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- noun Plural form of
Litvak .
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Examples
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Unlike most Toronto Jews, who were (and are) of Polish origin, the Levis were Litvaks (Lithuanian).
Mattie Rotenberg. 2009
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Litvaks tended to be poorer but better educated, especially about their religion.
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The Ashkenazi, meaning Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, can be roughly divided into two groups: Galitzianer and Litvaks.
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Those are the fundamentalist Litvaks, and most not really all that Litvish at all.
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Is there is a difference between Galicians and Litvaks?
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
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Lithuanian descent (Litvaks), called for a boycott of the new initiative on Tuesday.
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Last month, the Lithuanian government announced that the Lithuanian PM has set up a task force for the development of a Litvak Heritage Forum which would "unite all Litvaks across the globe into a community."
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Though it means nothing in the grand scheme of things and even less to my cousins, I am the son of the son of the first son of the first son of Aaron Gershowetz, horse-trader, born 1826 in Vilna, Lithuania, land of Litvaks and giant, bohunk Jew-boys.
Book Patrol Stephen J. Gertz 2010
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Though it means nothing in the grand scheme of things and even less to my cousins, I am the son of the son of the first son of the first son of Aaron Gershowetz, horse-trader, born 1826 in Vilna, Lithuania, land of Litvaks and giant, bohunk Jew-boys.
Book Patrol Stephen J. Gertz 2010
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Litvaks will have to forgive the Chassidish spelling and ...
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