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An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (where the name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms or endonyms (self-designation; where the name is created and used by the ethnic group itself).
An ethnonym (from Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) 'nation' and ὄνομα (ónoma) 'name') is a name applied to a given ethnic group.Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and used by the ethnic group itself).
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בֵּית דִּין, בי״ד - 1) A [Jewish] court; lit. house of judgment. 2) A group of at least three adult Jewish men acting as a Halachic judiciary body. 3) A non-Jewish court. See also בי״ד; בית הכנסת, ביהכנ״ס (beit hak'neset) - the synagogue; lit. the house of gathering
This is a list of common nouns, used in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. Several of these terms are derogatory or insulting.
The traditional Jewish lullaby "Raisins and Almonds" popularized the golden goat as a Yiddish symbol, echoing that in Chad Gadya, a traditional Passover song. [5] The Yiddish Book Center has adopted the golden goat as its logo since 2012, designed by Alexander Isley with lettering from El Lissitzky's lithographs of Chad Gadya. [6] [7] [8]
Short title: The Jewish encyclopedia : a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day
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