jewish name

IS THE LAST NAME CHRISTIAN JEWISH?

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my fathers last name is Christian and his father was french jewish,does anybody know if the origins of the last name Christian?

IS THE LAST NAME CHRISTIAN JEWISH?
Christian Name Meaning and History

English, German, and French: from the personal name Christian, a vernacular form of Latin Christianus 鈥榝ollower of Christ鈥?(see Christ). This personal name was introduced into England following the Norman conquest, especially by Breton settlers. It was also used in the same form as a female name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Since surnames come from the father and religion tends to come from the mother, I'd bet there was an inter-faith marriage in your family tree somewhere, with a Jewish wife and a Christian husband.
Reply:Any name came be Jewish.

Also, understand how a Jew is defined.

Reform Jews define a Jew by their religion only.

Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines a Jew by the mother only, not the religion or the father. They state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father and if they don't have a Jewish father, they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family. Whereas they state if a person doesn't have a Jewish mother they aren't Jewish unless they convert to Judaism.

So a person's name could be McCarthy as long as they have a Jewish mother, they are considered Jewish by Orthodox and Conservative Judaism. They would also be considered Jewish by Reform Judaism if they are of the Jewish faith.

Many names in the U.S. are identified as Jewish as a large portion of immigrants to this country with cetain names were Jewish. Back in their country of origin, the same name was used by Jews and non Jews alike.

How do you pronounce the Jewish God's name?

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In the language that would have been spoken by Moses or Noah? Having it phonetically written would be nice, i.e. Allah = Ah-Lah

How do you pronounce the Jewish God's name?
It is unknown. Speaking the name was ok for awhile, but later, it was only allowed at certain ceremonies. The best guess so far is "Yahweh", but not all scholars agree.

However, most scholars agree that "Jehovah" is not the name because they understand how the error in translation led to this name.
Reply:yahweh - yah-way
Reply:Y@hovah {yeh-ho-vaw'}

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1) the proper name of the one true God

a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136

AV - LORD 6510, GOD 4, JEHOVAH 4, variant 1; total times in the KJV=6519

http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/w...
Reply:ya- way

yahweh
Reply:I would say Adoni. Ah-dough-nigh
Reply:Therein lies a tale:

The precise pronounciation is not assured.

Jews had 2 practices:

1- They never included the vowels when they wrote something.

2- They gave in to the idea that God's name was so holy, it was a sin (eventually) to pronounce it.

That's why Jesus said what he said at John 17:6.

What we know for sure are the consonants:

YHWH.

Some pronounce it: YaH-WeH.
Reply:it was writen YHWH but they did not use it as such it ment'' I am what I am'' or '' I will be what I will be'' not clear translation.
Reply:Yaa-way
Reply:YAAHHH - WAAYY

Hope that makes sense.
Reply:The name is YHVH with two vowels. The name is never spoken; so you would need to ask a Jew to say the name.

They are never supposed to say it.
Reply:Nobody knows for certain. We only have the consonants written. The "vowel sounds" are a best guess.

YHWH

Yah-weh or Yah-vey.

There is no "J" sound in Hebrew...and the "W" can be pronounced as either "w" or "v"
Reply:I am not sure, but I think it is Yaweh, pronounced Ya- way.
Reply:ANY HYH Yahweh Elohim or in English it is written I AM the LORD thy God. Elohim is plural of Allah meaning the fulness of God.

Allah is written in Daniel and also can refer to the false God or abomination of desolation.

Most of the Old Testament names of God is Yahweh Elohim, the El Elyon (Most High) and is the everlasting name of the God of Israel.

I AM means all existant.

Elohim means God / Gods.

Yahweh means everlasting breath

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What is another name for Jewish Mythology?

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An arab would say the holocaust!

What is another name for Jewish Mythology?
Midrash or is the closest thing I can think of.
Reply:The Truth. =)
Reply:Kabbalah is jewish mysticism....
Reply:Religion, of course.
Reply:The Bible, I think.
Reply:Fantasy.

Which Jewish names are not given to Christian babies?

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What about "Menachem" and "Chaim"?

Which Jewish names are not given to Christian babies?
The ones they don't use are probably not popular with modern-day Jewish parents either. For example, "Mahar-shalal-hasbaz" usually gets passed over. Long, complex, hard to spell or pronounce names get left behind in favour of simpler names like Mark or Joseph or Benjamin.
Reply:The issue here is not about which names are Jewish but about which names are not native to English-speakers. Menachem and Chaim are Hebrew names and it would be strange, but not impossible, to hear them given to the child of an English-speaking couple. I have come across a Judah, and I know people with children called Reuben, Joshua, Levi and Rebekah - none of whom are from Jewish families.

I suspect Judas - though the name is latinised and therefore more familiar to English speakers - is much rarer, though, because of the connotations of treachery.
Reply:Judah is not at all an unlikely name for Christians. I know several young men - both in my congregation - and others nearby, with the name Judah. I also have a young man named Moses in my congregation.

Also I know of those named Joshua and Jeremiah.

Hannah J Paul
Reply:Anglicized Jewish names from Hebrew or Aramaic have been given to Christians for millenia. Steven, John, Jonathan, Joshua (Jesus), Hiram, Elijah, Abraham and so on. Ruth, Esther, Eve, Judith, Mary/Maryam/Miriam- how many others?
Reply:ok menachem and chaim is probly a rare name. menachem could be christian given name and i think chaim would be jewish

judah n judas is VERY UNLIKELY to be a christian name your right
Reply:Jude and Judith are related to the Hebrew name Yehudah, which was translated by Greeks into Judah/Judas.
Reply:If a person can name their child Mercedes, they can name their baby a Jewish name.
Reply:The octomum named all her babies Jewish names, was she Jewish?
Reply:I hope 'Elisha' is not used, remembering the horror he caused in 2kings2.
Reply:I don't think you will find anyone who would want to name their child Judas.
Reply:I would never call any child JUDAS, OSAMA or ADOLPH

but hey that's me
Reply:Neither would I choose Methusalah or Job or Cain

Whats a good name for a jewish baby boy?

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HE'S DUE ON SEPTEMBER 29 AND WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD NAME FOR HIM, PLEASE HELP ME----

Whats a good name for a jewish baby boy?
I'll go ahead and list my favorites since you didn't mention any ceratin style.

Aaron

Abraham

Adam

Adon

Asher

Azariah

Benjamin

Brighton

Caleb

Daniel

David

Eli

Elijah

Gabriel

Ian

Isaac

Isaiah

Jacob

Jonah

Jonathan

Joshua

Judd

Jude

Malachi

Matthew

Phineas

Seth

Simon

Toby

Zachary

Zane
Reply:i really like Jason

its a common Jewish name and the people who i know that are named that are great guys
Reply:Bofiessiss
Reply:Mandel (like actor Mandy Patinkin). It means "Little man" in Jewish
Reply:Simon is pretty %26amp; masculine.

Barak means lightning.

Paz means goldern (and Peace in Spanish)

Asa means healer.

Amir, treetop
Reply:Arbatron X

EZEKIEL

SAUL

GAMALIEL
Reply:Jewish children are named for deceased relatives. Find out what the grandfathers and great-grandfathers names were. You can't go wrong with David, Samuel, Joshua or Jacob.
Reply:Ashkenazi Jews (from Eastern Europe) have a tradition to name a child with the Hebrew name of a deceased relative or person whom they'd like the child to emulate - like a distinguished scholar. For instance, if the grandfather was David for a boy or the grandmother was Ruth for a girl, those would be the Hebrew names you use. The English name can be something totally separate, though people tend to use a name with the same first name (i.e. Rochelle might be instead of Ruth). In Jewish customs, the child is called by the Hebrew name and his father's Hebrew name when called to the Torah (ex-David ben Mordechai is called to the Torah, "ben" meaning "son of"). When prayers are said for a sick person, they would call the person David ben Naomi, using the mother's Hebrew name. So it is important that a Jewish child be given a Jewish name.

Almost any name from the Five Books of Moses (Bible) would be good. Many of the top 20 boys' names are Biblical in origin: Michael, Samuel, Joshua. Of course, you wouldn't want to name a child for a not-so-goodnik, like Cain. Nimrod, though a popular modern Israeli name, was also not the most meritorious person. Many girls' names are Yiddish or represent nature: Tzipporah (Hebrew)/Fayga (Yiddish)=bird; Bluma=flower; Tamar=date tree.

It is considered not a good idea to name for a person who passed away young.
Reply:On the website, www.aish.com, somebody asked the Rabbi the same question as you. Here it is with his answer!

At the right time!

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

From: - anonymous@idt.net 1/27/2000

We are expecting a baby and are having trouble picking a name. What general guidelines are there in Jewish tradition? How come the name of the father is never given to the son - e.g. Isaac Levy III or Jacob Cohen Jr.? If it's a boy, can we name him after a female relative? Is there any prohibition against announcing the name before the Bris?

THE AISH RABBI REPLIES:

First I would like to wish you "Bisha'ah Tova" - may the birth go smoothly and at the right time!

The Talmud says that parents receive one-sixtieth of prophecy when they pick a name. But that doesn't seem to help parents from agonizing over which name to pick!

Ashkenazi Jews have the custom to choose a name after a relative who has passed away. This keeps the name and memory alive, and in a metaphysical way forms a bond between the soul of the baby and the deceased relative. This is a great honor to the deceased, because its soul can achieve an elevation based on the good deeds of the namesake. The child, meanwhile, can be inspired by the good qualities of the deceased - and make a deep connection to the past. (see Noam Elimelech - Bamidbar)

Sefardi Jews also name children after relatives who are still alive.

It is also customary to name a child based on the Jewish holiday coinciding with the birth. For example, a girl born at Purim time might be named Esther. Similarly, names are sometimes chosen from the Torah reading the week of the birth.

The Torah emphasizes how parents took great care in picking the names of their children. For example, Leah chose to call her fourth son Judah (in Hebrew, Yehudah). This name comes from the same root as the word "thanks." The letters can also be rearranged to spell out the holy Name of God. The significance is that Leah wanted to particularly express her "thanks to God." (Genesis 29:35)

In Hebrew, names are not merely convenient conglomerations of letters. Really, the name of something reveals its essential characteristic. The Midrash (Genesis Raba 17:4) tells us that the first man, Adam, looked into the essence of every animal and named it accordingly. The donkey, for example, is characterized by carrying heavy, physical burdens. So in Hebrew, the donkey is named CHAMOR - from the same root as CHOMER, which means physicality. The donkey (chamor) typifies physicality (chomer). Contrast this with English, where the word "donkey" doesn't reveal much about the essence of a donkey!

When naming a child, it is important to pick a name that will have a positive effect, since every time the child hears it they will be reminded of its meaning (Midrash Tanchuma - Ha'Azinu 7). The child who is called Judah is constantly reminded of how much gratitude we should have toward God! Another example of a popular name is "Ari," which is Hebrew for lion. In Jewish literature, the lion is a symbol of a go-getter, someone who sees the opportunity to do a mitzvah, and pounces on it. (see Shulchan Aruch OC 1)

Of course, there are bad names, too. You wouldn't want to name your child "Nimrod," since the very name means "rebellion." In Biblical times, when Abraham was teaching monotheism, Nimrod was the man who threw Abraham into a fiery furnace - out of rebellion against God.

You can name a baby boy after a female, however you should try to keep as many letters the same as possible. For example, if the woman's name was Dina, call the child Dan. If the woman's name was Bracha, name him Baruch.

I think it's a good idea to give your child a Hebrew name that can also be used in English - e.g. Miriam, David, Sarah. This way, your child not only has a Hebrew name, but he'll use it, too! This can be an important hedge against assimilation; the Midrash (Bamidbar Raba 20:21) says that the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt, partly in the merit of having kept their Jewish names amidst the assimilationist society of Egypt. As a child, I had one uncle who always called me by my Jewish name ("Shraga" means candle). I believe that being reminded of my Jewish name all those years was instrumental in maintaining my Jewish identity.

As for announcing name of a baby before the Bris, it is not forbidden to announce. However, in a metaphysical sense, the child does not actually "receive" his name until the Brit. This is because a Jewish boy only receives the full measure of his soul at the Bris, and a person cannot truly be "named" until attaining that completion. (see Zohar Lech Lecha 93a, Taamey Minhagim 929) This is based on the fact that God changed Abraham's name in conjunction with his Bris - at age 99! (Genesis 17:15)

To learn more, read "Bris Milah" by Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn (published by ArtScroll). Available from www.artscroll.com.

Bisha'ah Tova! And please let us know the baby's name!
Reply:Ahron (aron) My Fav

David

Aryeh

Elija

Caleb

Even (Evan)

Daniel

Micha
Reply:Isaiah or Isaac
Reply:Jason Seth
Reply:David, Seth, Bernard, Joseph, Abraham, Issac, Emmanual, Myron, Jerome
Reply:Simon Ethan
Reply:Joshua

David

Elijah

Jeremiah

Jewish middle name.Which one would you take?

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For a boy: Gilad (Means Endless Joy) or for a girl,Chaviva (Beloved)

Jewish middle name.Which one would you take?
I thought you were going to give like some to choose from....
Reply:Eli
Reply:and the answer is?????????????? we need some selections here. if u want a middle name i like garten, after my favorite food network chef ina garten...
Reply:Do you want us to give you a name? Ethan or Jonah.

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What does the jewish last name winner mean.?

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what is its origin

What does the jewish last name winner mean.?
Ancestry.Com shows it can be English unexplained origin or Ashkenazic Jewish variant of Wiener.

They show 53 immigrants to the U. S. listed their place of origin as Germany, 6 Austria,

6 Ireland, 4 Cuba, 4 Baden, 3 Bade

Name Wierner, habitational from Wien (Vienna) Austria.

see the links below from U. S. National Genealogical Society and the U. K. college of arms

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...
Reply:Have a look at the link posted below,

http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=%26amp;...

hope it helps.
Reply:I once read that there aren't really any 'jewish surnames' in that it was often the custom of the jewish people to take a surname appropriate to the surrounding culture to reduce the risk of perscution. So maybe look at were the people with the name winner came from and go from there.

Sorry I don't know but I hope this helps

Why am I being accused as a fake and other assorted names because of my Yahoo name is not Jewish?

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You don't have to prove anything unless it's a formula. You're asking a question, the answerers are supposed to provide proof to back up their claims, not the other way around. Some people are just trying to get a rise out of you for their own sadistic pleasure. Sad people, aren't they?

Why am I being accused as a fake and other assorted names because of my Yahoo name is not Jewish?
You are ok. I have a Jewish avatar and i call me Jewish boy cuz I am proud to be Jewish.
Reply:I think, maybe, you are being a bit of a tart, George.

In Israel no one would give two hoots whatever your religion is.

They take you as they find you.
Reply:I think you try to make everyone else look bad by portraying yourself as a martyr. The only people I've seen calling you a fake had nothing to do with your user name and everything to do with the material you posted. Maybe one person said something about your username, just like one person said they would shun you if you went to Israel and then you asked "If my own people say that would shun me, where is my homeland?". If you are really insulted at what people say to you, then I suggest leaving this forum.
Reply:The sum of your parts doesn't add up. Anyone can create an avatar of a guy wearing a yarmulke and claim to be Jewish, that doesn't mean that they are Jewish in real life. You may just as well be a Neo-Nazi supporter of Hamas and Hizballah, not that I think you necessarily are.
Reply:George,

I haven't read about the accusations or any of the other incidents surrounding the basis for your complaints. I just treat them like they come - if your are really Jewish but are anti-Semitic I'll treat you as an anti-Semite. Don't worry about the other stuff - stand your ground for what you are and for your principles. I have a wonderful and dear friend who is Jewish - his name is Larry. Not very 'Jewish' sounding, is it?
Reply:I am Jewish, but I don't have a picture that identifies me as one. You are Jewish and you can say what ever you want. You are Jewish and you can do whatever you want. Don't let people put you down just because you don't agree with them. You are Jewish and they can kiss your @ss if they don't like it.

My last name is on the Bible, does this make me a Jewish blood person?

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Hi, I originate from Southern Italy, in a place that is known to have been a seaport for the Crusades. I found my last name in 17 verses in the Old Testament and in the Biblical Chronicles, does this make me a person with Jewish blood?

My last name is on the Bible, does this make me a Jewish blood person?
Their is evidence that during the Jewish-Roman wars a lot of Jewish slaves were taken to Italy.

So its quite possible.

While almost nothing can tell you for sure if you have Jewish ancestry you could get a DNA test and see if you have any middle eastern ancestry.

-- you might also need to get your fathers DNA to check the Paternal line.
Reply:There are many similarities between Aramaic and modern latin languages. This may be due to the Moors who invaded the Iberian Peninsula and were assimilated into the European culture.
Reply:Jews keep pretty good records. Work your genealogy back the usual way generation by generation and see what you find. It does no good to guess.
Reply:Maybe. You'd have to do some research.
Reply:Did you use a concordance to find this out? But I know for a fact that people in Bible times didn't have last names, except occasionally they were called something like "John from Texas" or "John of Texas" or "John son of Steve"
Reply:It probably does mean that you have Jewish ancestry on your fathers side.

What was the name of the key jewish newspaper in the 1930s?

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The Jewish Chronicle.

Now 164 years old.

What was the name of the key jewish newspaper in the 1930s?
perhaps the jewish times?

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What should you do if you are an American Jew and Israel is doing crimes in the name of Jewish people.?

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www.jewsaginstzionism.com FOR GOD SO LOVES THE JEWS THAT HE DIDN'T MAKE ALL JEWS ZIONIST. See it to believe it

http://www.israel-state-terrorism.org http://www.halturnershow.com/IsraeliAtro...

What should you do if you are an American Jew and Israel is doing crimes in the name of Jewish people.?
we must differentiate between Jews and Zionists,not every Jew is a Zionist,and vice verse,personally i do not have a problem with Jews, in the contrary i am sure some of them much better than some Arabs.
Reply:you ever think that they are doing it in the name of survival
Reply:Defending yourself against extinction is a crime? Schmuck!
Reply:I thought you were a myth.... right up there between Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster.... I'm in awe...... oh to answer your question, I don't think there's much you really can do except to defend yourself in arguments and let people know where you stand, and don't forget to carry a heart defibrillator, you may put a few people into cardiac arrest.
Reply:Hey, your bomb strap is showing.
Reply:BOOM!!!
Reply:yes i like people like you...unfortunately there are some ignorant people on here answering questions and so you have to expect a negative response from some:/

i applaud you though, you have to stand up for what you believe!
Reply:Stop having a battered Jews syndrome response to a sovereign nation defending itself.
Reply:You should convert to islamism...
Reply:I know a few Jews You aint no Jew.
Reply:A Jewish food festival would be good. And could I have tomato and onions with my locks and beagle, please?
Reply:You read Noam Chomsky books.

Which is the jewish last name coen or cohen?

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i read that it was one of the most numerous jewish last names and i can't remember the spelling.

Which is the jewish last name coen or cohen?
There are definitly a lot of Jewish people with the last name Cohen.
Reply:Both are possible, and were used as last names by Jews.

What happened is that the immigrant coming thru Ellis Island told the person behind the counter that his name was Cohen, and the person behind the counter spelled it any way he or she saw fit.
Reply:Cohen is a very Jewish last name....probably coen to, if it exists, lol.
Reply:Cohen is the Hebrew word for priest.
Reply:cohen
Reply:Cohen. Look in any phone book.
Reply:Cohen is the most common spelling, however there are many derivatives including kohen, coen, kogen, kogan, kaplan, caplan and even katz - and more!

Cohen is Hebrew for High Priest (讻讛谉) and those with this name and its derivatives are likely decenants of Aharon, Moses' brother, and to this day have certain unique roles in Jewish ritual.

It therefore is often not just a last name, but a priestly lineage passed down from father to son (Sorry ladies this is strictly a patriarchal lineage)

It should be noted that just because someone's last name is "Cohen" doesn't mean that he has the status of a Cohen, but it is likley.

To be considered a Cohen, one must have an unbroken tradition, as well as other factors too numerous to mention here. There is even a DNA test for this nowadays.

Another interesting fact:

According to Ripley's Believe It or Not! THE OLDEST SURNAME IN WORLD IS KATZ. Katz is an acronym for the Hebrew words Cohen Tzedek 讻讛谉爪讚拽 which means "righteous high priest" .
Reply:Seth Cohen is Jewish on his fathers side therefore Cohen is the correct spelling
Reply:Cohen, but Coen is a secularized version. Remember the song "Walking in Memphis?" Marc Coen is Jewish.
Reply:My friend's last name is Cohen.
Reply:cohen

Any knowledgable Jewish historians out there? Help me name the object I have??

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I was given this object years ago by my father.

It is about 2 inches long and an 1/8' thick. It's a dark gray metal with Jewish decorations on the topside. The backside is a thin metal backing that can slide off to reveal a small piece of paper with scripture inside written in Hebrew. You wouldn't know the back comes off unless you really examined it.

I was told it was used in WWII by the Jews that didn't want to be caught with a Bible. So they hid the scripture passage inside this tiny knicknack that could be hidden easily.

Can you help me find out what this is called ??

Any knowledgable Jewish historians out there? Help me name the object I have??
This object is called a Mezuzah
Reply:I think it's called the Meht'zuzh
Reply:I don't know but if you go to your local synagogue and ask the rabbi he would know or steer you in the right direction

Where did the Name Jewish/Jews orignate from?

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There was no race in the beginning and God called His people His choosen ones who later became known as the Israelites. So how or who named the Israelites the Jewish Nation and called these people Jews or Jewish people?

Where did the Name Jewish/Jews orignate from?
It is a corruption of the Hebrew word that they used for themselves. It is all explained in the link below.
Reply:An interesting thing happens in the Bible right in the middle of the Joseph story. Suddenly the story stops. We leave off Joseph and return to the land of Canaan to pick up the story of Judah, the fourth oldest of the 12 brothers. And it is not immediately clear why we need to be informed of this slice out of Judah's life at this point in the narrative. (See Book of Genesis, Chapter 38.)

We learn that Judah had three sons and the oldest married a woman named Tamar. He died. Then, according to Jewish law, the second son married Tamar. He also died. Tamar is in line to marry the third son, but Judah stalls. Realizing Judah will not honor the law, and seeing herself growing older and childless, Tamar decides to take the matters into her own hands.

As the Bible tells it, she disguises herself as a prostitute and seduces Judah, who promises her a goat in payment for her services. She holds onto his staff and seal as collateral, but when he arrives with the goat, the "prostitute" is nowhere to be found.

Shortly thereafter, it is discovered that Tamar is pregnant and she is sentenced to death for her promiscuity. Despite her situation, she does not embarrass Judah by revealing that he is the father of her unborn child. Instead, she sends the staff and seal with the request, "Please, recognize to whom this belongs."

These are the very words that Judah had spoken to his father Jacob, when -- after having sold Joseph into slavery -- he and his brothers took Joseph's coat and smeared it with the blood of a goat. They had claimed at the time that Joseph must have been devoured by wild animals.

With the words that remind him of his great sin echoing in his head, Judah confesses, "She is more righteous than I."

Through his admission of guilt, Judah becomes the first person in the Bible to accept responsibility willingly, thereby becoming the archetypal example of sincere and wholehearted repentance. In this he is the model Jewish leader, and the mantle of kingship will forever after belong to the tribe of Judah. His descendants will be King David and King Solomon, as well as the prophesied Messiah. Indeed, the Jews are called Jews after Judah.
Reply:It's from the Hebrew name "Yehudah," which means "praisers of God."
Reply:Okay, so the Bible identifies Abraham as the first Hebrew ("Ivri" in the original). In the modern sense, "Jew" and "Hebrew" are theoretically interchangeable, although "Hebrew" nowadays is primarily used to refer to the language, rather than the people who speak it.

G-d promised Abraham that his progeny would become a great nation, and that all the nations of the world would be blessed through his descendants.

The recipient of Abraham's spiritual heritage was Isaac. Isaac passed it on to Jacob. Jacob was given the name "Israel," after the incident where he wrestled with an angel (check your Bible). The children of Jacob are Israelites. Ten of the Israelite tribes were exiled when the Assyrians invaded, and various theories exist as to where these "Lost Tribes" wound up. The Jews of today are the spiritual, and in most cases biological, descendants of Israel. And most of them are descended from Israel's son Judah (Yehudah). That's where "Jew" (or "Yehudi" in other languages) comes from.

Not all Jews today are Judean, however. Some are Benjaminites (the Southern Kingdom of Judah, that wasn't exiled until much later and whose descendants largely remained Jewish, consisted primarily of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin). Others are Levites (tribe of Levi), and others still are specifically descendants of Aaron, and are called Kohanim ("Priests"). Because specific tribal affiliation passed through the father (unlike Jewishness itself, which comes from the mother), one can sometimes deduce a person's tribal affiliation through their last name. Levi'im (Levites) often have surnames like "Levi," "Levy," "Lewin," etc. Common Kohein surnames include "Cohen," "Kahana," and "Katz" (this last one is an abbreviation for "Kohein TZedek" or "Righteous Priest").

Whether specifically from Judah or not, all of the above groups are referred to as "Jews". And it makes sense even to refer to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the first Jews even though they came before Judah, because they are the patriarchs and earliest practitioners of the religion that would later come to be called Judaism. However, you could not call them "Israelites," because they are not children of Israel (that last one IS Israel).

I hope this answers your question - for further reading, please check my list of answers. Several of them address this very same question, and the others you might also find of interest. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me directly.
Reply:It comes from Yehudah, which means "Praise" in Hebrew.
Reply:Because of the son of Solomon raising taxes, the kingdom split into two nations, Israel and Judah. Those of Judah were called Judaens then latter it was reduced to Jewish or a Jew. It's roots are to the word "praise".

The word Hebrew is thought to come from the name "Eber" who was in the line of Noah's son, Shem.
Reply:It come from the area called Judea
Reply:Bastardizaton of the word Hebrew...
Reply:Just to correct one of the posters--the word "Hebrew"--which of course is in English--does **not** come from one of Shem' sons. In fact, the word derives from the Hebrew word "ivri" which means "one from the other side," in reference to the River Euphrates.
Reply:It comes from the province of Judah, Israel in ancient times
Reply:Those words are derived from Judah, the most powerful of the 12 original tribes and the name of the southern kingdom after the Kingdom of David and Solomon split. After the northern kingdom, Israel, was destroyed, the remaining kingdom continued to be known as Judah, although the term Israel was also used because it originally referred to all of the Chosen People.

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Whats the name of that jewish remake of "if i were a rich man"?

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its like a jewish guy singing about buying a fancy tie, and singing part of that song thats like "if i were a rich man, ....""if i were a wealthy man" and its pretty funny. i heard it on the classical station

Whats the name of that jewish remake of "if i were a rich man"?
It's still called "If I Were a Rich Man".
Reply:Are you talking about the ORIGINAL song from Fiddler on the Roof? If so, then that wasn't a remake.

How Do Jewish People Name A Baby Girl?

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How do jewish people name a baby girl?

How Do Jewish People Name A Baby Girl?
It depends on the type. Liberal Jews don't do it the same as Orthodox Jews. Liberal Jews modeled something after the brit milah as best they could to make it a celebration - eight days and an aliyah where the mother and father announce it.

Orthodox sects the father will come up and announce the baby girl's name at the bimah. I don't know if they wait eight days in Orthodox or just do it at the next Shabbat.

This of course refers to their Hebrew name. Legally they get named in an identical manner to everyone else.

If you really want to know the specifics or traditions, please look it up - any book on Judaism will tell you, as well as most websites. I am still aware you are the same person trying to get people to do your homework for you.
Reply:My 2 year old grandaughter is named Hannah Brooke. Not sure if they had a naming ceremony, but she's definitely a keeper! My grandson- almost 4 year old Benjamin Reese(aka the Doctor, ha ha) was named after his deceased great grandmother Teresa. ONE Bris ceremony is quite enough for this Gran, thank you very much, but the mohel was great!
Reply:Sigh- I have yet to see so much misinformation an something I considered something so basic- shows how being immersed in something prevents you from seeing how confusing it might be to outsiders!

So: naming a baby girl should be done on the first opportunity after the child is born or as soon as possible. The father is given an aliyah (being called to recite the blessings prior to a section of th Torah being read, and then after the section is finished). After an aliyah, it is common practice to bless the person who has just recited the blessings- at this point an additional blessing is said in which the child is named. Additional blessings are also said for the health of the mother and child.

The naming can be said on ANY occasion on which the Torah is read, there is no need to wait for Shabbos- the baby can be named on a Monday morning, Thursday morning, Rosh Chodesh (New month), Yom Tov (Any major festival) and Chol Hamoed (in between days of Pesach and Sukkot). Many people avoid naming on a fast day even though the Torah is read and the naming could be done then.

As to the name- ANY name is used- Sarah and Rachel are not more common than other names (except in the Lubavitch community where Sarah is used in naming their children after the late Lubavitche Rebbe's wife.) Typically a child is named after a recently deceased relative (or one after whom no one has been named) whom the parents wish to honour and whose memory they wish to have perpetuated through their child.

Note- god parents are NOT involved in the ceremony to name a girl, nor to name a boy (they are involved in the bris (circumcision)- but the naming is part the bris rather than it being a focus). It is common practice to give the god father an aliyah as well when it is possible.
Reply:Ummm, the same way a person of any faith names their child.
Reply:There is a naming ceremony that takes place a week after the baby is born.

During the ceremony the family comes together to welcome the child into the Jewish community and the parents and god-parents participate in blessing the child with her hebrew name.
Reply:Um they give her a name. Generally there is a ceremony 8 days after the girl is born (the same day a boy would have his circumcision) at which she is given her name.
Reply:The same way Christaian people do.
Reply:i think after the grandmother. im not jewish but my bestfriend is. i think first born girl is named after the gandmother. im not sure.
Reply:They always name the first two Rachel and Sarah. After that, I have no idea how they choose a name.
Reply:i don't understand your question
Reply:The Torah tells us that Abraham was blessed with "everything" (Genesis 24:1). The Talmud says this refers to Abraham having a baby girl (Baba Batra 16b). when it says that God gave Abraham this big blessing, it was a baby girl. The daughter was singled out for this great praise.

Why is a baby girl considered "everything?"

With the blessing of a baby daughter comes a realization of the fullness of life. The song says: "thank heaven for little girls." The Jewish people have always 'thanked heaven' for Jewish women, because our survival as a nation has been primarily because of Jewish women. From the birth of our nation, as our Matriarchs guided us through familial challenges, to the slavery in Egypt when the women kept their faith, and the heroines of Esther in Purim and Yael in Chanukah. At every crucial juncture in our history, Jewish women have come to the forefront, steering the Jewish people in the right direction.

Celebrating the birth of a Jewish girl is therefore a celebration of Jewish survival, Jewish values, and Jewish destiny.

The naming of a Jewish girl is a most profound spiritual moment. The Talmud tells us that an angel comes to the parents and whispers the Jewish name that the new daughter will embody. The parents get divine inspiration when they name the baby.

The angel represents the spirituality in a name. The naming of a baby girl is a statement of her character, her specialness, and her path in life. For at the beginning of life we give a name, and at the end of life the Torah teaches us that a "Good Name" is what we take with us. (see Talmud - Brachot 7b, and the Arizal - Sha'ar HaGilgulim 24b)

Naming a Jewish baby is not only a statement of what we hope she will be, but also where she comes from. The Ashkenazi tradition is to name a new baby after a relative that has passed away. In this way, we acknowledge the strong roots that have produced the tree of the Jewish people, and of our own family's character. The Sephardic tradition is similar in philosophy, however the custom is to name after living relatives. (By the way, Sephardi Jews have a special ceremony for naming a baby girl, which appears in the Sephardi siddur immediately after the Torah reading.)

The naming ceremony is linked to the public reading of the Torah. During the Torah reading, the special "Mi Sheberach" blessing is said. The blessing begins with a prayer for the mother's health. It continues with the giving of the baby's name - and a prayer that this new Jewish daughter should grow to be a wise and understanding person of goodness. A Jewish woman of greatness.

The Sages say that a parent receive one-sixtieth of prophecy when picking a name. But that doesn't seem to help parents from agonizing over which name to pick! (see Sefer Ta'amei HaMinhagim 629)

Ashkenazi Jews have the custom to choose a name after a relative who has passed away. This keeps the name and memory alive, and in a metaphysical way forms a bond between the soul of the baby and the deceased relative. This is a great honor to the deceased, because its soul can achieve an elevation based on the good deeds of the namesake. The child, meanwhile, can be inspired by the good qualities of the deceased - and make a deep connection to the past. (see Noam Elimelech - Bamidbar)

When naming a child, it is important to pick a name that will have a positive effect, since every time the child hears it they will be reminded of its meaning (Midrash Tanchuma - Ha'Azinu 7). The child who is called Judah is constantly reminded of how much gratitude we should have toward G-d! Another example of a popular name is "Ari," which is Hebrew for lion. In Jewish literature, the lion is a symbol of a go-getter, someone who sees the opportunity to do a mitzvah, and pounces on it. (see Shulchan Aruch OC 1)

I think it's a good idea to give your child a Hebrew name that can be used in English also (e.g. Miriam, David, Sarah). This way, your child not only has a Hebrew name, but he'll use it, too! This can be an important hedge against assimilation; the Midrash (Bamidbar Raba 20:21) says that the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt, partly in the merit of having kept their Jewish names amidst the assimilationist society of Egypt. As a child, I had one uncle who always called me by my Jewish name ("Shraga" means candle). I believe that being reminded of my Jewish name all those years was instrumental in maintaining my Jewish identity.

Mazal Tov!

With blessings from Jerusalem,

Rabbi Shraga Simmons

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Is there an official name for a Jewish skullcap?

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Yes: It is a kippah (kippot is plural), yarmulke, or kappel. Its use is associated with demonstrating respect and reverence for God.

Is there an official name for a Jewish skullcap?
Yes. It's called a Yarmulke in Yiddish and a Kipah in Hebrew.

Either is preferable.
Reply:Official?
Reply:I believe it is called a yah-ma-kah.

'spelled as it sounds'
Reply:yamika
Reply:A kippah, or kappel.
Reply:We used to call it a beanie, but it's a yamulke (ya mull ka)
Reply:Put on your Yamaka

It's time for Hanuka!!!
Reply:It's a yarmulke.
Reply:you mean a Yamika or Kippah? skull cap? lol!
Reply:Recycled foreskin

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Israel . Whay the Jewish have choosen this name for their country in 1948 ?

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Any particular reason ?

Israel . Whay the Jewish have choosen this name for their country in 1948 ?
It has a Biblical origin. God changed Jacob's name to Israel and told him his children would create a great nation.
Reply:that was the name of the Jewish nation when it originally existed 3,000 years ago.

Jews are also called the Children of Israel in the Bible.
Reply:They probably named it after the ancient civilization of Israel thousands of years ago.
Reply:Because the Egyptian High Priest Moses in the first five Books of Talmud, he called them so! Since then, they believe that this is their "name" and gave it to the first country they had!
Reply:What the hell else should they call it? Momma Cohen's liver sausage bar? The name Israel is rooted in Jewish history.

Is my last name Jewish? It is Golet?

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Is Cahn a Jewish last name?

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This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name.

Cahn

Jewish: variant of Cohen.

Americanized spelling of North German Kahn.

My other source has much more to say about it.

http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=%26amp;...

hope that helps.

Is Cahn a Jewish last name?
All I know is that Kahn is German. It means jewlery. I hope that helps?
Reply:yes, I think it's similar to Cohen and Kaplan. It definitely has Jewish origins.
Reply:It can be. It can be a variant of Cohen or Americanized version of North German Kahn.

Among Orthodox and Conservative Jews, all you need is a Jewish mother to be considered a Jew, not necessarily a Jewish father.

They state you get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father. If you don't have a Jewish father you belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on your mother's side of the family.

Your name could be O'Malley and you are a Jew if you have a Jewish mother.
Reply:You might be interested in this information about the Jewish priestly blessing and its related symbol, which is sometimes associated with the surname Cahn (and variations)...

Kohanim or Cohanim Hands - Priestly Blessing

http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/2006/11/...
Reply:yes very
Reply:Yes, like "Kahane", it is a form of "Cohen", the Hebrew term for a member of the priestly tribe of Levi that offered animal sacrifices to God in the Temple.

The plural of "cohen" is "cohanim". The cohanim could not marry outside their tribe, and their genetic material was thus preserved intact right up to our own time. Cohanim have been identified in modern-day Ethiopia, with exactly the same DNA as their ancestors thousands of years ago.
Reply:Cahn is both a Jewish and a German name. All depends on your background.

Hope that helped.

Does the last name Wertheimer sound Jewish to any of you?

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Is there any way of knowing for sure?

Does the last name Wertheimer sound Jewish to any of you?
not specifically Jewish but definitely german. what is the person's first name? that would probably clarify it alot more. and in response to the first answer...

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR COUNTRY, ISRAEL!!!!!!!! MAFISH FALASTIN-THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PALESTINE!!!!!!
Reply:jews are wrong for what they are doing in palistine
Reply:It is German.

Maybe they are Jewish, but it is not exclusively Jewish.
Reply:If you think they are Jewish, they probably are.

Better safe than sorry, right?
Reply:Sure it does. But why should you judge anyone by their last name unless they judge you by yours?
Reply:It sounds a little bit Jewish, like German Jewish, meaning there probably aren't anymore of them left.
Reply:it sounds german to me

but there's a big possibility

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My grandmother really looks jewish but her last name does not sound jewish I hope someone can help me?

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First off not all Jewish people look stereotypical. When I was younger I had blonde hair and I have blue eyes and I am Jewish.

As for the issue concerning your grandmother:

You should ask your grandmother what her maiden name is, to see if it sounds like a Jewish last name. And if it doesn't then ask if she is Jewish. But please ask her as gently as possible, because she may be sensitive to the subject. If she is Jewish, then she may have changed her name in order to avoid anti-Semitism. Or she might have married someone who wasn't Jewish.

My great-great grandmother who was Jewish and whose maiden name was Stein married a Scottish-Baptist and his surname was Walker. She was embarrassed of her Hungarian-Jewish parents who were from the old country. So she married him because she loved him and so she could assimilate and become as much American as possible.

But her daughter on the other hand, my great grandmother married a Green (who was Jewish).

It鈥檚 really funny, how one generation hides who they are while the next generation flaunts their heritage proudly.

Hope you are able to take pride in what ever ethnic group you belong to. Good luck on discovering your roots.

My grandmother really looks jewish but her last name does not sound jewish I hope someone can help me?
There are not all that many purely Jewish names. Cohen and Levy are a couple that are.

A lot of names in the U.S. are identified as Jewish as a large portion of immigrants to this country had certain names while back in their country of origin, the same name was used by Jews and non Jews. For instance, names ending in stein or berg are not necessarily Jewish. Jacobs just means son of Jacob. A lot of Christians gave their children Old Testament names so when surname were taken in the last millennium if a man's father's given name was Jacob, he might have become Jacobs.

Any name can actually be Jewish. Reform Jews define a Jew by the religion alone. Orthodox and Conservative Judaism define a Jew by the mother, alone, not the religion or the father.

They state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father and if they don't have a Jewish father, they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family. Whereas if they don't have a Jewish mother, even though they have a Jewish father, they aren't considered Jewish by Orthodox and Conservative Judaism.

So your grandmother's maiden name could have been O'Brien and she still could be Jewish.

Reply:Not everyone who looks Jewish is Jewish. People from different ethnic backgrounds sometimes have similar features. Every nationality is going to have people with large and small noses, and so on. Since your grandma is still alive you can ask her about her background. Who knows maybe she is Jewish, but how will you know without asking her?
Reply:You can't tell if someone is Jewish by their looks or their name. I am Italian and Catholic and my name is Jewy Sapperstein. See.
Reply:Help you what? Determine if she's Jewish?

Here's an idea: ask her. Or ask you mom or dad -- whoever's mom she is.

And why would it matter? And what does "looks Jewish" even mean?
Reply:help you how ? Some Jews look like the stereotype, most don't.

A name can be changed.

ask about your ancestry, it is a natural question

Reply:HELLO ,Why does it matter that ur grandmas name doesnt sound jewish.She is a beautiful person no matter what anyone thinks or says .The beauty comes from within.blessings to u n urs .
Reply:No one "looks" Jewish, and if her last name isn't Jewish then there's a very small chance that she actually is. You could just ask her though.
Reply:Just because you place a question mark at the end of your statement does not mean that you have asked a question. Thanks for trying.
Reply:Ask...her...? Maybe her husband was not jewish, that's why her last name does not sound jewish.
Reply:Ask your grandma (in a really accusatory voice) GRANDMA, ARE YOU A JEW????????????
Reply:There is no Jewish look.

All the best.
Reply: Well is she Jewish or not? this is the Question?
Reply:friendo...you are dumb

Is Shaw a Jewish last name?

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Just wanted to know.

Is Shaw a Jewish last name?
It is an English topographic name but it was established in Ireland in the 17th century.

It is also Scottish and Irish as an English form of

Siteach (wolf)

Americanized form of some like sounding Ashkenazi Jewish name.

Any name can be Jewish. Jews do not agree on the definition of a Jew.

Reform Judaism defines a Jew by the religion only.

Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines a Jew by the mother only,not the father or necessarily the religion. They state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father and if they don't have a Jewish father they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family. So as long as they have a Jewish mother, even though they have renounced their Jewish faith, the Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines them as a Jew. Whereas if they don't have a Jewish mother, they do not consider them Jewish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_J...

There are very few exclusively Jewish names. A lot of names are identified as Jewish in the U.S. as a large portion of immigrants with certain names were Jewish while back in their countries of origin, the same name was used by Jews and non Jews. For instance names ending 'stein' 'berg' 'burg' etc are not exclusively Jewish names.
Reply:The only Shaw who automatically comes to mind is George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), who was born in Dublin, Ireland, of Scottish Protestant ancestry. The Shaw surname was originally Scottish and meant "a lawn, or plain, surrounded by tree, or an open space between the trees."

Attributing nationality, ethnicity, or religion to any surname is a difficult exercise at best without adequate documentation. Even though some last names are common Jewish last names, they are also common last names among non-Jews as well.
Reply:I don't think so. It might be English.

http://www.genealogytoday.com/surname/fi...

Is Livezey a Jewish last name?

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No way to know. Jews scattered across the world. Many married outside of their culture. So last names are not really indicative of their culture, only of the national orgin of the name. Case in point: I know a practicing Jew whose last name is Thompson!

Is Livezey a Jewish last name?
Very possibly off the top of my head, could be a variation of Levy (Levi,Levine, Levin, Levey). A common Jewish surname. There a number of distinctive Jewish surnames such as Levy or Cohen.

What is the name of the movie where hitler killed all the jewish?

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That would be every movie ever made about Hitler. Do you want me to list them all?

What is the name of the movie where hitler killed all the jewish?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Wtf? What kind of description is that? The movie where hitler killed all the jewish? What movie would hitler not kill the jewish?
Reply:idk, diary of anne frank?

When hitler killed the jews, it was called the Holocaust.
Reply:The Halocaust
Reply:I think you are talking about the Schindler's List.

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Is the TURNER family name Jewish ?

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The equivalent is asking if the name Smith is a Baptist name. In fact, a last name has nothing to do at all with what religion a person might be. SOME last names are historically linked to certain groups..but it is not a rule, at all.

Your goal would be to think in terms of INDIVIDUAL persons who are related to you. Example..if gr gr grandpa was John Turner, and he HAPPENED TO be Jewish, then he is. His brother may have chosen to attend the Catholic church. And their cousin could have been affiliated with Lutherans. All are still related. That does not mean that ALL Turners are related, since that is not true anyway.

Is the TURNER family name Jewish ?
ANY name can be "Jewish". Through DNA testing, I have learned that my ancestors included Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardic Jews, and "Mosaic" Jews.

In his book, "A History of the Jews in the Modern World", Howard M. Sachar shows that Jews often adopted the names (and many of the customs) in whatever country they abided in, whether Russia, Poland, Germany, Syria, Turkey, France, Spain, England, or North Africa.

So, if you can't find out through the paper trail, go for a DNA test.

You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department. Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc. Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card required).

Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers. They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).

A third option is one of the following websites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

www dot usgenweb dot com/

www dot census dot gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

www dot ukgenweb dot com/

www dot archives dot gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

www dot geni dot com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

www dot associatedcontent dot com/article...

Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.

I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program.

Don't give up, keep looking!

What is the name of the song they play during jewish weddings?

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Probably Od Yishama (you can find it on youtube).

The words are (from Jeremiah 33:10-11): Od yishama bi'arei Yehudah uvichutzot Yerushalayim, kol sason vikol simchah kol chattan vikol kallah. Translated: "It will yet be heard in the cities of Judea and the parts of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride"

What is the name of the song they play during jewish weddings?
Try this website:

http://www.jewish-wedding-rabbi.com/proc...
Reply:um.. there are a lot of songs...

od yeshama veyareh yehuda...

ashit chayil...

or search it by artist

yaakov shwekey

MBD

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Reply:Hava Nagila

Ha-va Na-gi-la
Reply:I'm pretty sure its called "Hava Nagila" (not positive on the spelling though)
Reply:Ring around the rosie?

Need name of a Russian Jewish Women famous in modern history. Prehaps a nurse?

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Perhap I could find the name you give me on a website with a picture. I am doing bios of famous women for a school project. Are there any female russian jewish person born in Russia that became famous in this era?

Need name of a Russian Jewish Women famous in modern history. Prehaps a nurse?
How about Betty Freidan? She was jewish (although not born in Russia,) and although not a nurse, a lot of her work was connected with women's health issues. She was born in the U.S. on February 4, 1921-2006. For her 15th college reunion, Friedan conducted a survey of Smith College Graduates, which focused on their education, their subsequent experiences, and the satisfaction with their present lives. Her articles on the survey, which lamented to lost potential of her classmates and present-day women college students, was submitted to women鈥檚 magazines in 1958, but editors rejected it because it bothered some people.

She then decided to rework and expand the article into a book. The book was published in 1963, and was titled The Feminine Mystique. Friedan's book detailed the frustrating lives of countless American women who were expected to find fulfillment primarily through the achievements of husbands and children. The book made an enormous impact, triggering a period of change that continues today. She also helped to create NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League)

http://www.umt.edu/wcenter/default_files...
Reply:i am not sure but check out the famous author Ayn Rand. i am not sure if she was born in russia or not
Reply:Ayn Rand.

And thank God for her!
Reply:Ayn Rand was Russian (and famous), but she was an atheist Jew.

Is Doroski a jewish last name?

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Hard to say. It looks Slavic or Polish (stereotypically), but I couldn't tell you the religion.

Is Doroski a jewish last name?
It might be both Polish Catholic and Polish Jewish. My surname is Bukowski, and I'm Polish Catholic....and have many relatives with this surname who are Catholic....but I've read that Bukowski is also a Jewish surname. That might also be true of the surname Doroski being both Catholic and Jewish.
Reply:It is a Slavic surname, but not specific to any one religion.
Reply:it's polish.

anything that ends in "ski" is polish.

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Did many Jews take on the name "Evans"? Were Jewish populations of London,Swansea, & Manchester high?

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Since "who is Jewish" follows through the mother, it could have been that a woman married a non-Jew named Evans, or that when someone Jewish enetered England they changed their name so they wouldn't be discriminated against.

Did many Jews take on the name "Evans"? Were Jewish populations of London,Swansea, %26amp; Manchester high?
Sorry, don't know the direct answer to your question, but:

Evan (English), from Iefan, a Welsh form of John, which is from the Hebrew Yochanan.

http://www.behindthename.com/name/evan

Is "Christian" a good name for a Jewish baby?

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My wife wants to name him "moishe", but I think "Christian" is a better name. Is that a good name for a Jewish baby?

Is "Christian" a good name for a Jewish baby?
No.

Poor kid
Reply:It's going to be with him for the rest of his life. He will grow up and work with others. His name will be in the back of their mind, and it may carry some negative associations.

People don't' give others a fair shake for the most nearsighted reasons.

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Reply:That's really funny because the baby is Jewish and you would name them another religion. But to me it would be kind of cool so why not.
Reply:Its ag good name more funny than anything though its very interesting
Reply:it's perfectly ironic. Go for something that's not on either end of the spectrum. There are plenty of names that won't identify your child as jewish or christian (not that it's wrong to do that...)

Choosing a name for your baby is tougher than I ever imagined. Good luck to you!
Reply:If that's what you want to name him, you're the parents, but think of how it will affect him in life.
Reply:If the baby will be raised with Jewish identity, uh, no, NOT a good name. Reverse the religions involved and consider this. Would you want to have a Christian son named Jew? Can you imagine how his classmates and church friends would respond? Jewish kids will feel exactly the same way about having one of their number named for a religion they don't believe or understand. Very bad idea.

But if your child won't be raised going to synagogue and having Judaism as his religious identity, then it's probably not that big of a deal.

Are there any written histories that corroborate the existence of a rabble rousing Jewish rabbi named Jesus?

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Or of a name and lineage that corresponds with the Bible stories?

Are there any written histories that corroborate the existence of a rabble rousing Jewish rabbi named Jesus?
The only seemingly contemporary accounts were added to existing histories much later - so No, there aren't

See:

http://rationalrevolution.net/articles/j...
Reply:The so called New Testements of the Bible are the only account of the Life of Jesus. That said, the mere fact that the testements reflect the views of four primary and several secondary sources (there are other 'Gospels' they were simply not given the star spot but exist as 'extras'), that counts as a 'preponderance' of evidence but yes one would think it odd that some neutral Roman did not jot down the tale (s)...

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Reply:Yeshua was and still is a very common name amongst Jews, so any mention of someone with the name could have been tens of thousands at the time.

As for rabbis, they only came into existence after the temple was destroyed. So during Jesus time there were no rabbis.
Reply:Some scholars argue (although many also dispute) that Josephus in his ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS mentions Jesus twice, although Origen, one of the greatest of the early theologians, claimed Josephus said no such thing. There are some very good articles on the Web on the topic.
Reply:Iinteresting question. Jesus was a fairly common name at the time and there were were several rabbis (that doesn't look right - how do you pluralize rabbi?) named Jesus.

I need a name of a Jewish troubador from the middle ages-18th century?

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Mmm...

Here are some of the Jewish medieval troubadours I can think of at the moment:

*Solomon ibn Gabirol/ R' Shlomoh Ibn Gbirol /HaRashbag

*Yehuda Halevi

*Yehuda Alharizi

*Moses ibn Ezra/ Mosheh Ibn Ezra

I need a name of a Jewish troubador from the middle ages-18th century?
Your question isn't very clear. The 18th century isn't considered part of the Middle Ages. Here is something from Wikipedia that may be what you are looking for.

Berl Broder (1815鈥?868), born Berl Margulis was a Ukrainian Jew, the most famous of the Broder singers, 19th century Jewish singers comparable to the troubadours or Minnes盲nger, and reputed the first to be both a singer and an actor. Thirty of his songs survive; of these, 24 are in the form of dialogues, usually between craftsmen such as tailors or shoemakers; his songs are seen as a precursor to Yiddish theater.

He childhood was taken up with religious studies at home, until his father's death when he was 16. A handsome, bright young man with a good voice, he taught himself the violin. He worked briefly as a brushmaker; his co-workers became his first audience, and he developed a reputation for always having a rhyme or a proverb.

From some time in his late teens or early twenties, he headed on the road as an itinerant performer, along with two other singers, one of whom was also a tailor who made costumes for the troupe. It is believed that many of his songs were improvised on the spot; only thirty survive in written form.

After leaving Brody, he never settled in any one place; he was also known as a heavy drinker. He died in Ploie艧ti, Romania.

After more searching, I believe ellentari's response is the name you were looking for.
Reply:Isaac b. Abraham HaGorni

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Would a Jewish family ever really name a daughter Lilith?

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Lilith was a funny and tempestuous character on the sitcoms 'Cheers' and 'Frasier'. As Frasier's ex-wife, she was not a regular on either series, but rather someone who popped in and out occasionally just to let Frasier know she was thinking about him, and not necessarily in a kindly way. Lilith was Jewish, and like Frasier himself, she was also a psychiatrist with her own set of vulnerabilities.

According to the Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia (printed and not online version for a change!), "Lilith (was) in Jewish folklore, a vampirelike child killer and nocturnal female demon. According to legend, the first wife of Adam. Originally Assyrian storm deity."

'Lilith Fair' was a series of folk and rock concerts that celebrated female artists. Presumably it was named in her honour.

What do Jewish people really think about the name Lilith?

Would a Jewish family ever really name a daughter Lilith?
Lilith is not a Jewish name. That said not all Jews have particularly Jewish names especially if they are not orthodox. Others have Jewish names that are used in school/synagogue but are called by their non-Jewish nickname by friend and family.

Therefore, although Lilith is not a Jewish name, it's possible some Jewish people do use that name.

According to the Torah - Adam never had a different wife - I don't know where you got that.

You wrote: "Lilith (was) in Jewish folklore, a vampirelike child killer and nocturnal female demon." I really don't know what you are talking about. Most of our work is in Hebrew, and it could be that they translated a Hebrew name to Lilith - therefore I don't know about it. Though it doesn't really make sense, since most "demons" or angels are referred to as male.
Reply:from a more educated standpoint i will tell you something allot of People don't know,Lilith is the name of the female side of the ''samech mem'' which is the satanic and negative power,in kabbalah Report Abuse

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Reply:they like it!
Reply:You need to get a life and ask more pertinent questions.
Reply:I'm going to name my first daughter "Vampirelike Child Killer." She's going to love kindergarten!
Reply:I'm not Jewish, but I love the name. My cat's name is Lily.

Is Afflalo from DET jewish? I know for sure that's a jewish family name from North Africa...?

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his a Bruin, like Jordan Farmar so yes

Is Afflalo from DET jewish? I know for sure that's a jewish family name from North Africa...?
Rip Hamilton and Sheed are Jewish too.

But I could be sarcastic.
Reply:who cares

How am I supposed to believe that a retired Floridian Jewish guy named Hyman Roth was a mobster?

2010-04-24T18:01:00.002-07:00

This guy from Godfather II has none of the characteristics of a Jewish mobster! He reminds me of my grandfather. I'm Jewish so I should know. This isn't Bugsy, this is the guy who hangs out at my local deli and argues about the soup! His house is simple and looks like something from the middle class neighborhoods in Ft. Lauderdale. Why wasn't he living in a mansion on the coast? Was this something that was written into the script by someone else? It's like someone wrote Barney into Jurasic Park!

How am I supposed to believe that a retired Floridian Jewish guy named Hyman Roth was a mobster?
get ur facts strait girlfriend that dude wuz muslimmmmmmmmm

circumcisezd hymen ftw
Reply:His character is based on Meyer Lansky, who seemed to be a mild mannered businessman to all who met him. Those inside the mob and law enforcement, however, knew he could be ruthless when he needed to be. He kept away from violence personally; he was too smart for that.

I was wanting to find out if I could be Jewish my grandmother's name is Sandra Kay James?

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Before you do too much searching, is this grandmother your maternal or paternal grandmother. If she's your father's mother, then it doesn't matter if she was Jewish or not. According to Jewish Law, the religion of the child follows the mother. (Is James her maiden name or married name?)

If she's your mother's mother, then there may be something to talk about. If she's still alive, ask to see her 'ketubah'. Even if she married a non-jew, she should know what that means. (It's her marriage contract if she married in the faith). Watch her reaction when you ask as she may not want to admit her origins. If there's a look of surprised recognition, then she's probably Jewish.

If she's already passed on, try to find the grave of her parents. If it's found in a Jewish cemetery, you will have your answer.

I was wanting to find out if I could be Jewish my grandmother's name is Sandra Kay James?
You should know if you are Jewish or not...In other words, what faith were you taught? If you mean do you have Jewish ancestry, if your ancestors are from Europe or the Middle East, then most likely some of them were.

You can opt for a DNA test, which will reveal if you are or not. I have Ashkenazi Jews for ancestors from Germany, Russia, Poland, and a number of other countries.

I would recommend www.familytreedna.com, the oldest, biggest, and best.

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What is the name of the person in the jewish religion that performs circumcisions?

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Mohel (pronounced moy-el).

Edit: OK, this may be one of the most confusing thumbs downs I've ever been given.

What is the name of the person in the jewish religion that performs circumcisions?
mohel
Reply:The Child Abuser.
Reply:The Butcher.
Reply:wha? what are you guys talking about.

back then for the jewish religions

zipporah joshua and abraham etc all did it mother fathers what are we talking about mohel who is that?
Reply:"Mack the Knife".

You're quite welcome.
Reply:A moyel.

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Reply:Butcher (only in a pinch)
Reply:Mohel? He's also the one that sucks the blood from the baby's penis to clean the wound. A very strange custom....
Reply:Moyel/ Mohel

Myself, Mr Stiggo and Tigerlilly have all given the correct answer. If people actually prefer to give thumbs down to accurate responses, so be it. It just confirms that there are a lot of fools on this site.
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Is Reiko an odd name for a half jewish part Irish part italian baby girl?

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I like it

Is Reiko an odd name for a half jewish part Irish part italian baby girl?
I taught school in Japan and had many students named Reiko. It seems very Japanese to me.
Reply:my cousins name is Reiko ( pronounced Rae-Ko)

and my moms side is half Japanese.... it seems like a japanese name to me..

but its very cute go for it :)
Reply:If you like it, go for it!
Reply:Kind of...if you really like it, go with it. But if I were you, I'd go with something like Regan or Rena/Reyna
Reply:I'm not much for it. I agree with the poster above me Reyna is cute.
Reply:If you love it

I might do something like Rena or Reyna or Anna
Reply:I've never heard it, but it's cute!
Reply:yes
Reply:yeah. it sound like a boy name
Reply:Doesn't mater what culture you are the name is nice so go with it
Reply:i love it! that's my dog's name!!

Jewish speaking people? Gods Name, El Shaddai, is this Name definition really feminine?

2010-04-24T18:00:00.001-07:00

I have heard it means breasted, giver of milk or the God of more than enouph with plenty left over.

Also Shadd can mean Spirit in a good or bad way. El Shaddai, would mean Godly Spirit or Gods Spirit possibly, right?

Jewish speaking people? Gods Name, El Shaddai, is this Name definition really feminine?
El Shaddai is best understood as Almighty God.

Yes, the root of shaddai is shad, which means breast... but not necessarily the female breast. Think of it as the chest, rather than the breast. The word shad is masculine, as is shaddai.

Some try to translate shaddai as "double breasted," but that is incorrect. The word would have to be shaddayim. Shaddai by itself could be understood as "my breasts" or "my chest".

With El meaning God, in the construct case (in English, that usually means putting "of" after the word), we could say "God of my chest." Since that doesn't really mean anything, we look for the figurative meaning. The chest was where armor was worn. It's the center of the body, the place of strength. So we could extrapolate God of my Strength.

Shadd does not mean spirit. The word for spirit is ruach.
Reply:Jewish is not a language.
Reply:I dont know about hebrew, but in punjabi shaddai means idiot, possibly with farsi roots, and it is masculine, shaddain is femeinine
Reply:I think you mean "Hebrew"...and God has various names in the Old Testament depending on what Its doing. If Its creating, it's "Elohim" (which, incidentally, is a plural word like "family")...when It's destroying, It's "Al Saddai"...when it's commanding, It's "Yahweh"...so, either God has many faces or the ancients had a name for each "Spirit" that does these things...kind of like the Indians and pagans making God's out of nature (the Sun God, the God of Thunder and Lighting, etc.). In any event, the human perception of a "God" has been wrong for Centuries.

Do u hve an idea wht's d meaning of my name juvy in jewish name?pls. help me 2 find an ans..tnx alot!?

2010-04-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

some israeli asked me why my name is juvy and asked me wht's the meaning of it in jewish name..i don't know the meaning of there question..pls.let me know asap..tnx!

Do u hve an idea wht's d meaning of my name juvy in jewish name?pls. help me 2 find an ans..tnx alot!?
yes, Juvy is diminutive

from Jaffa, Yaffa,Yaffe

--YAFFA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Jewish

Other Scripts: 讬指驻指讛 (Hebrew)

Derived from Hebrew 讬指驻侄讛 (yafeh) meaning "beautiful".
Reply:there isn t any similar hebrew name for Juvy

It is probb an original name in your place

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The JEWISH people whih family name KAPLAN , in America and Europe, are they originally TURKISH ? Yes or no ?

2010-04-24T17:59:00.003-07:00

I met a Turk whose name is Kaplan too, but he says he's not Jewish, and I also met American Jews whose name is Kaplan (and they say they are not Turks).

So I don't understand...Either one or the other is lying?

The JEWISH people whih family name KAPLAN , in America and Europe, are they originally TURKISH ? Yes or no ?
Well, I'm pretty sure Kaplan is a Jewish name, but I'm a Jew and I lived in Istanbul for a year. Made lots of friends in the Jewish community there, and none of them had the surname Kaplan. That doesn't definitively answer your question, but hopefully it helps.

Nobody you mentioned is lying necessarily. Kaplan could be a name common to Jews and Gentiles. Or, even if it's a Jewish name, it's possible that your Turkish friend's father was a Jew named Kaplan (or one of his ancestors was), and his mother's side wasn't Jewish, hence making him a non-Jew. Or it might even be that he considers himself a Muslim, and hence, wouldn't recognize himself as a Jew even if, by Jewish standards, he was.

And American Jews come from all over the world in terms of ancestry. Were your American Jewish friends of a distinctly non-Turkish ethnic background? Would you be able to tell if they were? Most of Turkey's Jews are descended from the ones who were exiled from Spain in 1492. Being of Spanish stock, they could be dark or fair-skinned, with any color eyes. You never know.
Reply:I did not know Kaplans were Cohens.

Wow! I actually learned something from this forum. Thanks!
Reply:Regarding wiki it's a Jewish surname.

"It is therefore suggested that Kaplan is one of the oldest European/Middle Eastern surnames still in use today as those who have the name Kaplan are considered to be the descendants of the high priests of Jewish biblical times".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metin_Kapla...

Of course a Turk with the name Kaplan does not have to be Jewish (You are only Jewish if your mother is, unless you convert) and an American Jew of course is not a Turk.

Take care.
Reply:All "Hebrews" come from the mountain ranges of Turkey? That's quite a statement.
Reply:No

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaplan_(sur...

here is more info on that, i used to wonder that myself, being that I'm turkish and kaplan means tiger in turkish.

Jews took the name Kaplan, particularly in Eastern Europe, as a vernacular equivalent of the name Cohen[citation needed]. In Polish, for example, the term "kaplan" (spelled Kap艂an) translates as "priest"[1], which is equivalent to the English translation for the Hebrew word "Cohen". It is therefore suggested that Kaplan is one of the oldest European/Middle Eastern surnames still in use today as those who have the name Kaplan are considered to be the descendants of the high priests of Jewish biblical times.
Reply:I am a Kaplan and I am not a Turk, I am a Jew whose ancestors were from Russia.
Reply:Kaplan is a variant of the name Cohen. It is considered a Jewish family name.

I would guess if your name was Kaplan and you lived in Turkey you might not admit to being Jewish if your family converted to Islam.

I know many people named Kaplan and they are all Jewish.

I don't think I would assume the Turk is lying because he could have the name left over but have no idea who in his lineage was Jewish or where the name came from.

I have known Jews named Stone (English), Murphy (Irish) and Wang (Chinese). No reason it could not be the same way with the person named Kaplan from Turkey.
Reply:Jews from Turkey are sephardic and 'Kaplan' is an ashkenazic jewish name. Possibly the name could be used by both though.
Reply:Well something you need to understand, like Arabs that come from the Arabian peninsula, Hebrews came from the mountain ranges in Turkey, its most likely a Turkish name for any religion or group of people in the area, they're both who they say they are

The JEWISH people whith family name KAPLAN , in America and Europe, are they originally TURKISH ? Yes or no ?

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What is an appropraite gift to give at a jewish baby naming ceremony?

2010-04-24T17:59:00.001-07:00

Im attending a baby naming cermony for my sister's daughter. My mother and i were wondering if we should bring a gift and what would be an appropriate gift to give. Thanks for your help!!

What is an appropraite gift to give at a jewish baby naming ceremony?
It doesn't have to be anything special. If youre getting a gift it should be for the baby maybe a cute outfit or somethign the baby may use. But it's just a baby naming and when I've attended we've never given anything in particular.
Reply:I think just any baby gift will do. If you need some ideas, here are 2 very helpful articles with lots of great suggestions:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

and

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Hope this helps!

Is Flanzer a Jewish last name?

2010-04-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

I have a great-grandmother named Flanzer and I am curious...

Is Flanzer a Jewish last name?
Your question is in the wrong category, repost it in Genealogy.
Reply:no it's a german SS name.

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Is it ok to choose a name that is jewish but the parents aren't?

2010-04-24T17:58:00.000-07:00

my fiance and i like the name hannah for our daughter but we aren't jewish and the name is.

Is it ok to choose a name that is jewish but the parents aren't?
It's absolutely okay. If you like it, that is all that matters. Names come from everywhere. Hannah is a beautiful name. Plus it is spelled the same forwards and backwards, which gives it an added 'umph,' in my humble opinion.

Then there is that movie from the 80s I believe called Hannah and Her Sisters. Then there is the actress Daryl Hannah, who is beautiful.

Found from various websites:

Gender:

Female

Ethnic Origin:

English. Also found Hebrew.

Meaning:

Favor; grace. Biblical mother of the prophet Samuel.
Reply:Do you and your honey like it? Then, there ya go! =)

How many people go through life saying, "Wow, you have a [enter nationality here] name? But you aren't [again]?! How can you live with yourself?!" =) (note the light-heartedness I'm trying to convey here!)

Hannah is a beautiful name. If you like it, go with it, and I'm sure what you WILL hear is, "Wow, a beautiful name for a beautiful baby!!!" ;-)
Reply:Most biblical names have Jewish orgin. As a Jew, I do not see any problem with it.
Reply:Hannah is a beautiful name and I have many friends who have it and none of them are Jewish. Name your kid whatever the heck you want as long as it you love it :D
Reply:There is nothing wrong with that hannah is a beautiful name.
Reply:Why would you want to be doing that?

Are her other names Mary Joe??

Shes gotta live with that name, go to school and what not, cant you make things easier for her?
Reply:I believe its ok.... I know a girl called Hannah as well and she's presbyterian. My own name is jewish and im roman catholic
Reply:Who cares? It's your baby, name her whatever you want.
Reply:Hannah is a pretty name. You should choose any name you want - including names from other cultures. Many names have ways of working their ways across cultures, religions, and class. What may sound like a Jewish name today could easily be considered a very common, non-religion-specific name in the near future.
Reply:Hannah is a fab name.. I love it. Lets all live happily together.. your little angel Hannah.. she will do well in life with such good parents who are concerned about others and not offending.. god bless little Hannah.. our new generation.. xxx
Reply:Yes it is fine that you do. I named my son a biblical name and we are definetly not Jewish. Things like that aren't Voodoo now a days. hehe
Reply:Hi there, Hannah is a beautiful name. I think you guys should go with a name that brightens your day everytime you say it, rather than worry about the religious reason behind the name.

Your girl is precious! The name you guys choose IS the perfect name! Religion no bar!

:)

Have fun guys!
Reply:It doesn't matter.
Reply:I think my daughter's name is scandinavian or something...who cares? Do you think all the hannah's in this world are jewish? As long as you and your husband like it, it will fit in perfect. I think Hannah is a sweet name, by the way. I don't know a single Hannah that isn't pretty or kind. Good choice.
Reply:it is absolutely okay!

god bless you.

take care.
Reply:no, the rabbi will come knocking at your door if u do that!
Reply:a name like hannah is so assimilated, I don't think most people even realize it is a jewish name. something like golda or hadassah or selig or something might make people wonder, but it'd still be ok to use those too.

In the Jewish Faith is there a special name for the blue of the sky. What is the significance?

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Light blue or sky blue is in both modern and biblical Hebrew "t'khelet", which is also the name of the color prescribed in the bible for a thread in the tassels Jews are supposed to wear on a four-cornered garment.

Also, the holy ark was wrapped in a t'khelet cloth and the tabernacle had t'khelet curtains. The High Priest's clothes had a lot of t'khelet.

No one is entirely sure what the particular dye was that was originally used for the t'khelet in the fringes. The extract of a certain sea snail is one theory, as blue foot indicates above.

The Karaite Jews believe the dye was indigo, which may or may not be correct -- but in any case, the particular shade it should be, they determine by reference to the color of the sky in Israel.

So, at least according to the Karaites, the biblically-prescribed fringes on our garment should be that particular shade of sky blue (though they don't think it matters if you get that shade by indigo or other dyes).

