Why would the jews call themselves ahkenazi jews?

Question

I wonder why the jews would call themselves ashkenazi jews after ashkenaz who is a descendent of Japheth his father is Gomer. He and his descendents are gentiles according to genesis10:3.

Answer 1

Japheth? Gomer? I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and I've never heard of those guys. Ashkenazi means German. It's a Yiddish or Hebrew word. (I forget which language it is.) Basically, Jews whose families came from Eastern Europe consider themselves to be Ashkenazi Jews. Western Europeans are Sephardic Jews, meaning Spanish Jews. The two groups are similar.

Short answer: Your guess of what Ashkenazi means is not accurate.

Answer 2

two different things

just like their are Sephardi Jews (Jews from Spain)

their are Ashkenazi Jews ( Jews from Germany)

is quite possible that it comes from the Biblical name ashkenaz, but that only means that Jews in a latter time settled in the place that ashkenaz lived.

Answer 3

We are those who spent most of the past 1000 years in the lands of Ashkenaz (Germany)

Answer 4

in the beginning up it relies upon what do you outline as Messianic Jews. certainly, a ok-enjoyed somewhat-Orthodox pass of messianic Jews by making use of making use of the call Chabad is between the main extensively used Jewish messianic strikes. the call Chabad components the Hebrew letters ???. each and every and each by making use of making use of itself stands for yet yet another needed it rather is a center fee for this pass: ????=information, ????=concept and ???=be attentive to-how. by making use of making use of be attentive to it rather is obvious that this pass is in conserving with fee of reason and sturdy judgment, even despite the fact that it rather is criticized for its religious inclination collectively as in the previous due Eighteen Nineties its followers had thrown their Rabbi (the acceptable of a non secular pass) for this reason of actuality the Messiah or perhaps with the reality that have self concept he's, even a decade after his passing away. even with the reality that, the Chabad pass is between the main acceptable Hassidic sects in the Jewish worldwide which contradicts any declare what so ever as to hatred Jews adventure in the direction of Messianic sects indoors Judaism. Messianic sects which on the prompt are actually not Jewish is an entire non-acceptable tale and that i additionally think of of there is not any hate in the direction of them the two.

Answer 5

its because of the jewish conspiracy. modern jews aren't real jews, you know. *eyeroll*

names for the different cultures of jews come from their location in the world. ashkenaz was the hebrew name for germany during the middle ages, and germany was sort of like a cultural and learning hub of european jews, so european jews began being called ashkenazi. sephardi jews come from the hebrew name for spain. mizrahi means "eastern." and so forth.

Answer 6

Ashekenazi is "German" so german and Eastern European Jews are called Ashkenazim. Sephardi is '"Spanish" so Mediterranean Jews are called Sephardim.

Answer 7

askenazi jews are from eastern europe,sephardim are from asia.anglo saxon are from western countries,like england .ausrtalia,new zealand and south afica where i was born. my husband is sephardim from iran.from mikhal in israel.