RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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Both Ashkenazim and Sephardim Jewish cultures ____
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were developed as a result of the Babylonian Captivity.
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Speak Yiddish and developed in Europe
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Practice Judaism and developed in Europe
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developed in Europe and did not mix with non-jewish communities.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -About half of Jewish people around the world today identify as Ashkenazi, meaning that they descend from Jews who lived in Central or Eastern Europe. The term was initially used to define a distinct cultural group of Jews who settled in the 10th century in the Rhineland in western Germany.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews have roughly 30 percent European ancestry, with most of the rest from the Middle East, the two surveys find. The two communities seem very similar to each other genetically, which is unexpected because they have been separated for so long.
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