Where Are They From?
This group comes from Eastern and Central Europe (like Poland, Germany, Russia).
Who are Ashkenazi Jews?
This event in 1492 forced Jews to leave Spain or convert.
What is the Spanish Inquisition / Expulsion?
This language was spoken by Ashkenazi Jews and mixes Hebrew, German, and Slavic words.
What is Yiddish?
This pastry or dumpling (like kugel or knish) is Ashkenazi.
What is kugel/knish?
This famous Ashkenazi scholar wrote commentaries on the Torah and Talmud.
Who is Rashi?
This group comes from Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Who are Sephardic Jews?
During this time (900s–1100s), Sephardic Jews lived in a “Golden Age” in Spain.
What is a time of tolerance and prosperity?
This language was spoken by Sephardic Jews and is based on Spanish.
What is Ladino?
These foods (like kebabs and rice dishes) are common in Sephardic cuisine.
What are Mediterranean/Middle Eastern foods?
This Sephardic scholar was a philosopher, doctor, and advisor.
Who is Maimonides (Rambam)?
This term referred to a region between France and Germany where Ashkenazi Jews first lived.
What is Ashkenaz?
Ashkenazi Jews faced violence during this series of religious wars.
What are the Crusades?
This type of music is associated with Ashkenazi Jews and often played at weddings.
What is Klezmer?
This soup made from beets is common in Ashkenazi cooking.
What is borscht?
Rashi lived in this country.
What is France?
Sephardic Jews often lived under this type of rule during their “Golden Age.”
What is Muslim rule?
This region in Russia limited where Jews could live.
What is the Pale of Settlement?
Sephardic music traditions are often influenced by these regions.
What are Middle Eastern / Mediterranean traditions?
Sephardic cooking uses lots of these (hint: flavor!).
What are spices?
Maimonides was born in this Spanish city.
What is Cordoba?
After persecution in Western Europe, Ashkenazi Jews moved to this region.
What is Eastern Europe (Poland/Russia)?
This set of rules limited how Sephardic Jews could live under Muslim rule.
What is the Pact of Umar?
Ladino reflects Spanish from which centuries?
What are the 14th–15th centuries?
Many foods we think of as “Jewish food” in the U.S. actually come from this group.
Who are Ashkenazi Jews?
This scholar’s epitaph says: “From Moses to Moses, there has never been another like Moses.”
Who is Maimonides?