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  1. likening
    the act of comparing similarities
  2. hymie
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
  3. yid
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
  4. sheeny
    reflecting light
  5. kike
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
  6. Ashkenazi
    a Jew of eastern European or German descent
  7. Flavius Josephus
    Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
  8. Wandering Jew
    a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
  9. Israelite
    a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
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