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

But the sport also helped other Jews survive a dark period and Kean said that may be the most beautiful and uplifting part of “The Beautiful Game.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

And while it details Jewish participation in, and influence on, global soccer, it also challenges the cliché that Jews were intellectuals, artists and laborers but not athletes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Even some Jews who are critical of Aipac are unsettled by its sudden demonization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But Mr. Mintzker’s analysis also reveals that the fable’s relationship and meaning to Jews and Judaism have evolved in unfamiliar and unexpected ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

From these acts, the Nazi leaders concluded: “We wanted to get rid of our Jews, but the difficulties lay in the fact that no country wished to receive them.”

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