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It’s most likely because Russian and Steppe jews arrived from the Rhine area after the black plague.
by arrosenberg 2y ago
It’s most likely because Russian and Steppe jews arrived from the Rhine area after the black plague.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoSo, "German Jews" come from Russia, but "Russian Jews" come from Germany? Moskowitz in particular is the German spelling of a Russian patronymic identifying the man's father as having a Yiddish name. That's several cycles of transferring between Russia and Germany.
- arrosenberg 2y agoYes, in fact! Ashkenazi Jews were diaspora’d to the Rhine by the Romans and to Poland by middle age German polities for “causing the black plague”. The Russians conquered the areas of the Steppe they settled. There was an exodus of Russian Jews to the west during the pogroms of the early 1900s, with many (including my great grandparents) settling in Austria and Germany.