Ashkenazi
Central European Jewry
Ashkenazi refers to Jews of Central and Eastern European descent, as distinct from Sephardic Jews of Iberian or Middle Eastern origin.
The term derives from the medieval Hebrew name for Germany.
Ashkenazi Jews developed distinct religious customs, Yiddish language, and cultural traditions.
Today they constitute the majority of world Jewry: Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, an Ashkenazi synagogue.
Jewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
Shabbat · mitzvah · Hanukkah · Passover · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Sukkot · seder
Braided ceremonial Jewish bread
- latkesFried shredded potato cakes
- gefilteFilled, in Yiddish
- kugelJewish egg noodle casserole
- brisketLower chest of cattle
matzo · knish · rugelach · babka · blintzes · kreplach · kishke · pastrami
Historic Jewish village
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- expulsionForced permanent removal
migration · assimilation · emancipation · Germany · Poland · Russia · Lithuania · Ukraine
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- SephardiJew of Iberian descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
DNA · genetics · matrilineal · patrilineal · descendants · forebears · roots · family
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
kosher · Shabbat · mitzvah · Hanukkah · Passover · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Sukkot · seder · kippah
challah
Braided ceremonial Jewish bread
brisket · matzo · knish · rugelach · babka · blintzes · kreplach · kishke · pastrami · schnitzel
shtetl
Historic Jewish village
expulsion · migration · assimilation · emancipation · Germany · Poland · Russia · Lithuania · Ukraine · Belarus
ancestry
Family line of descent
bloodline · DNA · genetics · matrilineal · patrilineal · descendants · forebears · roots · family · tribe
klezmer
Traditional Ashkenazi folk music
schmooze · kibitz · mensch · schmaltz · nosh · tchotchke · bubkes · verklempt · shtick · klutz
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- JewishTorah, Shabbat, kosher, rabbi, synagogue
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- Jewish heritageTorah scrolls, synagogues, rabbis, Sephardic, Hebrew