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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

Want to watch a Jewish guy and a gentile woman humorously navigate their relationship?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

“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

Already aware that, being the daughter of a Jewish father and gentile mother, I was myself a demi-semite, I was worried.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2023

There were some gentile Poles who also saw new opportunities.

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

Behind the discussion of gentiles in Jewish roles is the long history of Hollywood anxiety that a work will be “too Jewish,” words that have haunted Jewish artists for generations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

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

A final example of how Roth's white gentiles talk about Blacks can be found in the autofictional novel "Deception."

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021

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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