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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Published by the J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism, the report also found that 2025 had been the deadliest year for Jews living outside Israel in more than three decades.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

He says Sephardic Jews with the mutation later migrated to different continents and some travelled to the Americas.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The older way of consuming media can still be found on the Friday evenings when millions of Orthodox Jews enter a world where printed pages still matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

A recent Associated Press poll reports that 44% of American Jews hold a favorable opinion of Mr. Mamdani.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

But he makes my eight hidden Jews have to whisper and tiptoe, even with the chickens, and that makes them testy.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron