Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or appearance of being Jewish; Jewish character or quality.
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Examples
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“Forget your jewishness, like all religions it is just a farce based on ignorance.”
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Forget your jewishness, like all religions it is just a farce based on ignorance. swan
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There is no tradition of having a jewish judge for the sake of his jewishness.
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A English court is not the proper juridiction to decide about the jewishness status of applicants
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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And the "reality deprived wanker" was not targeting him becuase of his jewishness, hence your post was pure demagogic partisanship.
Why not put people to work by paying them to water their own lawns? Ann Althouse 2009
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On rare occasions he will make a reference to his jewishness, but for the most part he downplays it.
Being Jewish EAGEAGEAG 2009
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I don't go to synagogue or anything but I love my jewishness.
Barack Obama responds to the criticism over Jeremiah Wright. Ann Althouse 2008
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And so clearly, it's causing a weakening among Jews in America of seeing their jewishness as a collective identity.
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And so clearly, it's causing a weakening among Jews in America of seeing their jewishness as a collective identity.
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My family denied their judaism because they lived in an extremely dangerous environment at the time and felt it was best not to aknowledge their “jewishness”.
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