‘Jew’, used as a term of address, now tends to be aggressive but was not always so. In literature it occurs from time to time. especially in plays or books like The Merchant of Venice where a Jewish character is important to the plot....

A member of the *Israelite people. A Jew is defined by the *Orthodox as one born from a Jewish mother or who has formally converted to *Judaism (see *PROSELYTE). By virtue of maternal descent, an individual is obliged to observe the *halakhah...

JEWISH PEOPLE. This entry discusses the sociological dimension of Judaism, in particular "Israel" in the historical sense of ʿam Yisraʾel (the "people of Israel," the Israelites). The article seeks to describe...

Jewish conceptions of atonement consist of various strands reflecting the plurality of connotations of the Hebrew term kipper ("to make atonement"). Etymologically, the biblical term may mean (1) "covering up" (Ex. 25:17,...

For the Jewish religion, see Judaism. For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). A Jew (Hebrew: יְהוּדִי, Yehudi (sl.); יְהוּדִים, Yehudim (pl.); Ladino: ג׳ודיו, Djudio (sl.); ג׳ודיוס, Djudios (pl.); Yiddish: ייִד, Yid...

David Hatchett The Jewish Week 03-03-1995 Between Jew And Jew. Unfortunately, the tension between Orthodox and other Jews on Long Island described in this week's cover story is neither new nor confined to the Island. Ever since Judaism found religious expression in...

N. Tarnopolsky Forward 08-25-1995 Jew Against Jew. One result of the bombings that Hamas has been mounting against Israel is to turn Jew against Jew. A flavor of it can be gained in the dispatch our N. Tarnopolsky filed from the scene...

President Jacques Chirac honored nearly 2,800 French people who rescued Jews from the Nazis, in a ceremony at the Pantheon in central Paris on Thursday.Chirac paid tribute to members of a group, known as the "Righteous of France," who risked their own lives to help...

World War II was over, and Anna Kohen, then a small child, was walking with her mother in Vlora, Albania, when a Muslim woman ran toward them, crying and calling her mother by an unfamiliar name.The women hugged and cried. Later, her mother explained that...