THE 1)ETROITI JEWISH NEWS •ftida, iSeplember3131:1005 133 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 . ontinued on next page 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 1111110 ■ 790711111111 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 . POMEROY REALTORS Jack it Marc Pomeroy & Staff and Family Health, Joy, Prosperity and Everything Good in Life ft G.