Jewry

[ joo-ree ]

noun

, plural Jew·ries.

1. the Jewish people collectively.
2. a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.
3. Archaic. Judea.

Jewry

/ ˈdʒʊərɪ /

noun

1. 1. Jews collectively
   2. the Jewish religion or culture
2. archaic.
   (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews
3. the Jewry
   (in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination
4. archaic.
   the land of Judaea

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jewry¹

1175–1225; Middle English jewerie < Anglo-French juerie ( Old French juierie ), equivalent to ju Jew + -erie -ery

Example Sentences

Guests: Jonathan Dekel-Chen, professor of Soviet and East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and father of Sagui Dekel-Chen, one of the hostages held by Hamas.

From Slate

Ten years ago, we wrote of American Jews’ acquiescence to Jewish nationalism: “During the 1950s and later decades, the solution for avoiding an ugly rift was a kind of preventive surgery. Universalist, prophetic Judaism became a phantom limb of American Jewry, after an amputation in service of the ideology of an ethnic state in the Middle East. Pressures for conformity became overwhelming among American Jews, whose success had been predicated on the American ideal of equal rights regardless of ethnic group origin.”

From Salon

“It is his duty to condemn antisemitism as prime minister of Israel and as head of a country that sees itself as responsible for world Jewry,” he said.

From Seattle Times

The Federation leads a strong Jewish Puget Sound community by serving as a community voice, strengthening connections to Israel and world Jewry, and making investments in Jewish life for today and the next generation.

From Seattle Times

“However this is resolved, it would be important to the history of Los Angeles Jewry to note that B’nai B’rith met there,” the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times