How to Use Judaism in a Sentence

Judaism

noun

• The site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism.
  — Tia Goldenberg and Isaac Scharf, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• They’d been raised to care deeply about Judaism and Israel.
  — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
• Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is considered the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 28 Aug. 2023
• The mosque is part of Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism where two biblical Temples once stood.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
• In the year 70, the Romans destroyed the second iteration of the Jerusalem Temple, which had anchored the faith of Judaism for hundreds of years.
  — James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
• But the movie still leaves me worried about the role of b’nai mitzvah in American Judaism — and its implications.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• Rabbinic Judaism does not regard the fetus as a full human being.
  — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
• What’s at stake instead is the idea of empathy, a central value in Edelman’s vision of Judaism.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• Historic turning point There were tensions in Rabbinic Judaism from the outset.
  — Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 15 June 2023
• From this perspective, the message of the four children is that every Jew has a place within Judaism, even the rasha, with all the difficulties that entails.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• Name Matisyahu Best known for Blending reggae music and Judaism.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 8 Dec. 2023
• As a result, children who once wore Star of David pendants were hiding visible displays of their Judaism, the complaint states.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The distinctive façades have become a worldwide symbol of Hasidic Judaism.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• Where the story lands is surprisingly poignant, cementing Ben and Carla’s faith in Judaism and each other.
  — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
• Herod’s father had likely been forced to convert to Judaism, as scholars believe many Idumeans were, while his mother was an Arabian princess.
  — Aaron Gale, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
• Leaders of the Franklin Lakes temple, established in 1847 and now dedicated to Reform Judaism, say its congregation is the oldest in the state.
  — NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• As a freethinker who had run afoul of both Judaism and Christianity, Spinoza knew that bigotry and fanaticism weren’t just imposed on the people; they were also imposed by the people.
  — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Purim is the only celebration in Judaism with an entire biblical book about its origins.
  — Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Jewish community’s president and his wife died in the quake, and the rest were evacuated – bringing to a close the continuous practice of Judaism here for nearly 2,500 years.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2023
• While many in the Chabad movement are focused on Schneerson’s work to make Judaism more accessible, Bashevkin said a much smaller group tends to use disruptive tactics in an effort to expand the 770 building.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• Being together as a community is still vital to Judaism and social media doesn’t provide that, adds Mr. Dahlen.
  — Ingrid Ahlgren, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2023
• This camp offers one to three-week sessions where campers will enjoy swimming, arts and crafts, hiking and sleeping under the stars, all while building a connection to nature, community and Judaism.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• Amid the war in Gaza and tensions over access to major holy sites, this complex, ancient and diverse city that's central to Judaism, Islam and Christianity has remained largely peaceful.
  — Ayman Oghanna, NPR, 21 Apr. 2024
• The bride wore multiple gowns and enjoyed a traditional Hora dance after converting to Judaism before the wedding, which is what Grainge practices.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 11 Sep. 2023
• Though some congregants have expressed fear in displaying their Judaism in public, Lebovitz said attendance has increased since Oct. 7 and the temple does not intend to shy away from celebrating Hanukkah.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Yet perhaps one of the more interesting phenomena in recent months is that of Jews returning to their synagogues and leaning into their Judaism, rather than shying away from it.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
• Entombed in a dark place, surrounded by the threat of antisemitism and war, later exiled from Vienna to Britain, the elderly Freud, ever the heroic atheist, attempts as his final deed to come to terms with the central figure of Judaism.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• Claims of anti-semitism have been lobbed at pro-Palestinian advocates since the state of Israel was founded, despite the fact that Palestinian people come from all religious backgrounds, including Judaism.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2023
• But a fully diasporic Judaism — especially in a world in which Jewish exile is, thanks to Israel, no longer voluntary — remains an abstract concept.
  — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
• The experience spurred Zac Kamenetz, a rabbi from Berkeley, to start an organization that integrates psychedelics into Judaism.
  — Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024