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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 284366, member: 2844&quot;]Edit: I just noticed you deleted the question. It wasn&#039;t insensitive, don&#039;t worry, and here is the answer I had already written.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ashkenazic Jews are also known as German or Eastern European Jews. There is still a strong Jewish community in Germany, and Jewish silversmiths.</p><p>Eastern European Jewish communities didn&#039;t only suffer WW II, but also Communist rule. They are slowly being revived, often by young part-Jewish people who want to connect with their roots. Hungary is a special case, many Israelis buy holiday homes and even settle there now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sephardic Jews are also known as Portuguese Jews. Their culture is influenced by medieval Spain, where they lived before they were kicked out (1492) and moved to Portugal. After a while they had to leave there too and moved to the Low Countries (notably Amsterdam) and around the Mediterranean.</p><p>I live in the Netherlands, where we have both communities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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