encyclopedia americana (1985): "ashkenazim, the ashkenazim are the jews whose ancestors lived in german lands...it was among ashkenazi jews that the idea of political zionism emerged, leading ultimately to the establishment of the state of israel...in the late 1960s, ashkenazi jews numbered some 11 million, about 84 percent of the world jewish population." hmmm, seems the problem is the krauts.
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