Ashkanazim
Origin
Identical with Ashkenazim, but spelt closer to the Hebrew transliteration of ×ַשְ××›Ö²Ö¼× Ö¸×–Ö´×™×.
Noun
noun
- Alternative spelling of en
- 1999: Charles W. Joyner, Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture, page 190 (University of Illinois Press;Reform Judaism, which has been called “the folk religion of the German-American Jew,†represented a crisis in the longstanding linguistic and religious differences dividing Sephardim and Ashkanazim.
- 2002: Frank Heynick, Jews and Medicine: An Epic Saga, page 437 (KTAV Publishing House; , 9780881257731)It is in the distribution of the Rh (rhesus) factor that the blood of the various Jewish communities of Europe shows some significant differences compared to their gentile neighbors — apparently due to an old core of Mediterranean ancestry among the Ashkanazim.
- 2002: Clive Jones and Emma Murphy, Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy, and the State, page 27 (Routledge;Ben-Gurion's legacy has been an enduring one. The projection of a national consensus, the domination of the state over other political actors, and the hegemony exercised over decision-making by a largely Ashkanazim élite remain features of Israeli politics today.