nonobservant

Example Sentences

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Mr. Santos has said he is Catholic, but he has also claimed Jewish heritage on the campaign trail, and he recently told a Jewish news outlet that he was a nonobservant Jew.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

Although Israeli law has long barred work on the Sabbath, known as Shabbat, it also bent far enough to allow places of entertainment to operate so that nonobservant families could enjoy their day off.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2018

But break those numbers down, and you’ll notice something strange: A dramatic difference between the devout and the nonobservant.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

You can’t do that,” says Mark Bane, a partner and chairman of the Business Restructuring Department at Ropes & Gray, who co-founded Kayama, a nonprofit that encourages nonobservant divorcing Jews to obtain gets.

From Newsweek • Apr. 8, 2015

He was now a wealthy furrier and a thoroughly nonobservant Jew.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok