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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Genetics
3. Phenotype
4. Etymology
5. History


1. Introduction

I’m frequently asked this question, so here’s your definitive answer:

No. Ashkenazi Jews are not White/European.

Ashkenazi Jews are not genetically European, nor are they culturally European. In their own Jewish-orientated mainstream media, which is generally not intended for non-Jewish audiences, they adamantly state that Jews are not White/European.


The only time that Ashkenazim ever claim to be European is when they are attacking European religion, art, history, culture, philosophy, etc. “Hello, Fellow Whites…” At all other times, they claim to be a non-White minority group (which they are) and the poor, oppressed victims of nasty European “White Supremacism” (which they are not).


2. Genetics

Today, there are three major Jewish sub-races:

  • Ashkenazim, Jews who live in European countries and Isreal.
  • Mizrahim, who live in various regions of the Middle East.
  • Sephardim, who mostly live in North Africa (Jews who were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula).

Each sub-race has a unique genetic makeup, as they interbred with the various natives of the regions they inhabit. We’re only concerned with Ashkenazim because there is no debate whether Mizrahim and Sephardim are European/White or not (they aren’t).

Recent genetic studies have found that Ashkenazim are a mix of Bronze Age Levantines and Southern Europeans, with some minor Northern European admixture. A 2017 study estimated that modern Ashkenazim were around 50% Middle Eastern, 34% Southern European, and 16% Northern European, varying between East and West. Similarly, a 2020 study found that modern Ashkenazim were over 50% Bronze Age Levantine and 41% European.

Ashkenazim are NOT Khazars. They have no Turkic or Central Asian ancestry.

In principal component analysis studies, Ashkenazim form a unique genetic cluster between the Middle Eastern and European races, with some minor overlap between the two. For reference, Mizrahim and Sephardim cluster with their fellow Middle East and North African peoples.

Here’s the same PCA with the Jewish populations edited out. As you can see, Ashkenazim form a genetic bridge between the Middle East and Europe.


Earlier DNA studies found that most European DNA in the Ashkenazi gene pool dates back to their original expansion into Europe, and is predominantly derived from Italian women. This admixture event was coupled with some sort of genetic bottleneck event.


European admixture among Ashkenazim somewhat increased after the 1800s, when Jewish Emancipation enabled them to interbreed with non-Jews in Europe. Before this point, Ashkenazim were a highly insular, ghettoized population that interbred almost exclusively with other Ashkenazim (more on this in the History section). However, even after emancipation, they still remained largely insular and did not intermix with Europeans.

Ashkenazi Y-DNA haplogroups (male lineages) are predominantly found in the Middle East; J1, J2, E1, G. If you don’t know what a haplogroup is, read this article.


3. Phenotype

Some Ashkenazim (particularly those in Hollywood) look considerably more European than others. However, the overwhelming majority have distinctly non-European phenotypes that are obviously Middle Eastern in origin. The image below is a compilation of Ashkenazi phenotypes.


4. Etymology

The name ‘Ashkenazi’ is derived from the Biblical kingdom of Ashkenaz, which was first associated with the Scythians, then with the Slavic regions, and later with Germany and northern Europe. So, ‘Ashkenaz’ basically means “blonde-haired White people land” and ‘Askenazi’ means “Jew who lives in blonde-haired White people land.”

This does not mean that Ashkenazi Jews are literally Scythians, Slavs, or Germans, and it also doesn’t mean that Scythians, Slavs, and Germans are the “real Biblical Israelites.”


5. History

  • Note: I’m currently writing a longer article chronicling Jewish history, so this is an incredibly brief summary.

Ashkenazi Jews are a genetically and culturally Middle Eastern people, who only began to “integrate” into European society after the rise of Liberalism in the 18th Century, around two thousand years after they first arrived on the continent. Their history in Europe is one of being continually massacred, excluded, and expelled from every single European country that they have ever inhabited.

Don’t take my word for it, check these Wikipedia articles:
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsions_and_exoduses_of_Jews
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism

Note: This map is neither exhaustive nor comprehensive.


Although Jews have lived in Europe since the days of the Roman Empire, they have always dwelled in self-segregated, insular communities as an isolated, alien population. This was the case even before Europeans forcibly segregated them by law (which began around the start of the Second Millennium).

Harsh anti-Jewish attitudes have been extremely prevalent throughout Europe from the BC era until the Liberal revolutions of the 18th and 19th Centuries began the process of Jewish emancipation. [Note: Read more about racism in ancient Greco-Roman society in this article]. Even after Jewish emancipation took place, many Europeans remained overtly hostile to the Jewish population.

It should also be noted that Jews (both Sephardi and Ashkenazi) have continually assisted foreign races in their attempts to colonize Europe, such as the Seljuk Turks who invaded Anatolia, the Ottomans who invaded Eastern Europe, and the Moors who invaded Iberia (Portugal and Spain).

The relationship between Europeans and Jews can only be described as venomous and hostile, on both sides. They are two distinct peoples who have, essentially, been in conflict with one another for thousands of years. No honest man, who is even vaguely familiar with the history of Jews in Europe, could conclude otherwise. To claim that Europeans and Jews are “one people” is even more delusional than claiming that Israelis and Palestinians are one people.