Jewish Terms and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Falashas | The black Jews of Ethiopia; also called "Beta Israel". | |
| Faygalah | Yiddish for "little bird"; used to refer to a homosexual man. | |
| Fedayeen | Arabic term for "suicide fighters". | |
| Filastin | Another name for Palestine. | |
| Fleishik | A kosher food that contains meat, and may thus not be eaten with dairy products. | |
| Frum | Yiddish for pious; used to mean that someone is religious. "Frummy" on the other hand means "self-righteous". |