Ashkanazim

English

Etymology

Identical with Ashkenazim, but spelt closer to the Hebrew transliteration of אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים (ashkanazím).

Noun

Ashkanazim

1. Alternative spelling of Ashkenazim
   • 1841, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, editor, The Dublin Review‎^[1], page 281:

     [… A]s to the testimony of the ancients, Diodorus Siculus affirms that the Germans had their origin from the Cimmerians; and the Jews to this day called them Ashkanazim, or descendants of Ashkenaz, son of Gomer.

   • 1999, Charles W. Joyner, Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 190:

     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, KTAV Publishing House, →ISBN, page 437, →ISBN:

     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, Emma Murphy, Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy, and the State, Routledge, →ISBN, page 27:

     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.