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Jew

[joo] / dʒu /
NOUN
an adherent of Judaism
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Democrats lost their majority in 2024, but Mr. Schumer as minority leader is still the highest-ranking Jew in U.S. elective office.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

A Jew writing in German, “Kafka sees that the schlemiel loses. He sees it through to the tragic end,” as European Jewry soon would.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

As a Manhattan-born, Long Island-raised Jew myself, my bagel stances are firm: If you toast a fresh bagel, I will question your morals.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Yet at the same time this weekend the ritual will feel different for every Jew in Britain.

From BBC May 2, 2026

“The Germans were excellent at deception, at keeping us in the dark,” said Ernest Light, a Hungarian Jew who was twenty-three when he was deported with his family.

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




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