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.

Example Sentences

In a joint statement, the Jewish Leadership Council and Board of Deputies of British Jews said the interim report confirmed their "long-held concerns".

From BBC

“We Jews have withstood a lot of big things,” said Bryski, “resilience and responding with light is the way we fight.”

From Los Angeles Times

Control over their access to Gaza rests with the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Anti-Semitism, a little-known department initially designed to strengthen ties with, and protections for, Jews abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it isn’t diplomacy alone that drives her to highlight the acts of wartime bravery and humanity that many Poles showed to Jews fleeing the Nazis.

From The Wall Street Journal

One thing the Somalilanders and the Jews of Israel have in common is they see no alternative to living as a free people in their own land.

From The Wall Street Journal