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Term describing a Jew of German-speaking origin

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Ethnic group

German Jews in Israel
Total population
70,000 (2012)^{[citation needed]}
Regions with significant populations
Jerusalem,Tel Aviv,Haifa,Netanya,Ashdod,Beersheba and many other places
Languages
Hebrew,German,French,Yiddish,Shassi
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
OtherGerman andFrench Jews

AYekke (alsoJecke) is a humorous, mildly derogatory^[1] reference to aJew ofGerman-speaking origin.^[2]

Demography and history

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The wave ofimmigration to British Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s known as theFifth Aliyah had a large proportion of Yekkes, around 25% (55,000 immigrants). Many of them settled in the vicinity of Ben Yehuda Street inTel Aviv, leading to the nickname "Ben Yehuda Strasse". Their struggle to masterHebrew produced a dialect known as "Yekkish". TheBen Yehuda Strasse Dictionary: A Dictionary of Spoken Yekkish in the Land of Israel, published in 2012, documents this language.^[2]

A significant community escapedFrankfurt afterKristallnacht, and relocated to theWashington Heights neighborhood of New York City, where they still have a synagogue,Khal Adath Jeshurun, which punctiliously adheres to the Yekkish liturgical text, rituals, and melodies.^[3]