Ashkenazi is the name for a group of people of Jewish descent who lived in western Germany in the medieval era. In later centuries, Ashkenazi Jewish people migrated elsewhere, including Eastern Europe ...

Of the victims, at least 11 were children. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The remains of 17 people, mainly children, found in ...

Extracting ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once-thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany. The findings, presented on ...

(The Conversation) — Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world – and represented in the US. ...

About two-thirds of Jews today—or roughly ten million people—are Ashkenazi, referring to a recent origin from Eastern and Central Europe. They reside mostly in the United States and Israel. Ashkenazi ...