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The jewry was out about two hours and brot in a verdik: "We, the jewry, know that shortly atter the war the kountry was scarce of provishuns, and in considerashun of the hard time our poor peepul had in maintainin' their families, and the temtashuns that surrounded 'em, we find the defendant not guilty, but we rekommend him not to do so any more."

—The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)

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Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.

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Jews collectively

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People can click to "Support Israel" or click to "Sympathize with Gaza" - and for those with hotter tempers, they can "Sympathize with GAZA [...] and against israel and jewry" or join a page which literally lists them as a "fan" of Hamas. — Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
I am not the spokesperson for any of the following groups (in no particular order): frum jewry haredi Jewry national religious Jewry — Israelated - English Israel blogs
PresidentOctober 7, 1985 - Palestinian terrorists hijack the Iran should be able to produce nuke by Presidential inauguration jewry knew that things were going to get very bad. — Stop The ACLU
When Theodor Herzl first read Rome and Jerusalem he wrote about Hess that "since Spinoza jewry had no bigger thinker than this forgotton Moses Hess" and that he would not have written Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) if he had known Rome and Jerusalem beforehand. — Israpundit
So why is this the case if it has nothing whatsoever to do with a special interest in Israel on the part of American jewry? — Israel Palestine Blogs