Jewesses
Women of Israel
Jewesses is the plural of Jewess, a female Jew.
The term is now considered dated and often offensive, as the -ess suffix has fallen out of favor for marking female versions of nouns.
Most contemporary speakers prefer *Jewish women* or simply *Jews*: The old novel referred to "Jewesses of the court," language no writer would use today.
Female Jewish adulthood rite
- matrilinealityTracing lineage through mothers
- sisterhoodBond among women
- womanhoodAdult female state
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · descendants · kinship · heritage · genealogy · bloodline · diaspora · community
Jewish house of worship
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
mitzvot · menorah · Passover · Seder · Hanukkah · Talmud · Hebrew · kippah
Traditional Ashkenazi folk music
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
- SephardicOf Iberian Jewish origin
- shtetlHistoric Jewish village
- HasidismDevout mystical branch of Judaism
Kabbalah · customs · traditions · folklore · storytelling · literature · poetry · humor
Old and outdated
- biblicalOf sacred texts
- historicalOf documented times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- VictorianOf a prim era
19th-century · literary · Dickensian · Shylock · stereotyped · othering · exoticized · orientalism
bat mitzvah
Female Jewish adulthood rite
- matrilinealityTracing lineage through mothers
- sisterhoodBond among women
- womanhoodAdult female state
ancestry · lineage · descendants · kinship · heritage · genealogy · bloodline · diaspora · community · generation
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
Shabbat · mitzvot · menorah · Passover · Seder · Hanukkah · Talmud · Hebrew · kippah · challah
klezmer
Traditional Ashkenazi folk music
Hasidism · Kabbalah · customs · traditions · folklore · storytelling · literature · poetry · humor · resilience
antiquated
Old and outdated
- biblicalOf sacred texts
- historicalOf documented times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
Victorian · 19th-century · literary · Dickensian · Shylock · stereotyped · othering · exoticized · orientalism