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NEWS
Name Game
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
Flo & Manny Feinberg
Plantation, Fla.
Y YITZCHAR DINUR
What do the names Cohen,
ordon, Ochana, Rosenberg,
reen, Haddad, Brodie, Kolet-
ar, Hudeida, Berlin, Silver-
erg, Caspi, and London all
ave in 'common? They are all
ewish names, and they can all
e met in Israel while walking
own the street.
The vicissitudes of Jewish life
11 over the world have produced
profusion of Jewish names. In
srael, this profusion has
lended and been mellowed by
he addition of Hebrew names.
e result is that name watch-
ng in Israel is as popular a
ame and hobby as train watch-
ng in Britain and, at my guess,
uch more rewarding.
A Jewish name can teach you
omeone's personal history —
here he came from, what his
ame was before, how it has
hanged, why it has changed. It
an also illustrate Jewish his-
ory.
Mani, of the Jewish names we
ave all heard of are the result
f a forcible naming process in
he Russian and Austro-
ungarian empires about 200
ears ago. Jews did not have
nd did not want to take family
ames, mainly for religious rea-
ons. The result: they were
anded with names which were
range, sometimes laughable,
erisive, ridiculous or even
ownright malicious. Some
xamples are: Federbusch
Featherbush), Fetter (Fatty),
itterman (Bitter), Sontag
Sunday), Montag (Monday),
ittwoch (Wednesday), Dreyer
Swindler) and Bok (Big Ox).
The Austro-Hungarian Em-
ire is gone. So is the Czar. The
ews have survived them and so
ave these names which, with
he passage of time, have lost
eir poison, mellowed and even
ecome traditionally Jewish.
Many Jewish names indicate
lace of origin: Brodie
Romania), Slonim (Poland), Be-
lin, (Germany), Hudeida
Yemen), Al-Fasi (Fez in
orocco), Moscowitz (Russia),
hirazi, Isfahani (Iran), Kolet-
ar (Kolet, a village in the
aharashtra province of India).
endoza, Sevilia, Mitedulla and
astilia are grand old Sephardic
ames originating in Spain.
Many are common names in
he Jews' countries of residence:
osenberg, Birnbaum, Schneider
re all from Germany. Haddad
common among Jews from
rabic-speaking countries; so is
akim (a wise man), which
niong Jews from that area
ndicates a rabbi somewhere
long the line, just like
binovitch.
Simple patronymics (son of
• .) are among the commonest
f Jewish names: Jacobson,
acobowitz, Abramson,
ichaelovitch, Yankelewits
vitch, ewitz is 'son of' in Rus-
ian, and in Romanian it be-
mes - ovici), Yacovzadeh (in
ersian `zadeh' means 'son of')
nd Yacovshvili (in Georgian
hvili' means 'son of).
Many names relate to trades
r occupations: Schneider is a
ilor in Yiddish, and Hayat is
.
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Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness
Joel, Linda & Jill Gershenson
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family
William & Gail Rossen
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family
Diane, Tony, Michael &
David Schwartz
To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity
Roz & Sid Pelton
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May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.
The Rosenbergs
Eddie & Shirley - Howard & Brenda
To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity
Alfred & !leen Gottlieb
f.
To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
_ Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity
Fung Lim's Restaurant
Bernice & Nate Scbecter
May the New Year Bring
May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
To All Our Friends, Clients
and Family Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life
.
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Jack it Marc Pomeroy & Staff
and Family Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life
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