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Jewish surname
Jewish surname: hereditary family names borne by Jews, traditionally absent in favor of patronymics. Sephardic names often predate 1492; most Ashkenazic names were adopted under state mandates from Joseph II's 1787 edict onward.
Jewish symbolism
Jewish symbolism, also called Symbolism of Judaism, is the system of signs and ritual objects, like the menorah and Star of David, through which Judaism expresses the relation between God and the Jewish people.
Jewish views on homosexuality
Jewish views on homosexuality, also called homosexuality in Judaism, are religious positions on same-sex relations, ranging from the Orthodox prohibition grounded in Leviticus to Reform acceptance of same-sex marriage.
Jewish views on marriage
Jewish views on marriage, also called Jewish marriage, describe the two-stage process of kiddushin and nissu'in, the ketubah contract, and how Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform movements differ.
Jewish wedding
Jewish wedding, the ceremony of kiddushin (betrothal) and nissuin (marriage) in Judaism: ketubah contract, two witnesses, chuppah, ring, Sheva Berakhot, yichud, glass-breaking, and modern egalitarian reform.
Jewish-American organized crime
Jewish-American organized crime, often called the Kosher Nostra, was the participation of Jewish immigrants in US criminal enterprises, chiefly from the early 1900s through the mid-century.
Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt
Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt: UNESCO World Heritage Site (2023, criterion iv) in Thuringia, Germany, comprising the Old Synagogue (oldest preserved to the roof in Central Europe), the 13th-century Mikveh, and the Stone House, witnesses of medieval Jewish-Christian coexistence until the 1349 pogrom.
Jewish–Roman wars
Jewish–Roman wars: conflicts between Rome and Jewish groups, 63 BCE–136 CE, chiefly the First Jewish War (66–70, Temple destroyed), the Kitos War (115–117), and the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–135).
Jewry Wall (United Kingdom)
Jewry Wall, Leicester: a 9 m high Roman wall built about AD 160 as the west wall of the palaestra of the town's public baths in Ratae Corieltauvorum; excavated by Kathleen Kenyon 1936-39, scheduled monument, adjacent Jewry Wall Museum reopened 2025.
Jews
Jews: an ethnoreligious group and people tracing origins to the ancient Israelites, defined by religion, ancestry, and culture; about 15 million worldwide, centered in Israel and the United States.
Jews as the chosen people
Jews as the chosen people, or the election of Israel, is the Jewish doctrine that God chose the Jewish people for a special duty among the nations.
Jews for Jesus
Jews for Jesus is a San Francisco-based evangelical Christian missionary organization founded under Moishe Rosen that seeks to bring Jewish people to faith in Jesus as the Messiah.
Jexi
Jexi is a 2019 American romantic comedy directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, starring Adam Devine as a man whose phone AI becomes possessive.
Jey Uso
Jey Uso (Joshua Fatu, born 1985), WWE wrestler, twin son of Rikishi of the Anoa'i family; half of The Usos, ex-Bloodline "Main Event" star, 2025 Royal Rumble winner and World Heavyweight Champion.
Jeyhun Bayramov
Jeyhun Bayramov is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, representing the country at the United Nations and in regional diplomacy concerning relations with Armenia.
Jeyland Mitchell
Jeyland Yahir Mitchell Baltodano (born 2004, Puerto Limón) is a Costa Rican centre-back. Copa América 2024 breakout vs Brazil's Vinícius; Feyenoord 2024 (€2.5M), Sturm Graz loan, then Strasbourg from August 2026.
Jeyyasena
Jeyyasena is an early Sri Lankan Buddhist monk whose name survives only through traditional teacher lists, a setting of the Vinaya-centered Mahāvihāra at Anurādhapura where learning passed orally from teacher to pupil.
Jez Bennett
Jez Bennett is a British Army Royal Artillery lieutenant general, Deputy Commander and from 2026 acting commander of NATO's Allied Land Command in İzmir, former ARRC Chief of Staff, Director Capability, CB and CBE.
Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth (born 1969), British playwright and screenwriter, author of Mojo, Jerusalem, The Ferryman and The Hills of California; Tony and Olivier winner also known for Spectre and Ford v Ferrari.
Jezebel (1938 film)
Jezebel (1938) is a William Wyler Warner Bros. drama starring Bette Davis as Julie Marsden, a New Orleans belle in a red dress, with Henry Fonda; based on Owen Davis's 1933 play, it won Davis her second Best Actress Oscar and entered the National Film Registry in 2009.
Jezebel (אִיזֶבֶל)
Jezebel (Hebrew: אִיזֶבֶל, Izevel), also spelled Jezabel, was a princess of Tyre who married King Ahab of Israel, promoted Baal worship, and was killed in Jehu's coup in 841 BCE.
Jezero (crater)
Jezero is a 45 km wide crater on Mars that once held a lake and delta, chosen in 2018 as the landing site of NASA's Perseverance rover.
Jezreel (city)
Jezreel, or Tel Jezreel, was an ancient Israelite city in the Jezreel Valley, Israel, linked to Ahab, Naboth's vineyard, and Jehu's coup of 842 BCE.
Jezreel Valley (עמק יזרעאל)
The Jezreel Valley (Emek Yizre'el; Marj ibn Amir; Plain of Esdraelon) is a 48-km inland plain in northern Israel, a historic trade route, drained and settled in the 1920s, now farmed by the Jezreel Valley Regional Council.
JFE Holdings
JFE Holdings, also known as the JFE Group, is a Tokyo-based holding company whose core business is steelmaking, created by integrating NKK and Kawasaki Steel in 2002.
JFE Steel
JFE Steel, the steel business of JFE Holdings, is a Japanese integrated steelmaker formed in 2003 from NKK and Kawasaki Steel, ranking 13th in world production.
JFET
A JFET, or junction field-effect transistor, is a voltage-controlled transistor that conducts at zero gate voltage and is turned off by a reverse-biased PN junction gate.
JFK (film)
JFK (1991) is Oliver Stone's political thriller about Jim Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw over the Kennedy assassination. Kevin Costner stars; it grossed over $200 million, won two Oscars, and prompted the 1992 JFK Records Act.
Jfl Equity Investors
JFL Equity Investors is the flagship private equity fund series of J.F. Lehman & Company, a New York firm specializing in defense, aerospace, and maritime companies.
JFrog
JFrog Ltd. is an Israeli software company, founded in 2008, whose Artifactory platform manages software packages and releases; it went public on Nasdaq in September 2020.