Jewry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation, also, modern)
- /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Jewish people considered collectively.
Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry.
Although AIPAC is prohibited from contributing directly to political candidates because of its status as a registered lobby, its reputation as the primary voice for American Jewry on Israel affairs has earned it significant clout in Washington.
2009, Rafael Medoff, Chaim I. Waxman, The A to Z of Zionism, →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023, page 16:The interview on “The Tucker Carlson Show," in which Mr. [Nick] Fuentes called for an exclusive, “pro-white,” Christian movement and said that “organized Jewry” undermines American cohesion, was denounced by high-profile elected Republicans […].
2025 November 6, Clyde McGrady, “Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:Darkly it [the Kabbalah] stood in their [Samuel David Luzzatto, Moritz Steinschneide, etc.] path, the ally of forces and tendencies in whose rejection pride was taken by a Jewry which, in Steinschneider’s words, regarded it as its chief task to make a decent exit from the world.
1941, Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, 3rd revised edition, published 1995, page 1:
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(countable, historical, uncountable) The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc.
The Nazis who murdered Katzenelson also burned the entire Jewry of Radoshkowitz—Mane’s birthplace and burialplace in the vicinity of Vilna.
1973, Eisig Silberschlag, “Notes”, in From Renaissance to Renaissance: Hebrew Literature from 1492-1970, New York: Ktav Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 389:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Judaism.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The land of the Jews; Judea.
And all the londe off iewry, and they of Jerusalem went out unto hym, and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan [...].
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:Josephus reporteth, that whilst the Romane warres continued in Jurie, passing by a place where certain Jewes had been crucified three dayes before, he knew thre of his friends amongst them[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:In Bethlehem, in Jury / This blessed babe was born
1833, “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”, in W. B. Sandys, editor, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern, page 102:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Jewdom · Klal Yisrael · B'nei Yisrael
Translations (44)
de Judentum (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · pt judiaria (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · be габрэ́йства (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · be яўрэ́йства (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · hy հրեություն (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · it giudecca (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · fi juutalaiset (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · oc carrièra josaiga (Jewish quarter) · fr juiverie (Jewish quarter) · uk євре́йство (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · de Judenheit (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · uk євре́ї (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · cs Židovstvo (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · ur یَہُود (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · ja ユダヤ民族 (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · yi ייִדנטום (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · bg еврейство (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · ca jueria (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · scn judeca (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · lt žydija (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · mk еврејство (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · fr juiverie (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · cmn 猶太民族 /犹太民族 (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · eo judaro (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · fr judéité (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · es judería (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · fr judaïté (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · sq çifutëri (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · ru евре́и (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · hu zsidóság (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · enm Jewery (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · he עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · fr judeïté (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · ru евре́йство (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · et juudid (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · sv judenhet (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · cs židovstvo (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · fr judaïcité (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · xag 𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎 (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · es pueblo judío (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · ar يَهُود (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale) · es judería (Jewish quarter) · oc jutariá (Jewish quarter) · pl żydostwo (Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale)