Ashkenazi
noun
Ash·ke·nazi
ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zē 
ˌash-kə-ˈna-
ˌash-kə-ˈna-
plural Ashkenazim
ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zəm
ˌash-kə-ˈna-
: a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews compare sephardi
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These transplants came from the Ashkenazi tradition, while Jewish immigrants from southern Europe and northern Africa came from the Sephardic tradition and brought with them foods like hummus that were associated with the Middle East.
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Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
The buyouts come after finance chief Anat Ashkenazi in October said that one of her top priorities would be to drive more cost cutting as Google expands its spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2025.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 10 June 2025
Alphabet's new finance chief Anat Ashkenazi's received a total compensation of about $50 million, which included a nearly $10 million bonus.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
Yiddish, the mother tongue of Ashkenazi Jews in Europe for nearly a thousand years, is still spoken by about six hundred thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews mostly concentrated in America, Europe, and Israel.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
The buyouts come after finance chief Anat Ashkenazi in October said that one of her top priorities would be to drive more cost cutting as Google expands its spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2025.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 10 June 2025
Alphabet's new finance chief Anat Ashkenazi's received a total compensation of about $50 million, which included a nearly $10 million bonus.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
Yiddish, the mother tongue of Ashkenazi Jews in Europe for nearly a thousand years, is still spoken by about six hundred thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews mostly concentrated in America, Europe, and Israel.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Ashkenazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ashkenazi. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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