Ashkanazim

English Etymology Identical with en Ashkenazim, but spelt closer to the en he - transliteration of he אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Hebr ashkanazím. Noun en noun en Ashkenazim. en 1841 Nicholas Patrick Wiseman The Dublin Review 281 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ABb3LV5Uo38C&pg=PA281&dq=%22Ashkanazim%22&ei=V042SvHyM4SONv3VucUJ [… 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. en 1999 Charles W. Joyner Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6iojKtBInysC&pg=PA190&dq=%22Ashkanazim%22&ei=V042SvHyM4SONv3VucUJ 190 University of Illinois Press 9780252067723 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. en 2002 Frank Heynick Jews and Medicine: An Epic Saga http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAiD-P1CjeYC&pg=PA437&dq=%22Ashkanazim%22&ei=V042SvHyM4SONv3VucUJ 437 KTAV Publishing House 0881257737 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. en 2002 Clive Jones; Emma Murphy Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy, and the State http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PJIwBz8C6qcC&pg=PA27&dq=%22Ashkanazim%22&ei=V042SvHyM4SONv3VucUJ 27 Routledge 9780415270878 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.