Beshalach. The Torah reading of the week contains the Song of the sea (Exodus 15:1–18). ... There is an Ashkenazi custom to feed wild birds on this Shabbat, in recognition of their help to Moses in the Desert. Why do we feed the birds on Shabbat Shirah? So they scattered some ma...
This fact is interesting for genetic researchers because Ashkenazi Jews are over-represented in high positions in society for the size of their ethic group, while other Jewish ethnic groups are not. More than 25% of all Nobel Prizes, including Albert Einstein, have been won by Ashkenazi Jews,...
Sukkot is a seven-day Jewish festival, which begins on the fifth day followingYom Kippur. It marks the harvest, and commemorates the forty years of exile the Jews had after escaping from Egypt. There are several different names for the holiday. It can be called the Day of Booths, or the...
What is the message of The Metamorphosis? Franz Kafka: Born on July 3, 1883, Franz Kafka grew up in Prague in the modern-day Czech Republic. He belonged to an Ashkenazi Jewish family, and his complicated relationship with Judaism has been the subject of much scholarship. Kafka died of lary...
As mentioned earlier, the word “tchotchke” originates from Yiddish, a language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. Yiddish itself is a blend of German, Hebrew, Slavic languages, and Aramaic, which naturally influenced how its words traveled and adapted through different cultures. Duri...
Julianna Margulies is featured in: She is ofAshkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews (plural Ashkenazim) arethe descendants of Jews who migrated into northern France and Germany around 800–1000, and later into Eastern Europe. Among the Ashkenazim there are a number of major subgroups: Yekk...
Jewish penicillin is a slang term for chicken soup. Although chicken soup does not contain the antibacterial properties that are...
Turkey is an example of a Muslim country that doesn’t use the Arabic script at all. 0 Ugra 4 years ago Reply to Kabir If there are ten points of parity between two groups and just one point of difference, pointing out the lone outlier isn’t any sort of evidence. Ashkenazi Jew...
Islamic culture holds that excessive praise will bring about the ill effects of the evil eye. Thus, instead of praising an adorable child, one is supposed to say that “God has willed” the child’s good lucks, or risk endangering the youth. Ashkenazi Jews also believe that excessive prais...
Tim’s DNA is about 1/4 Ashkenazi Jewish, a population of European Jews who tend to be closely related as a relatively historically insulated community. Even more interesting: Tim’s mother (of European descent) hadn’t known. We are all connected. We are family. ...