This is the Forward’s coverage of Ashkenazi Jews, a major Jewish diasporic ethnic group native to Europe.
Ashkenazi Jews
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Yiddish World New record label boasts young (and female) singers of cantorial music
The producers of ‘Khazones Underground’ hope this Ashkenazi musical genre can be revived, just as klezmer was
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Culture Ashkenazi Jews, there’s 1,000 years of history you’ve been missing
The missing years include Jewish slavery in Italy
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Culture How one Jewish geneticist turned a family tragedy into a lifesaving mission.
American Heart Month is an appropriate time to learn how genetic testing can protect your family.
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Yiddish World Classic Yiddish holiday tales can provide hope in these dark times
Secular Yiddish children’s literature relayed the political aspirations, values and anxieties of Ashkenazi Jewry during the 20th century
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Food How to make your grandma’s brisket — and make it vegan
Micah Siva talks 'Nosh,' her new cookbook on veggie-centric Jewish food
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Food Pumpkin knishes and spicy pumpkin dip: Jews and pumpkins go back long before Thanksgiving
A Yiddish poem by the writer Leyb Kvitko suggests that pumpkin knishes were familiar to Jews in the Soviet Union
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Opinion Ashkenazi Jewish women like me have a higher risk of breast cancer. I didn’t know this until my own diagnosis
Breast cancer can strike any woman at any time, yet few young women are fully aware of the potential deadly threat they face. For Ashkenazi Jews like myself, this disease looms as an even larger threat compared to most women. A mutation in the BRCA gene is the most common cause of hereditary breast cancer….
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Books They couldn’t find any books on Ashkenazi herbs — so they wrote one
Deatra Cohen was studying to become an herbalist when her teacher assigned what seemed like a straightforward task: researching and reporting on the herbal cures and practices of her own culture. But the project was anything but simple. A retired librarian, Cohen was adept at navigating databases and combing through archives. But she could find…
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