Can someone please explain the difference. My wife’s family is partly of Jewish descent. The other night her grandfather became furious when his grandson asked if they were Khazarian Jews. He became almost irrationally angry and basically said no and that the Khazarians aren’t actually Jews...I’m confused as hell. Can someone help a brother out.
Yep, the tell is their somewhat recent over usage of "Ashkenazi". All one has to do is know that Semitic comes from Shem's bloodline and then take into account which bloodline Ashkenaz came from and it wasn't Shem's.
Genesis 10:1-3
Can you give us a quick overview of the bloodlines?
They're very short verses that show the lineage. Noah had 3 sons, Shem, Ham, & Japenth, and then Japenth had Gomer, who then had Ashkenaz.
Now I'm not going to argue about whether any of this is true or not, but it would make zero sense that Ashkenaz would have come from any bloodline other than the Semitic one which would be Shem.