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AshkenaziAny of the historically Yiddish-speaking European Jews who settled in central and northern Europe, or their descendants. They lived originally in the Rhineland valley, and their name is derived from the Hebrew word Ashkenaz (“Germany”). After the start of the Crusades in the late 11th century, many migrated east to Poland, Lithuania, and Russia to escape persecution. In later centuries Jews who adopted the German-rite synagogue ritual were called Ashkenazim to differentiate them from the Sephardic, or Spanish-rite, Jews (see Sephardi), from whom they differ in cultural traditions, pronunciation of Hebrew, and synagogue chanting as well as in the use of the Yiddish language (until the 20th century). Today they constitute more than 80% of the world's Jews. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In Ashkenazic communities, hamantaschen, three-cornered cookies filled with poppy seeds or other fruits, are served. Conference participants expressed concern that a socially identifiable group can be stigmatized as being "prone" to a disease, as in the case of Ashkenazic Jews and breast cancer. Genes of Ashkenazic Jews are interesting to medical science, because Jews from Ashkenaz descend from a rather small number of families who survived the pogroms of the mid 1600s. |
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