RE: [Cz-L] New to the List

Mimi, there are lots of names showing origins,most certainly not just among
Sphardim. I suggest you look up the origin of Ashkenaz in Wikipedia....it
will save me a lot of Email! Cornel

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[mailto:bounce-62949369-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Miriam Taylor
Sent: 04 August 2012 15:47
To: Molly Neufeld
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Subject: Re: [Cz-L] New to the List

The word Eskenazi or Ashkenazi and variants means
"coming from Ashkenaz". Ashkenaz was the old word for Germany.
Only among Sephardic populations, would a person be called
by a name which means that he came from Germany, and later,
other European countries.

That is why the name is indicative of Jews who moved from Germany
and surrounding European countries to a place where most
of the Jewish population was either Sephardi or Middle Eastern.
People in Czernowitz and vicinity who were named Aschkenasi or Eskenazi
either were the descendants of the Jewish population who resided in
Czernowitz
during the Turkish rule, or they came to Czernowitz from Romania,
where there was a large Sephardi community.

Mimi
On Aug 3, 2012, at 9:34 PM, Molly Neufeld wrote:

> I understand that the last name Eskenazi is Sephardic. I have
> relatives with that name and they were from Turkey.
> Regards.
> Molly (1/2 Sephardic and 1/2 Czernowitzer)

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