Word: ashkenazic
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...most numerous today are the ASHKENAZIC Jews, who became an important group in the Rhineland about the 10th century. They take their name from the medieval Hebrew name for Germany, Ashkenaz. The Ashkenazim, who spread across Europe and to North and South America, suffered most of the casualties in the Hitler years, but still account for some 84% of the world's Jews...
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