American Jews
U.S. Jewish community
American Jews are Jewish people who live in the United States or hold American citizenship.
The term encompasses a diverse population spanning religious observance levels—from Orthodox to secular—and various ethnic backgrounds.
American Jews have been present since colonial times and represent one of the largest Jewish communities in the world: American Jews vote at higher rates than most demographic groups, the American Jewish community's response to the crisis.
Jewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- shulJewish house of worship
- minyanJewish prayer quorum
- cantorLiturgical music leader
siddur · tallit · kippah · yarmulke · bimah · ark · aliyah · mezuzah
Jews of European descent
- SephardicOf Iberian Jewish origin
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- shtetlHistoric Jewish village
pogrom · Holocaust · survivors · refugees · Lower East Side · garment district · assimilation · Zionism
Traditional Ashkenazi folk music
- schmaltzPoultry fat or sentimentality
- chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
- kvetchHabitual grumbler
- menschPerson of noble character
schmooze · kibitz · nosh · schlep · tchotchke · schvitz · nudnik · yente
Permissible by Jewish law
- pareveNeither meat nor dairy
- shochetKosher slaughter specialist
- shechitaJewish butchering practice
- matzoYeastless Passover cracker
challah · bagel · lox · knish · blintz · latke · kugel · gefilte fish
Assembled group of worshippers
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- HadassahJewish women's charitable organization
- AIPACPro-Israel lobbying group
- templeSacred worship structure
sisterhood · brotherhood · youth group · summer camp · birthright · interfaith
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
cantor · siddur · tallit · kippah · yarmulke · bimah · ark · aliyah · mezuzah · Shabbat
Ashkenazi
Jews of European descent
- SephardicOf Iberian Jewish origin
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
shtetl · pogrom · Holocaust · survivors · refugees · Lower East Side · garment district · assimilation · Zionism · aliyah
klezmer
Traditional Ashkenazi folk music
mensch · schmooze · kibitz · nosh · schlep · tchotchke · schvitz · nudnik · yente · bubbe
kosher
Permissible by Jewish law
matzo · challah · bagel · lox · knish · blintz · latke · kugel · gefilte fish · pastrami
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- HadassahJewish women's charitable organization
- AIPACPro-Israel lobbying group
temple · sisterhood · brotherhood · youth group · summer camp · birthright · interfaith
- Jewish CommunitiesAshkenazi, Sephardi, Sephardic
- Jewish Diasporadispersion, Babylonian exile, scattered, wandering, Ashkenazi
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, rabbis, Torah scrolls, Torah study, Shabbat