Jewry

Definition

Jewish people considered collectively.

Etymology

From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.

Example Sentences

• "Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry."
• "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."
• "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."

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