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Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, Aškanazi, Aškanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAškănāzî, ʾAškănāzîm, pronounced sing. pl. * as in Tzar), are Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland.
Many later migrated, largely eastward, forming communities in Germany, Poland, Russia, Eastern Europe and elsewhere between the 10th and 19th centuries. From medieval times until the mid-20th century, the lingua franca among Ashkenazi Jews was Yiddish or Slavic languages such as Knaanic (now defunct), and they developed a distinct culture and liturgy influenced by interaction with surrounding nations.
Although in the 11th century they comprised only 3% of the world's Jewish population, Ashkenazi Jews accounted for (at their highest) 92% of the world's Jews in 1931 and today make up approximately 80% of Jews worldwide. Most Jewish communities with extended histories in Europe are Ashkenazim, with the exception of those associated with the Mediterranean region. A significant portion of the Jews who migrated from Europe to other continents in the past two centuries are Eastern Ashkenazim, particularly in the United States.
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1:53 4th ashkenazi fouls out, JEc on line, Hillel V 62 JEC V 50
jhoopsamerica (Jewish Hoops America) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:18:15 -0000
1:53 4th ashkenazi fouls out, JEc on line, Hillel V 62 JEC V 50
small study, but should ashkenazi women be tested for brca mutations? http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2009.25.0712v1
oleg8r (Alex Kentsis) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:20:38 -0000
small study, but should ashkenazi women be tested for brca mutations? http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2009.25.0712v1
Itay Ashkenazi (Jerusalem Lions QB) Rebroadcast Wednesday normal time slot. 9 pm Israel, Rusty Mike American Sports. www.rustymikeradio.com
RustyMikeSports (Andrew Gershman) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:34:59 -0000
Itay Ashkenazi (Jerusalem Lions QB) Rebroadcast Wednesday normal time slot. 9 pm Israel, Rusty Mike American Sports. www.rustymikeradio.com
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If you have Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, you might find over a thousand relatives http://bit.ly/7hy3qn :) #dna
matas_petrikas (Matas Petrikas) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:57:54 -0000
If you have Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, you might find over a thousand relatives http://bit.ly/7hy3qn :) #dna
Ashkenazi refers to Germans NOT Jews (YouTube http://youtu.be/ynWjYHP91gA?a)
KREPLACH (KREPLACH) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:59:20 -0000
Ashkenazi refers to Germans NOT Jews (YouTube http://youtu.be/ynWjYHP91gA?a)
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Benny Swartzberg's Yiddish Postcard Collection - A collection of Yiddish postcards from approximately 1905-1918.
Freedman Yiddish Music Archive - About the Robert and Molly Freedman Archive of Jewish Music at the University of Pennsylvania Library. The Freedman Yiddish Song Database, q.v., is based on this collection.
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Khulyot: Di Velt fun Yidish - Israeli Yiddish literary journal on the web, KhulyotDi Velt Fun Yidish
Mendele: Yiddish Language and Literature - Oldest Yiddish mailing list. Also, contains archivesof The Mendele Review, a literary magazine, plus a large and growing collection of Yiddish stories, poetry and belles-lettres in Yiddish.
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National Yiddish Book Center - The Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library contains text hundreds of Yiddish books that previously had been out of print and might have been lost to history.
Obermayer German-Jewish History Awards - Annual awards for voluntary contributions for preserving and recording the Jewish history, heritage, and culture of the remnant German communities.
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S. L. and Eileen Shneiderman Collection of Yiddish Books - Showcasing the lives and work of the late great writer and journalist S. L. Shneiderman and his wife Eileen, and the writer's book collection that is now part of the University of Maryland Library.
Sholom Aleichem Home Page - The Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem's life and work presented by members of his family in conjunction with The Sholom Aleichem Memorial Foundation.
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Virtual Ashkenaz - A discussion forum about new Yiddish culture, hosted by Ari Davidow.
Wolf Lewkowicz Collection - Includes extraordinary Yiddish letters.
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Yiddish Book: On Foreign Soil - The autobiography of a Jew who grew up in Russia at the turn of the last century. Starts in English and gradually turns back into Yiddish. Complete English version is available on-line.
Yiddish Event Guide - A useful list of Yiddish programs, organized as a public service Raphael Finkel, providing: Annual Events (recent ones as well as upcoming ones); continuing programs; and academic degree programs
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Yiddish Virtual Library (Duesseldorf, Germany) - Introduction to Yiddish in the German language from the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. Information about Yiddish language, culture, and current events. Many links to sites in various languages.
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Yiddish Web - Yiddish generally, but especially about Yiddish cultural events in and around Paris and the Medem Jewish Library. In French and Yiddish (either in transliteration, in GIF images, or as PDF's).
Yiddish-American Digital Archive - Real Audio clips of original Yiddish sound recordings and related Eastern European recordings.
Yiddishculture.org - The Dora Teitelboim Center - The foundation publishes Yiddish literature in translated and bilingual editions, and offers Yiddish-related features at its web site, including an online Yiddish course. Includes selections of Teitelboim's poetry in Yiddish and in English translation.
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YIVO Institute for Jewish Research - Home page of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the preeminent center for the study of East European Jewry and Yiddish
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