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# jew

«jew» in Mova's school dictionary: **Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a Jew, Jews)

### meaning for a pupil

A person whose religion is Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family and culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education and history lessons: Jews worship in a synagogue, keep Shabbat, and celebrate festivals like Passover and Hanukkah. In history, pupils learn about how Jews were persecuted, especially in the Holocaust. It is a name of a people and faith, written with a capital J.

### examples

- Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#x1)
- My friend Sam is a Jew and goes to synagogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#x2)
- Jews around the world celebrate Passover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#x3)
- We learned about Jewish festivals in RE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#x4)
- Many Jews keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#x5)
- The museum tells the story of Jews in our city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/#x6)

### note

Always capital J. Adjective: Jewish (often more polite to say «a Jewish person» or «Jewish people»). Never use the word as an insult or as a verb — that is offensive and hurtful. Do not confuse with «jewel» or «dew».

### In the corpora

- [Jews, Christians and Muslims all honour Abraham as a father of their faith; Muslims call him Ibrahim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/7/)
- [The Book of Psalms has 150 psalms, which are songs and prayers used in worship by Jews and Christians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/5/)
- [Jews and Samaritans of that time usually kept apart, which is why the woman was surprised Jesus spoke to her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/15/)
- [Jews do not accept Jesus as the Messiah; Muslims honour him as a great prophet but not as God's Son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/14/)
- [Jews believe God made a covenant with Abraham and gave the Torah to Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.