| Adar |
the sixth month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late February through early March in the Gregorian calendar. |
| anti-Jewish |
combined form of Jewish. |
| antisemitic |
of an action, remark, or the like, caused by or displaying anti-Jewish prejudice. [1/2 definitions] |
| apocalypse |
any of several early Jewish or Christian writings on divine revelation that symbolically depict the ultimate conflict between good and evil. [1/3 definitions] |
| Aryan |
in Nazi doctrine, a Caucasian of non-Jewish, esp. Nordic, descent. [2/4 definitions] |
| Av |
the eleventh month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late July through early August in the Gregorian calendar. |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy's adulthood and the assumption of his religious duties, usu. occurring at the age of thirteen. (Cf. bat mitzvah.) [2 definitions] |
| bat mitzvah |
in the Jewish faith, a ceremony in which it is recognized that a girl has come of age to accept her religious responsibilities. [1/2 definitions] |
| bris |
the Jewish practice of circumcising boys eight days after birth; Brith; Brith Milah |
| Brith Milah |
(Hebrew) the Jewish practice of circumcising boys eight days after birth; Brith; Berith. |
| challah |
a type of leavened egg bread, usu. braided, traditionally eaten by Jewish people on the Sabbath and religious holidays. |
| commandment |
in the Jewish or Christian Bible, one of the Ten Commandments or laws given to Moses by God. [1/2 definitions] |
| daven |
to recite a daily prayer or prayers of the Jewish liturgy. |
| Dead Sea Scrolls |
scrolls dating from about 100 B.C. to 70 A.D. that were found in caves above the Dead Sea, and that contain scriptural and other writings of a Jewish religious community. |
| derma2 |
in Jewish cooking, an intestinal membrane used to hold a bread stuffing for a dish called kishke. |
| dybbuk |
in Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and controls his or her actions. |
| Elul |
the twelfth and last month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late August through early September in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ephod |
a richly embroidered vestment worn by the Jewish clergy in ancient times. |
| Essene |
a member of an ascetic Jewish sect of mystics that existed from the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. |
| Esther |
according to the Old Testament, the Jewish wife of a Persian king who saved her people from slaughter. [1/2 definitions] |
| gaberdine |
a long, loose, coarsely woven coat worn by Jewish men in the Middle Ages. [1/2 definitions] |