Righteous gentile

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Righteous gentile may refer to:

  • Ger toshav, "stranger-foreigner", Aramaic and Hebrew term for a resident alien in a Jewish state.
  • Righteous among the Nations, an honorific bestowed by the State of Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis
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