Ashkenazis

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A form of Ashkenazi — Of or relating to Jews of German origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Yiddish, and they historically dominated Jewish life in Europe north of the Mediterranean, in contrast to the Sephardim.

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Ashkenazis1

noun
  1. pluralplural of Ashkenazi

    But the majority became levantinized Ashkenazis.

    1988, The Ashmadai Solution page 144
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    The 45 Young Ashkenazis studied were 18-20 years old. They were mostly students from the upper middle economic class, of families that had long been settled in Israel. An older group of 115 Ashkenazis were from 50—52 with an average ...

    1958, Israel Medical Journal Volumes 17-18

    All the children, especially little Dinele, the daughter of the Ashkenazis' neighbor,

    2010, The Brothers Ashkenazi page 65

    This meant that in order to convince people from these countries to immigrate, Ashkenazis needed to send agitators to Arabic countries.

    2011, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution

    The norm has become to undergo genetic testing before getting pregnant, certainly in Israel, where certain populations have heightened propensity for genetic diseases, such as Tay Sachs among Ashkenazis and broad bean allergy among those of Middle—Eastern descent.

    2019, Haaretz

    Synonyms: Ashkenazim

AshkeNazis2

noun
  1. pluralplural of AshkeNazi

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