The star of David and the swastika are found together all over the globe since the dawn of humanity. But the Ashkenazim are from the Aryan Steppe and not the Mediterranean. Their tall stature and light hair and eyes come from their Aryan heritage and homeland. The Russians adopted Orthodoxy. The Poles adopted Catholicism. And the Khazars adopted Judaism. All come from the same region and are related peoples. Their Yiddish language did not originate in Germany but was brought from their homeland north of the Caucus Mountains, just as the Germanic and Slavic languages were.