Jew

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Generally, a Jew is someone who belongs to the religion called Judaism. Some people who come from a Jewish family or a partially-Jewish family often identify themselves as Jewish even when they do not practice Judaism, though not all members of the Jewish faith will accept such people as fellow Jews.

The word Jew originally referred to the people of the ancient Kingdom of Judea (what is today Israel). Later, the word started to refer to people of the Jewish religion, and not just those from Judah.

Israel is the only Jewish country, but there are Jewish minorities in many large cities in the US and Europe.

Jews were also the main victims of a genocide during World War II (known as the Holocaust).

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