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asajew

asajew noun: a Jew who invokes their Jewish identity to criticize Israel and Zionism, especially if this is the only reason they express or claim a Jewish identity, viewed by Zionists as a religious and race traitor.

Noun (1)

asajew (plural asajews)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Jew who invokes their Jewish identity to criticize Israel and Zionism, especially if this is the only reason they express or claim a Jewish identity, viewed by Zionists as a religious and race traitor.
    • Come on Jenny Manson, Naomi Wimborne Idrissi, Jonathan Rosenhead, Miriam Margolyes and the rest of you in the Asajew roundrobinocracy — explain. Why in an "anti-racist party" led by a man who "abhors all forms of racism" it was the Jewish MPs Luciana Berger and Louise Ellmann who were the targets...2019 November 27, David Aaronovitch, “Zionist world domination is no trope, Mr Corbyn”, in The Jewish Chronicle, London: Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22...
    • Such groups and individuals have succeeded in creating the new phenomenon of the "asaJew." "As a Jew, I can say that Israel is racist." "As a Jew, I am ashamed that a Jewish State is oppressing poor Palestinians."2019 December 12, Douglas Altabef, “The double standards and hypocrisy aimed at American Jews”, in The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Post Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Noun (2) capitalized: asaJew

asaJew

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of asajew

Examples of asajew in a sentence

  • Come on Jenny Manson, Naomi Wimborne Idrissi, Jonathan Rosenhead, Miriam Margolyes and the rest of you in the Asajew roundrobinocracy — explain.2019 November 27, David Aaronovitch, “Zionist world domination is no trope, Mr Corbyn”, in The Jewish Chronicle, London: Jewish Chronicle...
  • The AsAJews get their name because they are addicted to that very phrase.2024 March, Eli Lake, “A Brief History of the 'AsAJew'”, in Commentary, New York, N.Y.: Commentary Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of asajew

pluralasajews
alternative formasaJew

Origin of asajew

Supposedly representing an anti-Zionist Jewish attitude of overfrequently using preambles that essentially contain the phrase as + a + Jew before statements, a stereotypical performative throat-clearing.

Questions about asajew

What does asajew mean?
Asajew means a Jew who invokes their Jewish identity to criticize Israel and Zionism, especially if this is the only reason they express or claim a Jewish identity, viewed by Zionists as a religious and race traitor.
How do you use asajew in a sentence?
Come on Jenny Manson, Naomi Wimborne Idrissi, Jonathan Rosenhead, Miriam Margolyes and the rest of you in the Asajew roundrobinocracy — explain.
What part of speech is asajew?
Asajew is a noun.
What is the plural of asajew?
The plural of asajew is asajews.

Words near asajew in the dictionary

  1. Asahikawa
  2. ASAHP
  3. Asai
  4. asaic
  5. asail
  6. asajew
  7. asajews
  8. Asaka
  9. Asakawa
  10. Asakawas
  11. Asaki

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asajew (page history and authors); asaJew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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