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- noun mildly derogatory A Jew originating from
Germany currently living inIsrael .
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Examples
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Despite a residue of yekke-type "non-Zionism", some of the most robust and splendidly outspoken defenders of Medinat Israel are members of non-Orthodox congregations.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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For Herzl was not the legendary giant of the popular imagination, nor the staid yekke
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He has a foundation and a record in the deepest, most boring yekke sense.
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His condition was that I begin to study seriously with the yekke, Mrs. Loker.
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His condition was that I begin to study seriously with the yekke, Mrs. Loker.
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