Rabbinic sources looking for the original dye also refer to ocean and sky blue, as t'khelet in color, to help figure out what tkhelet the dye would have been.

As far as modern uses of sky blue in a Jewish context, there are some good answers above.

In the Jewish Faith is there a special name for the blue of the sky. What is the significance?
As already stated by Paperback Writer, it is almost Shabbos (we start at 7:34pm EST here in Fla), so I will have to be brief, but will star this question for after Shabbos.

As she stated, the color of our flag is blue and white.

Blue in Judaism

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because blue is the color of the sky and sea, it has often symbolized divinity, as well as height and depth.

It can also represent equilibrium, since its hue suggests a shade midway between white and black, day and night.[1]

read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_in_Jud...

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Reply:On the Prayer Shawl (Tallis) there was a Blue Dye that was made from a creature in the sea and used to create the blue on one string in the tzitzi (Fringes) as it says in our prayer (Shema) that is commanded to do. However, the creature cannot be found, or is extinct, so the one string is not dyed.

Blue is also the color of the Stripes upon the Israeli Flag, which consequently the flag is also in actuality a Prayer Shawl as well. The stripes represent the stripes up on the Tallis. The original flag had fringes as well, but now they don't add it.
Reply:Not that I know of, but I'll be happy to be corrected by my fellow Jews. It's now Shabbat for Jews in some countries, so you won't get as many answers as normal; leave the post up until Sunday.

Blue does feature quite a bit in Judaism; the Israeli flag is blue and white, and the shield of david is usually shown as blue. Try these links:

To ask a Rabbi directly: http://www.chabad.org/

and http://www.askmoses.com

http://www.ajewwithaview.com
Reply:No idea - not heard this. However, there is a deeper blue used on the tallis strings, that is specific.
Reply:I've never heard of this before.

Is my last name Jewish?

2010-04-23T03:30:00.001-07:00

My last name is Leyva and for some reason people seem to think it's Jewish. My family also receives news letters from a Jewish church..

what's the deal?

Is my last name Jewish?
Odd question, but, there could be Jewish people with your last name, sure. My last name is common among Jews as well, but my family name has been changed a couple times over the years and we're all Protestant.

From what I understand, many Jewish people in Eastern Europe adopted last names that are common in the region they migrated to many generations ago. I can't really remember the reason for this.
Reply:Any name can be Jewish. A lot of names in the U.S. are identified as Jewish as a large portion of immigrants to this country had certain names while back in their country of origin the same name was used by Jew and non Jews alike. Names ending in "stein" "berg" "burg" "ski" "sky" etc are not necessarily Jewish.

Also Jews do not agree on what a Jew is.

Reform Jews define a Jew by the religion alone.

Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines a Jew by the mother alone, not the father or the religion. They state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father. An Orthodox Jew will tell you if a person has a Jewish mother and they renounce their Jewish faith, they are still a Jew. Whereas if they only have a Jewish father, not a Jewish mother, the only way they can be a Jew is to convert to Judaism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_J...
Reply:Apparently its Spanish or French. Do a quick google search. In order to find this out for sure is to figure out where your grandparents came from and possibly their parents. From this you need to rationalize the Jewish population from that area in the time period.
Reply:Actually the Name Leyva originated in Spain in the Castile area or in Northern Spain. If your family receives a newsletter from a Synagogue

you might want to as your parents about it.
Reply:Most of the immigrants to the US in the early 1900's with the last name of Leyva were from Columbia or Latin American. However, Leyva is a Sephardic Jewish name.

go to the following website: www.sephardim.com
Reply:Whether it is Jewish or not depends on your ancestry, but in all likelihood, it is Spanish. Derived from Leiva, it is a surname that originated in a town of the same name somewhere in Castille (Northern Spain).
Reply:Maybe Serbo-Croatian? Maybe try researching your genealogy to find out about your heritage. In the meantime, don't worry about it. I've seen much worse. My first name is from the Yiddish, and I have lots of fun joking about it.
Reply:No it is not Jewish. I have a friend who is of jewish descent and she says it is not. Sounds like it is from Spain.
Reply:http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...

I do believe it originated in spain
Reply:http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...

It says it is Spanish.
Reply:Usualy, jewish last names sound more like.

Goldstein, Goldsburg...

So, no your last name dosnt sound jewish.
Reply:kind of, do u have something against jew? what? do you? do you, wow RACES
Reply:You must be Jewish Sherlock.
Reply:Leyva sounds very Eastern European to me.
Reply:extremely.
Reply:No theres no such thing as a "jewish" name. they're just sterotypes.
Reply:Oh you betcha it is.
Reply:your last name has a jewish decent. In other words, your last name is jewish
Reply:i had a jewish teacher and his last name was levon
Reply:sounds jewish to me
Reply:nope not jewish
Reply:Sounds more Scandinavian, but what the hell do I know, eh?
Reply:it's not jewish, it's perfectly normal, sounds arabic =)

EDIT: Ignore the ignorant predg's that say it is...
Reply:sounds Swedish
Reply:no =) im not sure what it is though it's not Jewish I don't think

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Reply:no idea
Reply:yeah
Reply:And no its not jewish......

i wish iad that last name everybody keeps on pronouncing mine wrong....
Reply:not really, it doesn't end with a stein
Reply:Ask your grandparents how the concentration camps were.
Reply:just walk around doing the hitler walk and wave

In the Jewish Faith is there a special name for the blue of the sky. What is the significance?

2010-04-23T03:30:00.000-07:00

Is my last name Jewish?

2010-04-23T03:29:00.002-07:00

What's the name of that very old movie in which Sarah Jessica Parker plays a Jewish girl called Miriam?

2010-04-23T03:29:00.001-07:00

It was a made for TV movie called Pursuit.

What's the name of that very old movie in which Sarah Jessica Parker plays a Jewish girl called Miriam?
PURSUIT?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098540/plot...
Reply:Twist of Fate

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What nationality is Lisa Edelstein (from tv show "House"? Her last name is German, but she is Jewish religion?

2010-04-23T03:29:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to find info on her, i get quite a bit but am not sure of this one...how she can have a German last name %26amp; is she Jewish? Said her ancestors died in Holocaust. Please help me, anyone. I am fascinated by this woman.

What nationality is Lisa Edelstein (from tv show "House"? Her last name is German, but she is Jewish religion?
German Jews do exist. Many of the Jews that were tragically displaced and abused and murdered at the hands of Nazi party were (among other nationalities) German.

Because a person is of German decents does not mean that the same descendants coudn't have been jewish.
Reply:I'm not sure what the exact answer to your question is, but you will find SO much information here -

http://community.livejournal.com/cuddels...

It's a place where people like us, who are fascinated by her, can relate to each other :)
Reply:Her parents are Jewish, so I assume she is as well.

Edelstein is a Jewish surname from Germanic orgin, if that helps any.
Reply:Are you kiddings? TONS of jews are german. I would guess with a last name Edelstein that she is german
Reply:With a surname like that,of course she's jewish.I thought everyone would know that.

Is the word 'jewelry' really derived from the name Jewish?

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A friend told me so, and says that their notorious bad looks comes from generations of inbreeding from their race nearly being wiped off the earth during the Holocaust, and how they don't like to mix with other races.

Is the word 'jewelry' really derived from the name Jewish?
1. The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French "jouel" in around the 13th century.Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything.

2. And as far as the part about inbreeding goes, I have no idea. There are tons of people on the internet that seem to agree with your little bigot of a friend there, but really that means nothing. A credible source is what matters.
Reply:The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French "jouel" in around the 13th century.
Reply:To imply that Jewish people are ugly is racist and you know it. Just take a look at the 3 jewish celebrities that follow:

%26gt; Selma Blair

%26gt; Sarah Michelle Gellar

%26gt; Jason Schwartzman

All three of these people have graced the covers of Vogue, GQ, Cosmopolitan, etc.

When was the last time you got a job gracing the cover of a style, fashion, or beauty magazine?

There are MANY celebrities and non-celebrities that are very attractive jewish people.

Your comment/question falls short of showing respect to other cultures and races, and exemplifies your ignorance and low self-worth. After all, only someone who has little respect for his/herself would actually attack another race/culture and deem them ugly.
Reply:Oh my God! No.... Jewelery is because it is traditionally made of precious jewels.
Reply:Isn't it jewellery?
Reply:The word Jewelry is derived from the Latin word jocale, meaning "plaything," and the word jewel, which was anglicised in the 13th century from the Old French word jouel. The word "jewelry" (spelled Jewellery in European English) is used to describe any piece of precious material (gemstones, noble metals, etc.) used to adorn one's self.

What is a name of jewish prince who ruled one of 34 principalities before german unification?

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You may be thinking about Suss Oppenheim who got a great deal of power in 18th-century Wurtemmberg. His career was the subject of a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger called Jud Suss or Suss the Jew. The Nazis hijacked and twisted this into a truly vile antisemitic film - instead of a Jewish rape victim, there is a Jewish rapist for example. After the war, Feuchtwanger reissued his novel with the washed-out title Power.

What is a name of jewish prince who ruled one of 34 principalities before german unification?
Joseph S眉脽 Oppenheimer (1698-1738) was a Jewish banker and financial planner for Duke Karl Alexander of W眉rttemberg in Stuttgart. He was a nephew and stepson of the banker Samuel Oppenheimer, diplomat and Shtadlan to Kaiser Leopold of Austria.

As a financial advisor for Duke Karl Alexander of W眉rttemberg, he also gained a prominent position as a court Jew and held the reins of the finances in his duchy. He put a duchy monopoly on trade of salt, leather, tobacco and liquor and founded a bank and porcelain factory. In the process he gained a number of jealous enemies who, among other things, claimed that he was involved with local gambling houses.

When his protector Karl Alexander died on March 12, 1737, Oppenheimer was arrested and accused of various things, including fraud, embezzlement, treason, lecherous relations with the court ladies, accepting bribes and trying to bring back Catholicism. The Jewish community tried unsuccessfully to ransom him.

Under heavy torture, Oppenheimer broke down and confessed to just about anything he had been accused of. However, when his jailers demanded that he convert to Christianity, he refused.

Joseph S眉脽 Oppenheimer was brought out to the gallows on February 4, 1738, and was given a last chance to convert to Christianity; for which he refused; thereafter he was hanged and died on Kiddush Hashem with his last words being the Shema Yisroel. His dead body was placed in a human size bird cage; that hung in the public square of Stuttgart for seven years; when his body was finally returned to his family for burial.

His story, under the title Jud S眉脽 or Jew S眉脽 was the subject of an 1827 novella by Wilhelm Hauff, a 1925 historical novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, a 1934 British film and a Nazi propaganda film made in 1940 by Veit Harlan. The Feuchtwanger book and the 1934 film based on it were both condemnations of anti-Semitism with the film being meant as well as a satire of Nazi anti-Semitism.

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Does this sound like a Jewish name?

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Moses Lazarus Abramchuk..

its my great great grandfather

i do not know my family tree very well

it is very confusing and hard to piece together information

but from what i know my grandfather beleives his grandfather was from jewish descent. where can i also find jewish surnames?? Thank you.

Does this sound like a Jewish name?
Yes it does and White blahblah is probably right about the first things he writes. But its khazarian jew not khazakian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar

They were not formed to destroy Europe they had good connections to Kievan Rus and the vikings.

All three names suggests jewish heritage. Abramchuk jewish with an ukrainian ending
Reply:If it is I'm sorry!

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What's the name of that Jewish wedding song? (From Family Guy)?

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In the latest Family Guy episode, Road to Germany, they had a catchy song playing during the Jewish wedding and when the Nazis were coming. Does anyone know the name of the song?

What's the name of that Jewish wedding song? (From Family Guy)?
Hava Naguila? I Didn't watch Family Guy, I have seen them dance in circles to that song at Weddings though.
Reply:It is not Hava Nagila, not even close to it. I know. Report Abuse

Reply:probably Hava Nagalia - I didn't see the family guy episode, but my best friends are jewish and they listen to it at every dang party... but it is kinda catchy

Do Jews have a Jewish Name for God?

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sorry about the tautology

my teacher says that the levine family - the family of the head rabbi in jerusalem were killed by the romans and the Name of God was taken away from them.

Im a muslim, my teacher was telling us how we have the Quran which is like their Arc of the Covenant- when we read from it- which includes the name of God, we are forgiven... wait, no, we are the arc of the covenant and we then Read the Name and the Words of God- so we are a vessel for God's Words to come forth.

can you clarify the story and importance of God's Name in your faith??

Do Jews have a Jewish Name for God?
We have *many* names for God. Here are only a few:

Divine Names

Shaddai (Almighty)

Ha-Kadosh Barukh Hu (Holy One, Blessed Be He)

Ribono Shel Olam (Master of the Universe)

Ha-Makom (The Place)

Ha-Rahman (The Merciful)

Shekhina (Divine Presence)

En Sof (The Infinite)

Gevurah (The Mighty)

Tsur Yisrael (Rock of Israel)

Shomer Yisrael (Guardian of Israel)

Melekh Malkhe Hamalakhim (Supreme King of Kings)

There is one name written in the Tanakh that we do not pronounce because we no longer know the correct pronunciation. There are no vowels in Hebrew so we can't know how to pronounce it. The name is holy for us and we don't try to pronounce it out of respect for God. We also don't call our President Georgie, nor the Queen Lizzie. We are extremely respectful of God and all of His children.

.

Reply:Many believers will say, "It is impossible for you to prove that God (Allah, Ra, Vishnu, whatever) does not exist. There is no way to prove that something does not exist." This is a silly argument for the following reason.

Imagine that we have a conversation one day and I say to you, "I believe in the gerflagenflopple. You cannot prove that the gerflagenflopple does not exist, therefore it exists." You can see that this is ridiculous. Just because I have invented something out of thin air does not mean that its non-existence is suddenly unprovable. There has to be some evidence that the gerflagenflopple exists in order to assert its existence. Since there is not, it is quite easy to say that the gerflagenflopple is imaginary.
Reply:go here: http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/in...
Reply:Yes, Jews have a name for God, but it is unspeakable. This has also spilled over into Christianity, which is why we all just call Him 'God'.
Reply:answer: that's another attempt by a non-Jewish religion to justify hatred or bigotry against Judaism (or as a way to justify how that person's religion is better than Judaism).

It's a claim made by Islam quite frequently: either the Tanakh was lost and so it's a corrupt version of what G-d said. Or this - that the true name of G-d was lost and the Jews have it wrong.

Ridiculous actually. There are several names for G-d in Judaism and each is used respectfully. And the Tanakh wasn't lost. Unlike Islam, which was written AFTER Mohammad's death - the Tanakh was carefully copied and it's forbidden to add or subtract even a letter in it.

Islam teaches that everyone had to wait until 650CE before G-d reveals how Judaism and Christianity got it wrong.

Not likely.

Islam is a wonderful religion at times, it just drives this historian nuts when Muslims try to rewrite history and facts to make it palatable to others.
Reply:In the Hebrew scriptures (i.e. the Law Torah, plus the Prophets [Nevi-im] and the Holy Writings /Hagiographa [ Kethuvim] the Jewish name of God is considered sacred and, out of deep respect for the name, Jews do not say it.(See Exodus 20:7) The tetragrammaton (Hebrew: 讬讛讜讛, English: YHVH or YHWH, these Hebrew consonants named, reading right to left: "yod...heh...vahv...heh.") is the name for the group of four Hebrew symbols which represent the name of God. The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text printed in Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Neither vowels nor vowel points were used in ancient Hebrew writings, but are usually taken to be "a", "e", "i", "o" or "u." From the Hebrew tetragrammaton modern Christians have adopted pronunciations such as "Yahweh", "Yahveh" and "Jehovah".

Some claim the pronunciation of YHWH has been lost, other authorities say it has not and that it is pronounced Yahweh. References, such as The New Encyclop忙dia Britannica, validate the above by offering additional specifics:

Early Christian writers, such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used a form like Yahweh, and claim that this pronunciation of the tetragrammaton was never really lost. Other Greek transcriptions also indicated that YHWH should be pronounced Yahweh.

Clement of Alexandria transliterated the tetragrammaton as 螜伪慰蠀. The above claims were founded upon the understanding that Clement of Alexandria had transliterated YHWH as 螜伪慰蠀蔚 in Greek, which is pronounced "Yahweh" in English. However, the final -e in the latter form has been shown as having been a later addition.

Reply:Actually, there are many names we use for God. Adonai, HaShem are among them. When Moses asked God for a name, the answer was Eyeh Asher Eyeh - 'I will be what I will be' or 'I am becoming what I am' or (in its most prosaic layer) 'I am what I am'. The name which you are perhaps referring to and which others have assumed is YHVH, the tetragrammaton, which was only ever vocalised by the High Priest in the Holy of Holies of the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur. Since Hebrew does not normally put in the vowels (which were a later invention in writing), we do not know how it was pronounced and are in any case not wanting to guess at it, because it was a holy name and not to be spoken lightly. The Yahweh, Jehovah, etc versions used by Christians are a misunderstanding resulting from the vowels for Adonai being shown by the YHVH in order to remind people to say Adonai when YHVH was written in the liturgy.

The name of God is not so utterly important. What matters is the understanding of God - the unameable, ineffable divine, that cannot be represented in any way within our human capacity.
Reply:"YourWay"
Reply:yaweh, i think is how it's spelled

not a jew, can't really tell you more than that

I read that the hispanic name "Perez" is a form of the Jewish name "Peretz" and that Jewish Spaniards made....

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the name change during a period of anti-semitic oppression...does anyone have any information on this?

My last name is actually "Parets" and my great-grandparents are all from Eastern Europe and Jewish, so we thought it used to be Paretsky before they immigrated but now I don't know if it is actually Hebrew or what...apparently it all came from a Biblical figure named Pharez, there is also a town in Spain called Parets.

Help!

I read that the hispanic name "Perez" is a form of the Jewish name "Peretz" and that Jewish Spaniards made....
Anything is possible. I can't help you, but have you tried contacting a synagogue in Spain and asking them? I'm sure the Spanish Consulate could help you out. I'm Mexican and my last name is Arabic. I'm guessing it comes from the Moors that lived in Spain several centuries ago. Like I said, anything is possible.
Reply:Interesting article from Wikipedia

My surname is BLOOMFIELD, i am told that my heritage is jewish but iam not?is my surname a jewish name?

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is bloomfield a jewish name??you tell me...please?

My surname is BLOOMFIELD, i am told that my heritage is jewish but iam not?is my surname a jewish name?
It is a common Jewish name.
Reply:If you have been told by family members that you have Jewish roots, then why doubt it ? If not you may be descended from English Bloomfields. Blumfeld or Bloomfield ? Do some research, as same names, does NOT mean same ancestral roots.
Reply:A name does not a Jew make. The concept of a "Jewish" surname is a common stereotype even amongst Jews. Jews named "Tanaka" are no less Jewish because they are not named "Schwartz."
Reply:sure sounds like it to me bloomfieldberg.
Reply:Bloomfield sounds pretty Anglo (English) to me....and most of the Ashkenazim Jews were in Central and Eastern Europe, so I don't think so

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I need a traditional JEWISH name!?

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I'm creating a character and I need a female Jewish name for someone living in the early 1900's...

Please help :)

I need a traditional JEWISH name!?
Rivka; Ruth; Miriam; Chana (pronounced more or less like "Hannah"); Chava; Sarah/Sarai; Leah; Rachel; Rebecca; Bikura; Brachah; Zara; Zipporah/Tsipporah; Chaya; Vashti; Tikvah; Tzafira; Tzviya; Penina; Devorah; Dafna; Elisheva; Elinah; Ysabet... lots more, but maybe you will see on that strikes the right chord with you :-)
Reply:How about Ruth or Ester?
Reply:Miriam

Rachel
Reply:D'vora

Rivka

Sarah

Esther

Mirium

Leah

Malka Leah

Rachel

Frume

Yehudis

Hadassah

Bracha

Chaya

Ariella

Efrat

Elisheva

Deena

There are many more, but these are the names of my neices, and the women in my community!

Good luck
Reply:Miriam, she was Moses' sister
Reply:Yentl
Reply:Golda......Golda Meir was born in 1898 and went on to become Prime Minister of Israel in 1967. The time frame in which you're focusing would certainly lend credibility to your character's name choice.
Reply:Sarah, Rachael, Leah, Deborah, Ruth, Naomi

Just to name a few.
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Reply:maybe Myriam,Devorah, Esther,
Reply:The link below has about 1000 names for Jewish girls.
Reply:Rebbecca...

Please tell me some jewish name!?

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I wonder if some body can tell me some jewish name for boys and girls with the meaning of the names I KNOW racheal david jacob josef but I want to know some other names.. so you tell me

Please tell me some jewish name!?
hmmmmm....naftali-one of the twelve tribes

eliyahu-a holy prophet

levi-another of the twelve tribes

shimon-another of the tribes

yehuda-tribe

binyamin-last tribe

gabriel-one of the angels

refael-the angel of medics

yitzchak-son of jacob

sorry i can't really think of any right now-if you want more email me (incrediboy2k@yahoo.com
Reply:Check out the site for the most comprehensive list. There are more than you think, many of which are comonly used by Gentiles.
Reply:The name Elijah and Ethan are both Jewish names for boys. Leah and Tamara are girl Jewish names. I found these names at the website below. They have lots of names to choose from. Hope this helps.

Hasmon? jewish name?

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hello, a funny question here: is "hasmon" a jewish name? do you know any jews called hasmon(or anyone else for that matter!)? (it is from "hasmonean", like mattathias of hasmon)

my father was called this and he was mizrahi, but i've never known another person called this before! unfortunately he died when i was very young, so i cant ask him :-( but i remember somebody saying it is a surname and somebody else saying this name is forbidden due to being reserved for line of david? it is also my middle name, so i am even more curious

many thanks, and shalom

x

Hasmon? jewish name?
Hello. No i dont think it is a COMMON jewish first name, but any jew would know its jewish straight away! i have heard of it being a surname, in iranian jews it is " hasmoani" but as far as im sure alot of mizrahi names are different from ashkenazi and sometimes sephardi too. I thinks its due to the obvious arab influences. I know there is a tradition of naming by time of year for jews in india, was he born around hannukah? or maybe it was something personal to your grandparents.

as for it being forbidden, im not aware of it, so i dont think it is. if you dont mind my saying, it is a very cool middle name for a girl.

so really be pleased its not common, but at the same time, a jew would recognise it as jewish :-)
Reply:I haven't heard of it. I'd look in a baby names web site under biblical or Hebrew names to see if they have it listed. Good luck.

Shalom Aleichem
Reply:I LIKE IT. HASMON ITS CUTE

Does "Radev" sound like a Jewish last name?

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Names do not always define a person's nationality, race or ethnic origin.

Also, Orthodox and Conservatives Jews define a "Jew" by their mother not their father. A person to them is a Jew if they have a Jewish mother, not necessarily a Jewish father. They state you get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father. If a person doesn't have a Jewish father they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family.

So a Jewish female can marry a non Jew by the name of Smith and the children will be considered Jewish.

Does "Radev" sound like a Jewish last name?
It sounds like a slavic first name converted into a surname.
Reply:nope it does not sound like a Jewish last name
Reply:Genealogy is about researching dead ancestors.

Jewish is a religion.

Research your ancestors back in time generation by generation to learn your own family history. As to whether or not your religion is Jewish only you would know.
Reply:Not really. I mean, there are Jews out there with all sorts of untypical names (I've known a Stewart, a Pylypyshyn, and an Azizallahoff), but "Radev" probably isn't in the top 200.
Reply:No, sounds Eastern European or Slavic.
Reply:it sounds more like a russian name but russians can be jewish
Reply:Yes. Very plausible. I had a friend, last name Vorob. He was Jewish.
Reply:It sounds Bulgarian to me. But that's because I lived in a neighborhood in Chicago full of Bulgarian immigrants and got to know them quite well...even helped them do family trees. But whether the name is Jewish, Christian or Orthodox is dependent on the beliefs of the people who used the name. They weren't all the same. Jews picked their surnames in the same way the Christians, Orthodox and Muslims did. No one held an exclusive right to a name by virtue of religion.

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If Tom Cruise is so into Scientology, why did he give his daughter a Jewish Name?

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Because he's a brainwashed psychopathic celebrity who believes in garbage like THIS:

Xenu was an alien ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth in spacecrafts resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living. The alien souls continue to do this today, causing a variety of physical ill-effects in modern-day humans. L. Ron Hubbard (a science-fiction writer and the creator of Scientology) called these clustered spirits "Body Thetans," and the advanced levels in Scientology place considerable emphasis on isolating them and neutralizing their ill effects.

To rid ourselves of "Body Thetans" and also “engrams” (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind) so that we can become “clear”, we have to go through "auditing" with a member of the “church” who uses an "e-meter" to measure our “reactive mind”...... and we have to pay lots and lots and lots of money for “auditing” (purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 and $9,000 for advanced sessions) and to take courses on Scientology to advance to higher “levels” in the “church”. The “church” has also taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry and psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional in everyday life and has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (with deadly results).

Scientology is undeniably a cult. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:

(1) It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members. (2) It forms an elitist totalitarian society. (3) Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable and has charisma. (4) It believes 'the end justifies the means' in order to solicit funds %26amp; recruit people. (5) Its wealth does not benefit its members or society.

Cults are extremely harmful. To remain within the strict mental and social confines of a cult for even a short time can have the following disastrous effects:

Loss of choice and free will. Diminished intellectual ability, vocabulary and sense of humor. Reduced use of irony, abstractions and metaphors. Reduced capacity to form flexible and intimate relationships. Poor judgment. Physical deterioration. Malnutrition. Hallucinations, panic, dissociation, guilt, identity diffusion and paranoia. Neurotic, psychotic or suicidal tendencies.

If Tom Cruise is so into Scientology, why did he give his daughter a Jewish Name?
i do not know wasn't aware of it being jewish last night i also heard on tv scientology people don't belive people do suffer from mental illness
Reply:he's a ********
Reply:Tom cruise is one messed up puppy, and its not his daughter thats why.
Reply:Maybe because it sounded good.
Reply:People don't always name their offspring according to their nationality or religious beliefs.
Reply:According to Cruise's publicist, the name "Suri" has its origins in Hebrew, meaning "princess." However, according to news reports in Israel, locals there are baffled by Tom Cruise's publicist (and his claim). "Nobody here has ever heard of that meaning," an announcer on Israel's Army Radio said during a discussion on Thursday. The Yediot Ahronot newspaper agreed in its half page splash on the celebrity birth. "We seem to have learned a new Hebrew word--and from Tom Cruise no less," said a Channel 2 TV anchorman.
Reply:I pity the fool! he's psycho lol
Reply:Tom %26amp; Katie is not Jewish. They were Catholics before getting into Scientology. I think thats why Katie wants to get married in Italy %26amp; get a blessing from the vatican.
Reply:Scientologist usually ask their children what name they want. They mention names and when the child smiles or giggles to the name they like that's they name. That way you are not stock with a name you don't like. That's is how I named my daughter.
Reply:because he is a ********
Reply:Among other things.....he is completely out of his mind.
Reply:Because he is just kinda a wierd, don't ya think????
Reply:Cos Scientology is a joke - I mean who can take a religion that was made as a bet between friends as to who could rort more money out of people seriously?

Is Jacobson a Jewish name?

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Its my middle name, after the doctor that delivered me, would it be Jewish? I'm not Jewish, but is it traditionally a Jewish name? Jews help me on this one.

