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rabbi
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community. Compare cantor (def 2). -
diaspora
the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine -
gentile
of or relating to any people not Jewish. -
jewish defense league
an organization of militant Jewish activists, founded in 1968 in the U.S. to combat anti-Semitism and defend Jewish interests worldwide. Abbr.: JDL. -
pagan
(no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks. -
yeshiva
an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.