Jew

Example Sentences

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The tale of the Wandering Jew, whose origins can be traced back to Europe in the 1200s, has proved as undying as its main character.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

If a Jew in hiding died, how could he be buried?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom