Tom Reiss

In 1817, Czar Alexander I personally founded the Society of Israelite Christians but had less luck defeating Judaism than he'd had defeating Napoleon; gentile serfs and merchants in areas bordering the Pale even showed disturbing new signs of 'Judaizing.

American Author

Lorraine Hansberry

Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles about Jews; whites about blacks; haves about have-nots.

American Playwright

Tara Westover

Although my family attended the same church as everyone in our town, our religion was not the same. I could stand with my family or with the gentiles... but there was no foothold in between.

American Historian

Tim LaHaye

But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth.

American Clergyman

Don Rickles

I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.

American Comedian

Paul Engle

I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys.

American Poet

Robin Williams

Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.

Often used to discuss religious identity and background.

Religious Context

The term can be sensitive; understand the cultural and religious implications before using it.

Cultural Sensitivity

'Gentile' specifically refers to non-Jews, not non-believers of other religions.

Not Interchangeable

Use it to describe things related to non-Jewish culture or religion.

Describing Objects

Highlights a difference from Jewish customs, rituals, or practices.

Cultural Differences

The adjective form is neutral and usually doesn't carry a negative connotation.

Neutral Tone

 our breasts and genitalia could be turned into profit. The Black body was made not white and therefore not worthy of gender. And under the weight of the gentile tulle

Gentile

Religious Context

Cultural Sensitivity

Not Interchangeable

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