Ashkenazi Jews
Jewish diaspora of Central, Western and Eastern Europe
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Summary
Ashkenazi Jews is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.044% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,841 views/month, #2 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Yiddish[3], English[4], Hebrew[5], Russian[6]
- Religion or worldview: Judaism[7], atheism[8]
- Country: United States[9], Israel[10], Russia[11], Ukraine[12], European Union[13], Belarus[14], Azerbaijan[15]
- Instance of: Jewish community[16]
- Named after: Ashkenaz[17]
- Subclass of: Jewish people[18]
- Part of: Jewish people[19]
- Commons category: Ashkenazi Jews[20]
- Has part(s): history of the Jews in Lithuania[21], history of the Jews in Poland[22], history of the Jews in Ukraine[23], history of the Jews in Germany[24], history of the Jews in Russia[25], history of the Jews in France[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ashkenazi Jews[27]
- Population: 8,000,000[28]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30]
- Different from: Ashkenaz[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[32]
- P14541: 3vxyun[33]
Why It Matters
Ashkenazi Jews has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 193 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]