Religious Group Ethnic Group Ashkenazi Jew ASHKENAZI JEW Ashkenazim C0337704 A person of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Ashkenazi_Jew Population Group Ashkenazi Jew Ashkenazi Jew Ashkenazi Jews, also called Ashkenazim, are Jews who are descendants of Jews from Germany, Poland, Austria and Eastern Europe. C17950 One of two major ancestral groups of Jewish individuals, comprised of those whose ancestors lived in Eastern Europe (Germany, Poland, Russia). The other group is designated Sephardic Jews and includes those whose ancestors lived in North Africa, the Middle East, and Spain. Most Jews living in the United States are Ashkenazi Jews.