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know anyone at all in Chat-
tanooga," recalls Mrs. Brown.
"While I was in the hospital, I was
contacted by a wonderful woman
who was very involved with the
synagogue. She said her son was
being bar mitzvah Friday night
and we were to name our daugh-
ter as her son was bar mitzvah, so
we would have people to share
our simcha. It was the kindest
thing anyone has ever done for
me.
"She said to me, 'I remember
why we're Jews; it's to come to-
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also does dessert receptions and
teas. A tea with small sandwich-
es, such as fresh turkey on a chal-
lah roll and barbecued beef on an
onion roll, along with fresh fruit
and a pasta salad are popular, as
are roll-up sandwiches, flank steak
fajitas and white bean spread with
grilled vegetables.
Nancy and Greg Brown of
Bloomfield Hills had just moved
to Chattanooga, Tenn., eight
weeks before daughter Adrienne,
now almost 10, was born. "We
hadn't even joined a synagogue
yet. We hadn't thought about a
baby naming because we didn't

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could name her Penina or Penina
Pestle."
Rabbi Yedwab says there are differ-
ent ways to give a Hebrew name. A
baby named Bob could have a "B"
name, ince Baruch, or Reuven for Robert
Or you can check the meaning. Bob
means bright or famous counsel. A He-
brew equivalent would be Azriel, Eliez-
er or Meir.
Some choose an American name
they Ifice with no relation to the Hebrew.
Janet and Lee Karson of West Bloom-
field named their daughters Lauren
Nicole and Brittany Rachel for deceased
relatives, but only in Hebrew. "I want-
ed my children to have names that I
liked," says Mrs. Kaman. "We felt it was
more important to pass down a family
value than a family name. That's what
you carry with you. We wanted to hon-
or relatives who had not yet been hon-
ored, so we gave them their Hebrew
names."
The Karsons also wanted "names
that were distinctly female, and I did
notwant them to feel isolated, that their
names were unusual," Mrs. Karson says.
"Lee did not want fussy, difficult names,
nor names that would be difficult as pro-
fessionals."
"We never wanted traditional
names," says Laurie and Howard Wein-
berger of Birmingham. They named
their daughter Chelsea "because we
both loved the name Chelsea from the

movie Legal Eagleswith Darryl Han-
nah," says Mts. Weinberger. "We loved
her spirit and character in the movie,
and we were hoping we would have
a girl so we could use the name."
Mr. Weinberger came up with the
name for their son Cody from Wild Bill
Cody. "I agreed," says Mrs. Wein-
berger, "though I really wanted Brett or
Chad. Now I love it" Both children
were gven traditional Hebrew names
for relatives.
Rena and Mark Lewis of Birming-
ham gave their daughters Samantha and
Lauren contemporary names, while also
giving them the more traditional He-
brew names of Shayna and Leah.
Samantha was named after Mark's
grandfather, Sam, and "Lauren was
named Lauren because when she came
out she did not look like a Molly, which
she was supposed to be," laughs Mrs.
Lewis.
Giving your child a name is the first
difficult task of parenting, because it can
help create his or her identity, and in-
volves so many different feelings.
Stumped on finding a name? You
can always follow the Karsons:
"I had a huge dictionary with 10,000
names," says Mrs. Karson. "I went
through and picked out 15 names I
liked. Then I gave it to Lee, and asked
him to pick out 15 he liked. If we had
one name the same, we had the baby's
name." ❑

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