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Yekke — The term Yekke (adjective: Yekkish ) (alt: Jecke or Yecke) is a generally jovial, mildly derogatory term used to refer to Jews originating from Germany or adhering to the Western European minhag .Today, very few Yekkes live in Germany proper, but … Wikipedia
Yekke — noun A Jew originating from Germany currently living in Israel … Wiktionary
Yekke — Israeli born nickname for German Jews … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
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Wimpel — A wimpel (Yiddish: ווימפל, from German, cloth, derived from Old German, bewimfen, meaning to cover up or conceal [Kaniel, Dr. Michael. The Wimpel: Binding the Family to the Torah . Jewish Action , Summer 1993, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 41 44.] ) is a… … Wikipedia
Jecke — (auch Jekke, anglisierte Schreibweise Yekke, Singular: der Jecke, die Jeckete, Plural: die Jeckes oder Jekkes, Adjektiv: jeckisch) ist eine umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung der jiddischen Sprache für die deutschsprachigen jüdischen Einwanderer der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Afropop and African music — In the 1950s, Franco’s Jazz in Zaire was one of the rare African bands to reach as far as Britain. In the 1960s, South African Abdullah Ibrahim, and the whole township Jazz scene, made a mark in the UK, as too did the legendary South African… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
List of English words of Yiddish origin — For Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews (that are not necessarily English), see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of… … Wikipedia
History of the Jews in Germany — Jews have lived in Germany, or Ashkenaz , at least since the early 4th century, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of antisemitic violence, culminating in the Holocaust and the near destruction of the Jewish community in Germany and… … Wikipedia
Cheri Yecke — Yecke redirects here. For the term describing Jews of German origin, see Yekke. Cheri Yecke is a conservative politician in the United States. She holds a bachelor s degree in history from the University of Hawaii, a master s of science degree in … Wikipedia
