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Ashkenazi Jews live all over the world and speak the languages of their countries. The most common languages spoken by Ashkenazi Jews are:
- English
- Hebrew
- French
- Russian
- Spanish
- Yiddish*
*Yiddish was once the main daily language of Ashkenazi Jews, but today less than 1 million can speak it fluently, and most of these speakers are elderly. Fluent Yiddish speakers mainly live in Belarus, Israel, and Argentina.
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Are kosher Ashkenazi Jews allowed to eat kosher Sephardi foods?
Yes, but Ashkenazi Jews are stricter than Sephardi Jews.
What is an Ashkenazi?
An Ashkenazi is an alternative term for an Ashkenazi Jew, a group of Jews of German and Eastern European origin.
Which group of Jews speak Yiddish?
Ashkenazi Jews
If someone is a descendent of Ashkenazi Jews where are their relatives from?
Ashkenazi Jews are Jews from Europe. Over the centuries, many European pagans and Christians converted to Judaism, and their descendants are referred to as Ashkenazi Jews. Of course, there had always been some Jews in Europe who were descendants from the original immigrants from Judea. Apart from those who fled to Spain to avoid persecution, their descendants are also called Ashkenazi Jews.
Who uses yiddish?
Ashkenazi Jews
Are Hungarian Jews Ashkenazi Jew?
Yes, they are.
Are Aryan Turks Ashkenazi Jews?
of course
Who are Ashkenazi Jews?
Ashkenazi Jews are an ethnic group comprised of Jews who went to Europe after the expulsion. Ashkenaz was the word for Germany in the Middle Ages, but it generally applies to Jews with a European ancestry.
What languages were spoken by Jews?
In ancient times, Jews spoke Hebrew. From about 250 BCE to about 200 CE, the main language of the Jews was Aramaic. Since then, Jews have migrated to almost every country in the world, and they speak the local languages of the regions they live in. Today, most Jews speak English as their native language or as a second language. Hebrew is the second most spoken language among Jews.
What are spoken languages?
Spoken languages are languages that are spoken by people for communication. They involve vocalization and sound production to convey meaning, as opposed to written languages, which use visual symbols for communication. There are thousands of spoken languages used around the world.
What languages are spoken by Californian Jews?
Most Jews anywhere in the United States (including California) speak English as their first language.
Are the Ashkenazi Jews and Reform Jews the same Jews?
Reform Judaism had its origins in the Ashkenazi community, but there are plenty of Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews and plenty of Reform Jews with Sephardic backgrounds. In Europe, you can find Liberal synagogues (analogous to the Reform movement in the United States) that are dominated by Sephardic Jews, predominantly in French speaking countries that welcomed many Algerian Jews after the collapse of French North Africa.
