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(current) Add a Word (current)(current) Notes (current) Jewish Languages (current) Volunteer (current) Donate (current) SearchThe Jewish Language Project is proud to announce that we are adding pronunciation recordings to all entries, based on the requests of many visitors. We invite you to support this important initiative by donating funds, volunteering to record entries, and sharing the crowdfunding campaign: Help Newcomers Pronounce Jewish Words! If we meet our fundraising goal by May 3, you can expect to see - and hear! - the pronunciations on this site by late June.Lexicon First time here? Read our welcome page . The lexicon currently has 3583 entries, including 904 entries that do not appear in any Jewish English dictionary. BROWSE: See full lexicon in alphabetical order See a random list of wordsSEARCH:ADVANCED SEARCH: (See the NOTES for information about these languages, dictionaries, and types of people.) Languages of origin Textual Hebrew Aramaic Yiddish Modern Hebrew English Ladino Arabic / Judeo-Arabic Russian Juhuri Persian Bukharian Other Regions in which the word is used North America Great Britain South Africa Australia / New Zealand Other Types of people who tend to use the word Jewishness and religiosity Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law) Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks) Chabad: Jews affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement Connections Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations Ethnic: Jews whose Jewish identity is primarily ethnic Age Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older Younger: Jews in their 30s or younger Ancestry Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage Sephardim: Jews with Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage Syrian: Jews with recent ancestry in Syria Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran Bukharian: Jews with ancestry in Central Asia, such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Juhuro: Jews with ancestry in the Caucasus region, such as Azerbaijan and Dagestan, also known as Kavkazi, Gorsky, or Mountain Jews Russian: Jews whose ancestors were Russian-speaking Jews and migrated to English-speaking countries from the Soviet Union or Russia from the 1980s to the present North African: Jews with ancestry in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, or Egypt Yemenite: Jews with ancestry in Yemen Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire Kurdistan: Jews with ancestry in the Kurdish region of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey Iraqi: Jews with ancestry in Iraq Dictionaries in which the word appears The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]). Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986). The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001). The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992). Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995). Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005). None CAN'T FIND A WORD? Like other collaborative sites, such as Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary, the Jewish English Lexicon is made possible by visitor participation. Please take a few minutes to add a word or two. Add an entryNotes JEL Forum Jewish-Languages.org Volunteer Donate The Lexicon Home Alphabetical Random Add a New Word Jewish English Lexicon - (C) 2012-present, Sarah Bunin Benor. Attribution: Creative Commons Share-Alike 4.0...