Meaning of Litvak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Lithuanian Jew, or an Ashkenazi Jew from the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
2. A surname.

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Examples

“A small man, sunburned as a gypsy, in a torn blouse, with a jet-black beard and enormous flashing eyes, was expostulating in a hoarse voice with a peppery Litvak accent, gesticulating violently and flinging his head from side to side.”

“The rabbi under the silk wedding canopy, held up by split⟳ triangular poles of quartered eucalyptus exuding an aromatic sap, is ill at ease but ready for business. He’s a middle-aged Litvak, a stocky man in mud-spotted trousers that drip over dried muddy heels.”

“Kibbutz Kinneret’s famed teigelach, the honey-drenched cookies beloved by Litvaks, were parceled up in a Red Cross package, intended to reach⟳ one of its members who had fallen into Syrian captivity during the 1973 Yom Kippur war. What better way to guarantee⟳ that he would know⟳ the food came from home?”

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