Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora

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The Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora is a population of Jews with historical roots in Central and Eastern Europe, characterized by distinct religious traditions, cultural practices, and linguistic heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethnic group
diaspora community
ethnoreligiousIdentityOf Ashkenazi Jews
experiencedHistoricalEvent Holocaust
emancipation in 19th-century Europe
mass migration to the Americas in late 19th and early 20th centuries
pogroms in Eastern Europe
hasBurialCustom distinct Ashkenazi tombstone styles
hasCalendarCustom different Passover kitniyot rules from Sephardim
hasCuisineItem bagels
challah
cholent
gefilte fish
kugel
latkes
matzo ball soup
hasCulturalOrganizationType Jewish mutual aid societies
landsmanshaftn
hasCulturalPractice Hasidic storytelling traditions
Yiddish literature
Yiddish theater
distinct Ashkenazi cuisine
klezmer music
study in yeshivot
hasCulturalRevival contemporary Yiddish revival
hasDistinctPrayerRite Nusach Ashkenaz
Nusach Sefard (Hasidic Ashkenazi rite)
hasDistinctReligiousLawCode Rema glosses on Shulchan Aruch
hasEducationalInstitutionType cheder
yeshiva
hasGeneticCharacteristic elevated frequency of some recessive disorders
founder effects in certain lineages
hasHistoricalOriginRegion Central Europe
Eastern Europe
hasHistoricalVernacular Yiddish
hasHolidayCustom Hanukkah candle-lighting with specific melodies
Purim shpiels
Simchat Torah dancing
hasLanguage Hebrew
Yiddish
hasLiturgicalLanguage Hebrew
hasMajorDiasporaDestination Argentina
Australia
Canada
France
Israel
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
hasMajorHistoricalCentersIn Czech lands
Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia

German-speaking lands
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Russia
Ukraine
hasMusicTradition cantorial music
nigunim in Hasidic communities
hasPoliticalMovement Bundism
Jewish socialism in Eastern Europe
Labor Zionism
hasPrimaryLiturgicalRite Ashkenazi rite
hasReligiousCustom Yizkor memorial service
distinct prayer nusach
distinct synagogue melodies
specific Passover customs
specific kashrut stringencies
hasReligiousLawTradition Ashkenazi halakhic customs
hasReligiousMovement Conservative Judaism
Haredi Judaism
linked to: Haredi Jews

Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism

Mitnagdic (Lithuanian) Judaism
linked to: Musar movement

Modern Orthodox Judaism
linked to: Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
hasReligiousTextTradition Talmud-centered study
responsa literature by Ashkenazi rabbis
hasReligiousTradition Rabbinic Judaism
isPartOf global Jewish diaspora
sharesAncestralOriginWith other Jewish communities

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Yiddish associatedWithEthnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Yiddish usedByCommunity Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Mountain Jews relatedGroup Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Jewish diaspora hasCommunityType Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Kristallnacht victim Austrian Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Sephardi Jews differentiatedFrom Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Shalom Aleichem usedBy Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Levi usedBy Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
I. L. Peretz ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Rabbinic Judaism majorSubtradition Ashkenazi Judaism
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Romaniote Jews predate Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Romaniote Jews distinctFrom Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Sholem Aleichem ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research focusesOn Ashkenazi Jews
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research focusesOn Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period isMajorCenterOf Ashkenazi Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Nusach Sefard associatedWith Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Der Nister religiousCulturalBackground Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Lo Zeh Ha-Derekh regionOfReception Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Bimah of the Old Synagogue in Tarnów culturalContext Ashkenazi Jewish community of Galicia
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Hurva Synagogue foundedBy Ashkenazi Jewish community of Jerusalem
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Hurva Synagogue affiliation Ashkenazi community of the Old Yishuv
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Loewenstein hasCulturalAssociation Central European Jewish communities
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
The Shtetl culturalContext Ashkenazi Jewish culture
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Dos kleyne mentshele associatedWith Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
French Jews hasSubgroup Ashkenazi Jews in France
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Di mishpokhe Mashber culturalContext Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
The Brothers Ashkenazi hasCulturalContext Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Anzia Yezierska influencedBy Eastern European Jewish culture
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
yeshivot of Worms locatedIn Ashkenazic lands
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
yeshivot of Mainz locatedIn Ashkenazic lands
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Nokh alemen subject Eastern European Jewry
linked to: Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora