Ashkenazic Judaism
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10–11.2 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States |
5–6 million |
 Israel |
2.8 million |
 Russia |
194,000–500,000 |
 Argentina
|
300,000 |
 United Kingdom
|
260,000 |
 Canada
|
240,000 |
 France
|
200,000 |
 Germany
|
200,000 |
 Ukraine
|
150,000 |
 Australia
|
120,000 |
 South Africa
|
80,000 |
 Belarus
|
80,000 |
 Hungary
|
75,000 |
 Chile
|
70,000 |
 Belgium
|
30,000 |
 Brazil
|
80,000 |
 Netherlands
|
30,000 |
 Moldova
|
30,000 |
 Poland
|
25,000 |
 Mexico
|
18,500 |
 Sweden
|
18,000 |
 Latvia
|
10,000 |
 Romania
|
10,000 |
 Austria
|
9,000 |
 New Zealand
|
5,000 |
 Azerbaijan
|
4,300 |
 Lithuania
|
4,000 |
 Czech Republic
|
3,000 |
 Slovakia
|
3,000 |
 Estonia
|
1,000 |
| Languages | |
|
Yiddish Modern: Local languages, primarily English, Hebrew, Russian |
|
| Religion | |
| Judaism, some secular, irreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Samaritans,Kurds, other Levantines (Druze, Assyrians,Arabs), Mediterranean groups (Italians,Spaniards) | |
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or simply Ashkenazim (Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנַזִּים, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: [ˌaʃkəˈnazim], singular: [ˌaʃkəˈnazi], Modern Hebrew: [aʃkenaˈzim, aʃkenaˈzi]; also יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז Y'hudey Ashkenaz), are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium.
The traditional diaspora language of Ashkenazi Jews is Yiddish (a Germanic language with elements of Hebrew and Aramaic), with Hebrew used only as a sacred language until the revival of Hebrew as a common language. Throughout their time in Europe, Ashkenazim have made many important contributions to its philosophy, scholarship, literature, art, music and science.
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