, the first five books of the so-called Hebrew Bible — Jews celebrate the holiday Yom Kippur to honor the anniversary of when God forgave them.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023
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
The reality, more often, was to be regarded as a Jew among gentiles and a gentile among Jews.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2018
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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