Jewish-American
Semitic heritage stateside
Jewish-American describes Americans of Jewish heritage or identity, or things relating to this group: Jewish-American literature, the Jewish-American experience.
The term encompasses both religious and cultural identity, as many Jewish Americans identify culturally or ethnically rather than religiously.
The hyphenated form emphasizes dual identity; some prefer "American Jewish" to foreground nationality.
Scattered population sharing origins
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- hyphenatedLinked by a dash
- second-generationDescendants of original arrivals
immigrant · melting pot · pluralism · ethnic · minority · community · shtetl · Ellis Island
Ashkenazi Jewish language
borscht · matzo ball · kugel · latke · brisket · challah · knish · schmaltz
Jewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
Conservative · Reform · High Holidays · Passover · Hanukkah · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · congregation
Work meant to amuse
- Borscht BeltCatskills Jewish resort region
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- stand-upSolo comedic performance
sitcom · Woody Allen · Mel Brooks · Jerry Seinfeld · Larry David · Joan Rivers · Barbra Streisand · Broadway
- urbanPertaining to cities
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- alienationState of being isolated
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
Philip Roth · mother · guilt · memory · Holocaust memoir · New York · storytelling · humor
Relocating abroad permanently
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- Lower East SideManhattan district below Houston
- garment industryClothing manufacturing sector
labor movement · tenement · pushcart · quota · refugee · suburbanization · GI Bill · upward mobility
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- hyphenatedLinked by a dash
second-generation · immigrant · melting pot · pluralism · ethnic · minority · community · shtetl · Ellis Island · landsman
Yiddish
Ashkenazi Jewish language
deli · borscht · matzo ball · kugel · latke · brisket · challah · knish · schmaltz · Catskills
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
kosher · Conservative · Reform · High Holidays · Passover · Hanukkah · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · congregation · minyan
comedy
Work meant to amuse
- Borscht BeltCatskills Jewish resort region
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
stand-up · sitcom · Woody Allen · Mel Brooks · Jerry Seinfeld · Larry David · Joan Rivers · Barbra Streisand · Broadway · screenwriter
Saul Bellow
- urbanPertaining to cities
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- alienationState of being isolated
Philip Roth · assimilation · mother · guilt · memory · Holocaust memoir · New York · storytelling · humor · pathos
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- Lower East SideManhattan district below Houston
garment industry · labor movement · tenement · pushcart · quota · refugee · suburbanization · GI Bill · upward mobility · discrimination
- Hyphenated IdentitiesFrench-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, Indo-Caribbean
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
Jewish-AmericanWASP
Anglo establishment shorthand
Anglo-American · Irish-American · Italian-American · African-American · Native American
Jewish, American, Jews, Jewess, Jewry, America, Americas, Americanism, Americanize