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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Currently in production, the film’s most recent screenplay draft was penned by Jenny Taylor-Whitehorn, adapted from a script by Allie Avital & Alia Azamat Ashkenazi and based on a story and character by Peltz Beckham.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
Ashkenazi, who joined Google as finance chief last year, said the company has a number of prospects, including the potential to bring more customers from physical data centers into the cloud.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
The videos spreading across social media of Jews reuniting with their families, often with effusions of Jewish prayer — secular and religious, young and old, Ashkenazi and Sephardi — filled so many Jews (and plenty of non-Jews) with joy.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2025
Chief Financial Officer Anat Ashkenazi said about 60% of the company’s capital expenditures last quarter went to servers, with the rest directed to data centers and networking equipment that support its expanding AI operations.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
Ashkenazi, who joined Google as finance chief last year, said the company has a number of prospects, including the potential to bring more customers from physical data centers into the cloud.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
The videos spreading across social media of Jews reuniting with their families, often with effusions of Jewish prayer — secular and religious, young and old, Ashkenazi and Sephardi — filled so many Jews (and plenty of non-Jews) with joy.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2025
Chief Financial Officer Anat Ashkenazi said about 60% of the company’s capital expenditures last quarter went to servers, with the rest directed to data centers and networking equipment that support its expanding AI operations.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Ashkenazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ashkenazi. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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