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Definition of "judaica" []

  • Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "judaica" in a sentence
  • "That stretch of Fairfax Boulevard in between Melrose Avenue and Beverly Boulevard is stuffed with kosher grocery stores, judaica shops, and strange little storefronts specializing in persian carpets and luggage."
  • "Tourists, especially, would travel huge distances for the ultimate carciofi judaica, risotto ai funghi, or even a stracotto di manzo, plus it gave journalists something to write about."
  • "Non-Jewish sources from the Second Temple period through the rabbinic period regard circumcision as the most prominent marker of Jewish difference (Horace, Persius, Suetonius, Tacitus, Histories 5.5.1 – 2; Theodosian Code, on the nota judaica; Cohen, 39 – 42), as much as the Jewish sources ranging from the author of I Macc. to Josephus, Philo and Paul."