Ashkenazi Jews - a podcast by Eric Ackerman

Hey everybody, Worldwide Jew here and on this episode of the Worldwide Jew Podcast we are going to be talking about Ashkenazi Jews. Here is some time stamps and links for further reading.

Time Stamps

Some general information and observances and definitions of Ashkenazi Jews- 00:00:44

More general information on Ashkenazi Jews such as language- 00:10:04

History of the name and brief history, difference between Ashkenazim and Sephardim(Sephardim will be covered next episode)- 00:17:25

Ashkenazi food- 00:32:02

Explaining that Ashkenazi Jews are not descendant of the Khazars and are not European and the fact that all Ashkenazi Jews are 30th cousins-01:07:57

A history of the Ashkenazi Jews- 01:27:53

Ashkenazi Jews in Israel- 01:56:40

Explaining my own personal experience as an Ashkenazi Jews.- 01:59:20

Links for further reading

Ashkenazi Jews- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews

Differences between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews- https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4095674/jewish/Ashkenazi-and-Sephardic-Jews.htm

Ashkenazi Jewish food- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_cuisine and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_cuisine_dishes

Khazar Hypothesis- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar_hypothesis_of_Ashkenazi_ancestry

Ashkenazi Jews are 30th cousins- https://www.livescience.com/47755-european-jews-are-30th-cousins.html 

Ashkenazi Jews are Middle Eastern Gallery-http://ashkenazim.weebly.com/gallery.html 

23 and Me Study- https://blog.23andme.com/ancestry/the-uniqueness-of-ashkenazi-jewish-ancestry-is-important-for-health/

Rashi(One of the most famous Ashkenazi Jews)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashi

Moses Isserles(Ashkenazi Commentator of the Shulchan Aruch)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Isserles

Is Chabad Ashkenazi or Sephardic?- https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/591965/jewish/Is-Chabad-Ashkenazic-or-Sephardic.htm

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