Galician Jews

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Galician Jews or Galitzianer Jews are a subdivision of the Ashkenazim geographically originating from Galicia (Poland/Ukraine).

[edit] Culture

Colloquially, Galitzianers were considered to be more emotional and prayerful than their rivals, the Litvaks, who thought of them as irrational and uneducated. They, in turn, disdained Litvaks as cold fish. Ira Steingroot's "Yiddish Knowledge Cards" devote a card to this "Ashkenazi version of the Hatfields and McCoys."[1]

The two groups diverged in their Yiddish accents and even in their cuisine, separated by the "Gefilte Fish Line,"[2] Galitzianers like things sweet, even to the extent of putting sugar in their fish.

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