אשכנז

• General Notes
  • One imagines that the reason the term 'Ashkenazi' came to refer to     the  Jews ofGermany (the Franks, or the Frankfurters, or the      Frankans) is tha t the son of Askenaz is named Francum.  [etymology:  Frank   Pronunciation Key  (frngk) n.A member of one Gomer Eldest son  of Yepheth <snip>. Sometimes identified with Germany by     rabb inic  sources: modern scholarship usually identifies them with     the  Cimmer ians inHerodotus, whose precise identity remains a matter   of  dispute.