Jew
Example Sentences
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The term carried an especially chilling, historical weight at a conference held in Germany; Nazis had used it in their aggressive propaganda campaign against Jews, Communists and others the government wanted to demonize.
From Salon
The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council said they were "deeply concerned" by the High Court ruling and welcomed the home secretary's plan to appeal against it.
From BBC
"When a Jew is in danger in the homeland, it is the homeland itself that is in danger," Macron said.
From Barron's
The American turn to monolingualism did not occur until after the Civil War, when new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe began to arrive in large numbers: Italians, Poles, Greeks and Ashkenazi Jews.
From Salon
The inventors and entrepreneurs Mr. Kimmel profiles weren’t descended from the prosperous German Jews who settled in America beginning in the early 19th century.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
