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- noun Plural form of
yekke .
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Examples
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Many Sabra Israelis—those born in Palestine—derided them as “block-headed Jews” and publicly labeled them “yekkes,” a derogative, clownish term.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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Many Sabra Israelis—those born in Palestine—derided them as “block-headed Jews” and publicly labeled them “yekkes,” a derogative, clownish term.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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The old Russian socialists, who had been in Palestine for generations, made fun of the yekkes, of their stiffness and bewilderment and fear.
From My Bookshelf: The Pale of Settlement, by Margot Singer Erika D. 2008
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Now they were yekkes, German-speaking Jews, with their poor Hebrew and assimilated Prussian ways.
From My Bookshelf: The Pale of Settlement, by Margot Singer Erika D. 2008
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