Ashkenazi
noun
a member of the diasporic Jewish population that settled in central and eastern Europe, distinguished from the Sephardim chiefly by liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew.
Ashkenazim
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pluralof Ashkenazi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Mizrahim who make up around half of Israel's Jewish majority - a figure hard to pin down due to widespread intermarriage with Ashkenazim - have at times complained of discrimination and socio-economic disadvantage.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2023
The DNA results from Norwich and Erfurt both confirm that modern Ashkenazim are descended from a small founding population.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2022
Previous studies have shown that modern communities are a genetic mélange, with Ashkenazim the world over carrying essentially the same collection of DNA sequences.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Vehemently secular, they insisted Mizrahi Jews shed their traditional cultural identities and become secular Ashkenazim, albeit ones of a darker hue.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
The Jews here are from all over the world: Ashkenazim from Europe; Sephardim from Spain, Africa, Greece; Mizrahim from the countries here around us; Americans; Sabras, who've been here for millennia—all with their own languages.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
