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submitted 1 year ago by balderdash9@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.ml

Context (for those who don't know): Israel and Palestine

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[-] Shrike502@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ashkenazim have European surnames because Europeans literally forced them unto Jews. Austro-Hungary, Russian Empire - both had policies for giving Jews "local" surnames (for taxation purposes). It's how you get Jews with German surnames in eastern and central Europe (i.e.the ones you have listed), and how you get Jews with Ukrainian and Russian-ish surnames in the appropriate areas (see Abramovich, Litvak)

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

And they did so in Europe. Which means that people with this family names were Jews coming from Europe to Israel and not from Arabic countries like the comment above claimed.

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