Ashkenazim — (pl.) central and northern European Jews (as opposed to Sephardim, Jews of Spain and Portugal), 1839, from Heb. Ashkenazzim, pl. of Ashkenaz, eldest son of Gomer (Gen. x:3), also the name of a people mentioned in Jer. li:27 (perhaps akin to Gk.… … Etymology dictionary
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Ashkénazim — Ashkénaze Les Juifs et le judaïsme Généralités Qui est Juif ? · Terminologie · Conversion Judaïsme : Principes de foi Noms de Dieu dans le judaïsme Tanakh (Bible hébraïque) : Torah · … Wikipédia en Français
Ashkenazim — (sing. Ashkenazi) Jews of Central and Eastern European origin … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
Ashkenazim — adj. pertaining to Jews of middle and northern Europe n. Jewish person with a middle or northern European background … English contemporary dictionary
Ashkenazim — /æʃkəˈnazəm/ (say ashkuh nahzuhm) plural noun (singular Ashkenazi) central or eastern European Jews. Compare Sephardim. {Hebrew, plural of Ashk naz, a descendant of Japheth (Genesis 10:3); also, in medieval use, Germany} –Ashkenazic, adjective …
Ashkenazim — Ashkenazic, adj. /ahsh keuh nah zim/, n.pl., sing. Ashkenazi / nah zee/. Jews of central and eastern Europe, or their descendants, distinguished from the Sephardim chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew. [1830… … Useful english dictionary
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POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ashkenazi Jews — For other meanings see Ashkenaz (disambiguation). Ashkenazi Jews (יהודי אשכנז Y hude Ashk naz in Biblical Hebrew; Y hudey Ashknoz in Ashkenazi Hebrew) … Wikipedia