Jews

¹ Cultural  

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.

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Jews ² Cultural  

1. Adherents of Judaism.

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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.

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She serves as a spiritual leader at the Downtown Minyan, writes the weekly Substack newsletter Committed, co-hosts the podcast Wondering Jews, and is a contributor to the podcast Call Me Back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He would be the first prime minister who is Sephardic, Jews who trace their recent origins to the Middle East and North Africa.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Unlike Netanyahu, who comes from an elite family and whose father was a prominent professor in the United States, Eisenkot is the son of Moroccan Jews, and grew up on Israel's geographic periphery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Ramle is a mixed city - Jews and Arabs. There's no problem here, even after 7 October, but his message preys on young uneducated people."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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