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u-netannah tokeph (Hebrew, 'let us declare the importance')
u-va le Zion (Hebrew, 'And a redeemer shall come to Zion')
Ugarit
ulpan
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Union of Sephardic Congregations
United Synagogue
United Synagogues of America
universalism
unleavened bread(Hebrew: matzah)
Ur
Uriel
Urim and Thummim
Usha, Synod of
ushpuzin (Hebrew, 'visitors')
usury
Uzziah (fl. eighth century bce)
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
,
by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.