Definition of Jewishness. Meaning of Jewishness. Synonyms of Jewishness

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Definition of Jewishness

Jewishness
Jewish Jew"ish, a. Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. -- Jew"ish*ly, adv. -- Jew"ish*ness, n.

Meaning of Jewishness from wikipedia

- to the Jewish community. Orthodox Judaism bases Jewishness on matrilineal descent. According to Jewish law (halacha), all those born of a Jewish mother...
- Story of the Jewish Diaspora". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2012. Balter, Michael (3 June 2010). "Tracing the Roots of Jewishness". Science....
- spheres, imported from Christianity, was alien to Jewish tradition – were the only venues in which Jewishness could be expressed. The nascent Reform movement...
- fruit in the form of a Jewish state in their ancient homeland, the Land of Israel. Thus, Boyarin has argued that "Jewishness disrupts the very categories...
- small-scale Jewish migrations began in many countries of the Middle East in the early 20th century, with the only substantial aliyot (Jewish immigrations...
- their Jewishness entirely in ethnicity and secular Jewish culture. Possibilities for secular Jewishness include an identification with Jewish history...
- method of determining Jewishness relies on tracing one's maternal line. According to halakha, the recognition of someone as fully Jewish requires them to have...
- Jewish history is the history of the Jews, their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures...
- largest and most significant Ashke**** Jewish community in the world. Poland was a prin****l center of Jewish culture, because of the long period of statutory...
- genetic tests for Jewishness, and indeed the historical basis of a Jewish po****tion ‘returning’ to the Levant, the Realpolitik of Jewishness as a measurable...