Ashkenazim
- plural of Ashkenazi.
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 other side is mainly formed from the roughly 10,000 residents of the affluent villages, or kibbutzim, that surround the city — most of them Ashkenazim, or Jews of European descent, like Ms. Siach.
From New York Times ● May 7, 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
Mizrahim earn roughly 25 percent less per capita than Ashkenazim, according to Momi Dahan, a professor of public policy at Hebrew University.
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
