Ashkenazi Jews

Musee du Louvre 'The Supper at Emmaus' 1648 Here, we learn that Rembrandt lived on the edge of Amsterdam's largest Jewish community, which was populated by both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews, almost all of whom were refugees from persecution elsewhere in Europe.

The Look of Salvation Jonathan Lopez 2011

The study, which was conducted primarily to further medical knowledge of genetic diseases, rejected a highly controversial idea that Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazars in Eastern Europe who converted to Judaism -- an idea that has recently been used in an attempt to discredit the idea that Jews belong in Israel because it is their historic homeland.

Jews' Genetics Make Them A 'Distinct Population': NYU/Yeshiva Study 2010

Given that for Ashkenazi Jews this is a history that is not theirs, there is no pressing concern to preserve it as a living, breathing phenomenon.

David Shasha: Collateral Damage: Jewish Fratricide and the Demonizing of Córdoba 2010

Given that for Ashkenazi Jews this is a history that is not theirs, there is no pressing concern to preserve it as a living, breathing phenomenon.

David Shasha: Collateral Damage: Jewish Fratricide and the Demonizing of Córdoba 2010

Even those scholars -- in the main Ashkenazi Jews -- whose research has helped us to better understand Sephardic history have presented their work in a manner that does not consistently speak to the existential importance of this history and how it could act as an important bridge linking Sephardic Jews to the Arab-Muslim world.

David Shasha: Collateral Damage: Jewish Fratricide and the Demonizing of Córdoba 2010

Israel's Supreme Court ruled to integrate the school between Sephardic Jews, who are of Middle Eastern descent, and Ashkenazi Jews, whose ancestors came from Eu rope, the latest in a string of court decisions that have angered the ultraorthodox, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi.

Ultraorthodox Protest in Israel 2010

Likewise, Ashkenazi Jews, like their black South African counterparts who were stuffed into townships, were placed into ghettos in Europe and forced to live apart.

Condemn His Report, But Welcome Goldstone 2010

The study also found that Ashkenazi Jews, who hail from Europe, are "all as closely related as fourth or fifth cousins would be."

Jews' Genetics Make Them A 'Distinct Population': NYU/Yeshiva Study 2010

Members of the Sephardic community, many of whom feel they have long been treated as second-class citizens by Ashkenazi Jews, filed a lawsuit.

Ultraorthodox Protest in Israel 2010

Likewise, Ashkenazi Jews, like their black South African counterparts who were stuffed into townships, were placed into ghettos in Europe and forced to live apart.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Condemn His Report, But Welcome Goldstone 2010