Jews

¹

1. Adherents of Judaism .

Jews

²

1. The Israelites , particularly after their return from captivity in Babylon (see also Babylon ) about five hundred years before the birth of Jesus ; at that time, the Israelites were established as a religious group, founded on the Mosaic law , not simply a national group.

Notes

When the Jewish nation was destroyed by the Romans in the year a.d. 70 and the Jews were scattered throughout the world, their religious beliefs and customs allowed them to remain one people.

Example Sentences

It marked a groundbreaking moment in how the country viewed Jews, especially Jewish women.

From The Daily Beast

As of 2013, Jews make up 1.8 to 2.2 percent of the adult U.S. population.

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I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.

From The Daily Beast

And for those on the Palestinian right who still dream of driving the Jews into the sea, they too can forget it.

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Divorcees, Jews, and new money were excluded from the Knickerbockers.

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He was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.

From Project Gutenberg

A glorious vision, in which the prophet's lips are cleansed: he foretelleth the obstinacy of the Jews.

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The bill to remove the civil disabilities of the Jews rejected in the British parliament by a vote of 288 to 165.

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The name of a child that is to be born: many evils shall come upon the Jews for their sins.

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John and Judas became the good and evil Wandering Jews of mediæval folklore.

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