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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German Ashkenazi Jews settled there in the 1910s, and its borders became defined through redlining practices that withheld home loans from minority communities, including Jews.
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.
—NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024
A day earlier, Alphabet CFO Anat Ashkenazi warned the company expects capital spending to grow in 2025.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Tenuous tech jobs Ashkenazi, who replaced former CFO Ruth Porat, also hinted about cost cuts.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.
—NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024
A day earlier, Alphabet CFO Anat Ashkenazi warned the company expects capital spending to grow in 2025.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Tenuous tech jobs Ashkenazi, who replaced former CFO Ruth Porat, also hinted about cost cuts.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Ashkenazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ashkenazi. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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