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- Molecular Genetics Testing Laboratory: Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Disease Screen - Information about a test for seven common inherited diseases in the Ashkenazi Jewish population: Tay-Sachs disease, Canavan disease, cystic fibrosis, Gaucher disease, Bloom syndrome, familial dysautonomia and Fanconi anemia.
- Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue - History, contacts, calendar, and fellowship information from this congregation worshiping in accordance with the Ashkenazi ritual of Orthodox Judaism; located Downtown.
- Yiddish Literature - The history of European Ashkenazi literature, with several children's stories in Yiddish and English.
- CineFile: Camminando sull'acqua - Recensione del film di Eytan Fox con Lior Ashkenazi. A cura di Alberto Cassani.
- Jewish Genetic Diseases - Cystic Fibrosis - Page with basic information on Cystic Fibrosis: symptoms, incidence in people of Jewish descent (Ashkenazi Jews), diagnosis, treatment, and screening.
- Wandering Thoughts on the Sephardim and Their Language, Ladino - Essay by an Ashkenazi scholar at Dartmouth University.
- Chanting the Hebrew Bible - A good introduction or revision tool, offering Professor Eliezer Segal's simple online Torah and Haftarah trope guide (Ashkenazi pronunciation) with midi audio files, suitable for revision or beginners. Cantillation signs are grouped into columns of connecting, separating, or pausing "accents", and notes that stand alone.
- Vocalization of Hebrew Alphabet - Hebrew alphabet chart with separate/all together wav/WinMedia files for each letter and vowel, according to Yemenite pronunciation, with description of differences of Ashkenazi and different Sephardi sounds, plus "hear the difference" wav files for 'similar sounds'.
- Litmus - An independent label whose first release was awarded the top rating of five stars by BBC Music Magazine and whose latest release of Beethoven piano sonatas has been endorsed by pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy and John Lill.
- Wandering Thoughts on the Sephardim and Their Language, Ladino - Essay by an Ashkenazi scholar at Dartmouth University.
Wikipedia Articles
- Ashkenazi Hebrew - Ashkenazi Hebrew is the pronunciation system for Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew favored for liturgical use by Ashkenazi Jewish practice. Its phonology was influenced by languages with which it came into contact, such as Yiddish and various Slavic languages.
- Ashkenazi intelligence - Ashkenazi intelligence refers to the controversial theory purporting the general intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews, the Jews of Central and Eastern European origin who are the descendants of Jews who settled in the Rhineland beginning about the year 800 AD.
- Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul - Ashkenazi Synagogue is located near the Galata Tower, Istanbul, Turkey. It is the only currently active Ashkenazi synagogue open to visits and prayers.
- Malkiel Ashkenazi - Rabbi (Hakham) Malkiel Ashkenazi (?1450) Sephardic rabbi best known for resettlement and leadership of the Jewish community in Hebron in 1540.
- Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi - Eliezer (Lazer) ben Elijah Ashkenazi (1512–December 13, 1585) (Hebrew: אליעזר בן אליהו אשכנזי) was a Talmudist, rabbi, physician, and many-sided scholar. Though of a German family (according to some, the relative of Joseph Colon; see Marco Mortara, Indice Alfabetico, s.