Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the branch of European Jews, historically Yiddish-speaking, who settled in central and eastern Europe.
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- adjective Of or relating to
Jews ofGerman andEastern Europe origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals. - noun An Askhenazi Jew.
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- noun a Jew of eastern European or German descent
Etymologies
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term Ashkenazi, briefly, these are Jews that are descended from the medieval ethnic Jewish communities of the Rhineland in the west of Germany.
American Chronicle 2009
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term Ashkenazi, briefly, these are Jews that are descended from the medieval ethnic Jewish communities of the Rhineland in the west of Germany.
American Chronicle 2009
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The total paternal European contribution in Ashkenazi Jews is estimated at 18%-30% with the overall total split surprisingly evenly between West Coastal and Central/Eastern European lineages.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Interesting DNA Information 2010
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Given the incidence of CAH in Ashkenazi Jews, I suspect at some point we may start offering CAH testing along with Tay Sachs and other genetic prenatal screens.
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - Something to Consider aka TBTAM 2009
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Scientists at Yeshiva University in New York have identified two genetic mutations in short Ashkenazi Jewish women that may explain why they are more likely to be live over 100 years.
Material World: Bad News for Those with Short Jewish Mother-in-Laws Eric Bland 2008
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Scientists say a mutation causes 18% of cases in Ashkenazi Jews and 37% in North African Arabs.
January 26th, 2006 2006
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This current data also implies that hereditary breast cancer may account for at least 15-20% of all breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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Of the putative alleles of large effect which have been suggested--and as far as I'm aware, the Ashkenazi are the only population in which such alleles have yet been found-- nearly all seem to be associated with some corresponding negative effect or risk factor.
Archive 2009-01-01 Kosmo 2009
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Of the putative alleles of large effect which have been suggested--and as far as I'm aware, the Ashkenazi are the only population in which such alleles have yet been found-- nearly all seem to be associated with some corresponding negative effect or risk factor.
Genes and IQ Kosmo 2009
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-- They refuse to identify themselves with the 'state' of India that provided them refuge for 1000s of years and now they seek to identify themselves and see ‘cultural’ similarity with people with whom they are totally unrelated namely the Ashkenazi Jews.
Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002
jxnjerry commented on the word Ashkenazi
this is a Hebrew word that the Israeli Air Force is using to prepare themselves for an attack on their greatest enemy at this time.
June 29, 2009