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gentile

noun as in infidel

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On his TV show, he was wary of offending gentiles.

Were they a bunch of demonic St. Pauls converting the gentiles, or were they surfers riding the wave of the nation’s collective id?

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But this will work only by learning how to protect ourselves and make the case to our gentile neighbors so that we can continue to contribute mightily to the future of our common home.

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Classify me however you want—liberal/conservative, gentile/Jew—I am an American and will never be truly comfortable in any other place.

Hannah, whose gentile mother makes her “not Jewish,” wonders if her wanting a bat mitzvah might be “cultural appropriation.”

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