Is Jacobson a Jewish name?
It could be or could not be. Some names scream "Jewish" but that does not mean the person has to be Jewish. Feldheim is a person that might be Jewish. However, names like Gold, Miller, Stone etc. are names that might be Jewish or might not. Just a plain old name. I have met Jews named McWhorter, Murphy, Garcia and Chang too. Those names actually would lead one to believe the person is not Jewish.

I do know some people named Jacobson who are Jewish but I am sure there are many who are not.

Ask you mom or dad. Maybe they know.
Reply:While many Jews do have that name, it is not a name that is particularly Jewish. A Lutheran pastor I know also has this as his last name, as does a family in my parish.
Reply:answer: it could be Jewish, it could be Slavic, it could be Scottish

Jacob's son

does it matter what religion your mother's doctor practiced?
Reply:Since Jacob is a Jewish name, then yes, Jacobson is Jewish..
Reply:A Jewish name would be a last name, first names or middle name might be from a country.
Reply:If it's a surname, it *can* be Jewish. Not necessarily though.

Reply:Nordic.

John's son = Johnson.

Swen's son = Swenson
Reply:Maybe maybe not..If he was Jewish so what's the diff?

What was the movies name where the Jewish Ethiopians are fleeing to Israel ?

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theres a kid, ethiopian, leaves his mother at a refugee camp in order to go to israel with this women he doesn't know. he has to lie about his identity in order to be accepted as jewish and live in israel.he gets adopted.. he grows and becomes doctor helping the ethiopians at the refugge camp.. the movie ends with him seeing his mother after long years for the first time. what's that movies name

What was the movies name where the Jewish Ethiopians are fleeing to Israel ?
"Go, See and Become" (French: Va, vis et deviens, Hebrew: 转讞讬讛讜转讛讬讛).

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388505/

(The kid in the movie is not Jewish, but pretend to be so he could emigrate to Israel and won't starve to death in Ethiopia.)
Reply:Throw MAMA from the Train?

Does anyone know the name of the Jewish candle stick that holds 7 candles?

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It is called a menorah. However it is supposed to have 8 branches alongside each other and a 9th, taller branch in the middle for the candle we call a 'Shamesh'. This candle is used to light the other 8 candles each night of Hanukka. The Menorah in the Temple, however, had 7 branches.

Does anyone know the name of the Jewish candle stick that holds 7 candles?
a menorrah
Reply:the Menorah
Reply:It is a menorah; "menorah" is just a Hebrew word for candelabra, regardless of how many branches it has. A Channukiah, a Hannukah menorah, has 9 branches; a temple/sanctuary menorah has seven, and many Sabbath/Shabbos menorahs have three. One of those is always a "sh'mash" - a "helper" candle that is taller than the rest; those remaining should all be at the same level to be "kosher."
Reply:no sorry
Reply:the holy jewish stick of seven candles

aka

menorah
Reply:That would be a menorah.
Reply:yes a menorah
Reply:It is a Menorah.

The 9 stick candle holder is the Hanukkiah.
Reply:Chanukkiyah
Reply:Yep
Reply:menorah
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Reply:a menorah
Reply:Menorah.
Reply:a menorah!
Reply:Wikipedia said Menorah

=)
Reply:menorah but it has candles for eight days with an extra to light the others that one is called a shamash. because in the time of the temple they were in war and were low on oil to light menorah (which needed to be lit every day in the temple) and they had enough for one day. But it lasted for 8 days.
Reply:menorah. i should know cuz im jewish
Reply:either menorah or chanukiah
Reply:a menorah/
Reply:menorah
Reply:menorah
Reply:The Menorah.
Reply:menorah.

but that is NOT the one used on chanukah. the one used on that holiday has room for 9 candles. 8 for the 8 crazy nights of chanukah, and 1 more with which to light the other ones. that one is actually called a chanukia.

the one with 7 is the traditional menorah which was used in ancient times but is not used anymore. now it's just a symbol of judaism.
Reply:Yes, but since you're in the Hanukkah section the one used at Hanukkah is called a "hanukkiah".
Reply:Menorah
Reply:Yonza is right it's called Dave,,I have one here,,拢9,,but to you 拢8,,I'm killing myself here
Reply:dave
Reply:menorah
Reply:It's called a menorah

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Christian or Jewish Name! "NAOMI"?

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Ok my friends name is spelt “NAOMI”.

How would a Christian or Jewish spell the name in english?

What do you people think, Christian name or Jewish name?

Christian or Jewish Name! "NAOMI"?
The name Naomi comes from Hebrew.

[Edit] If you wanted to transliterate it from Hebrew, it would be something like Naami. (If you want I can show you the link the poster above me copied %26amp; pasted from.)

Naomi was the one who discouraged Ruth, the first convert to Judaism, from converting. This is where we get the 'push away with one hand and pull in with the other' concept applied to potential converts.

The Book of Ruth in no way correlates to the gentile church unless you are a Christian, Boaz was a Jew, Ruth was a convert to Judaism, but I suppose you did ask for both Christian and Jewish perspectives. Ruth is not Jesus' ancestor, she is King David's ancestor. (Jesus has no lineage from King David.)
Reply:That's a Jewish name. Naomi from the book of Ruth is the great great grandmother of David.
Reply:Jewish - נָעֳמִי "Pleasant; agreeable" However, the tragic events in her life made her want to change it to Mara, or "bitterness".

In type...

Naomi - represents Israel

Ruth - represents the gentile church

Boaz - represents the Kinsman Redeemer

Through the union of Boaz and Ruth, Naomi was able to get her land back.
Reply:Jews always spell it Naomi in English.

You could make a case for Na'ami, but I've never seen it.
Reply:Yes.

Naomi was Ruth's mother-in-law in the book of Ruth. Naomi was Jewish. Ruth is in the direct line of the ancestry of Jesus. She married a guy named Boaz.

Naomi is therefore a Jewish name...

That said: many Christians use Bible names from both the Old and New Testament. E.g. Sarah Elizabeth as a first and middle name come from Sarah (Abraham's wife in the OT) and Elizabeth (the mother of John, Jesus' cousin, in the NT).

Naomi is therefore also a Christian name!

BTW Naomi is how it is spelled in English.

Does anyone know the name of the Jewish candle stick that holds 7 candles?

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Christian or Jewish Name! "NAOMI"?

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What is jewish name ?

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for a guy

What is jewish name ?
I once knew a Jewish guy named Jubal.

I was always partial to Malachi, Seth, and Adam.
Reply:Ani lo medaber Ivrit, but I think it is... 讝讻专 .. Although that might just mean male of a species.

讘讞讜专 (bakh煤r) - is a young man/boy.
Reply:Lewie McJewie.

Heehee. Sorry, couldn't resist.
Reply:adam, david, moshe.
Reply:Mohamed Abraham
Reply:Jonathan
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Reply:"Walter"?
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Jews:My Jewish name?

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I heard If I become Jewish, have too take on a Jewish name. So my real name is Jordan Stenhouse I was thinking Judas Stienhouse, can you think of anything better?

Jews:My Jewish name?
You get a Hebrew name, not a Jewish name. We don't speak Jewish. How about these translations of Jordan?

http://www.my-hebrew-name.com/names.cgi?...

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Yochanan
Reply:Lewis Black.
Reply:How about Joshua Stinkhouse?
Reply:Surely you're joking. Judas is hardly an appropriate first name for any religion, given the connotations. How about Joshua?

And you don't have to change your last name. Where did you hear that?
Reply:Not sure I can think of anything worse, in all candour!!!! :)

I'll assume you're being serious. You really don't want to go and call yourself Judas. He's the most maligned character in the Christian bible, isn't he?

Interestingly, an American theologian has now suggested that a MIStranslation from the Greek is responsible for the idea that Judas 'betrayed' Jesus. There was a whole programme on it the other day; it was intriguing.

Is Carole Farah a Jewish name?

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Could a "Carole Farah" be a Jew? I don't want to straight up ask her, that would be rude but I'm just wondering..

Is Carole Farah a Jewish name?
lmao shes arabic. most likely lebanese.

farah means happiness in the arabic translation.

Reply:Its possible, but at first sight, its more likely Arabic.

Well if we're talking about Arab Jews with Arabic names, there would be no way to tell, would there?
Reply:there is always a possibility with genealogy that is could happen.
Reply:Yes
Reply:to find out go to http://www.ancestry.com/

it will say if that last name is jewish
Reply:idk

But why not ask her if her name is of a Jewish origin?

What does mean the jewish name "tzvi"?

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TZVI

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Jewish

Other Scripts: 爪职讘执讬 (Hebrew)

Means "deer" in Hebrew.

hope this helps?

What does mean the jewish name "tzvi"?
Deer

Hebrew/Jewish name question?

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On a relatives records i saw a first name that looked like Blina,Blima,Bluna or Bluma.Now im seeing another record that it looks like Sime are these names similiar?could Sime be the same as Blime or any of the other names here?Is Selig the same as Samuel.How many other spellings are there for Samuel?

Hebrew/Jewish name question?
The boy's name Selig \s(e)-lig\ is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "blessed".

Selig has 3 variant forms: Seligman, Seligmann and Zelig.

For more information, see also the related name Seeley.

A baby name that sounds like Selig is Zelik.
Reply:ask in the synagog
Reply:As far as I am aware Sime has no relation to the 'B' names you mentioned. My guess is that she had two names such as Bluma Sime. This is common. Selig isn't the same as Samuel. Selig a variant of Zelig is taken from the German word, selig, meaning blessed. Samuel could be spelt Shmuel.

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Is Beckett a jewish name?

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The name is primarily English, but there are also German, Jewish, and Scandinavian origins. From the Oxford University Press' Dictionary of American Family Names, the origins of Beckett are listed as:

1. English: from a diminutive of Beck 3 or, more rarely, of Beck 1.

2. English: habitational name from places called Beckett in Berkshire and Devon. The former is named with Old English beo 鈥榖ee鈥?+ cot 鈥榗ottage鈥? 鈥榮helter鈥? the latter has as its first element the Old English personal name Bicca. This surname is also found in Ireland.

3. Possibly an Americanized spelling of French B茅quet (Bequette).

The Beck described in #1 has about 7 known origins, primarily English, though also German, Scandinavian, and one Ashkenazic Jewish origin. The German and Jewish origins indicate an occupational name for a baker, a cognate of Baker, from (older) South German beck, West Yiddish bek. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew ben-kedoshim 鈥榮on of martyrs鈥? i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews.

Is Beckett a jewish name?
Hello,

No. The most famous Beckett was the RC Archbishop of Cantebury England killed by king Henry II.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly
Reply:English.
Reply:No,it sounds British.
Reply:no

Is 'Reuter' a Jewish name?

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Yes : so are Associated Press, Hollywood,Anglo-American and the World Bank.

Is 'Reuter' a Jewish name?
Good question... I think it's some type of code name for reporter. I am gonna look in the dictionary.... OK, never mind, just moved and I have no idea where it is! Check it out though.
Reply:have a look in that website http://www.babynames.org.uk/jewish-baby-...

Is Rosensteel a Jewish name?

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It was my grandmothers maiden name but the family denies any Jewish connection (my great grandfather was quite a bigot; backwoods Pennsylvania type). I want to know if any of my ancestors were Jewish, and from the name it seems likely. Any opinions?

Is Rosensteel a Jewish name?
The name Rosensteel would indicate a Jewish background. There are a number of Rabbi's with that name.

That does not mean the your grandmother was not a Christian. There could have been a convert earlier in her family.

In your effort to eliminate bigotry, you should stop using terms like, "backwoods Pennsylvania type". Not all people from that part of the country are the same.
Reply:It might be a German name. Or it might be a Jewish name.

Jews in Europe didn't traditionally have last names. They had names like "Yitzchak ben Yosef" (Isaac son of Joseph).

Then several kings including napoleon, if i remember right, forced the Jews to take last names or be killed. This was for tax purposes of course.

So the Jews, forced to take a last name, adopted the names of their neighbors, of their towns, of their professions, of colors (silver, gold, etc.), things like that. In the languages of the areas where they lived, which was in large part Germany, Poland, etc. Eastern Europe.

I know of towns in the midwest where there are a LOT of German descendents who have these names that are considered jewish names. They aren't Jews, they are second and third generation German and Polish immigrants.

I didn't even know until I grew up and moved to a large city that these names are considered Jewish names too. Im sure many of the Germans I knew in the midwest would also be very surprised to learn this! Most of them have never seen a Jew in their entire life! I sure hadn't until I moved away.

Anyway, so Rosensteel might be Jewish, or it might just be German or Austrian. You'd have to search your ancestry to find out.

If you are interested in whether you'd qualify as a Jew by Torah law that lays out who is a Jew and who isn't, you'd have to search your MATERNAL ancestry. Your mother, her mother, her mother, her mother, on back as far as you can go. Being a Jew is handed down by the mothers, not the fathers. The fathers only hand down tribal lineage. This is according to traditional Orthodox Judaism.
Reply:could be ...this is a pretty common rural German / penn dutch name as well. .

it sounds like a penn dutch corrption of rosenthal. which is more often a jewish name -- that name and rosenberg , a person who owns a rose nursery. or lives on the outskirts of the village "among the wild roses."
Reply:It might be, or it might be Pennsylvania Dutch.

Hard to tell, esp. in PA.

Quick funny story - the census takers showed that there seemed to be a lot of Netherlands folks now living in PA. Seems thst folks were saying that they were "Dutchies"; PA Dutch are German, not Netherlands!

Reply:It is highly likely that your Grandmother is of German ancestry, but not necessarily Jewish.

While the name Rosen or its derivatives are usually Jewish, there was a famous 19th century priest named Rosensteel
Reply:Adam being the first man, made in God's Image, and that we are all descendants of Adam, I suppose if you go back far enough, I'm pretty sure you will find that we all have Jewish blood in us.
Reply:It could be. It may not be. Who knows. Try to go to one of those ancestry sites. That might help you track down that side of the family.
Reply:All Rosen names are Jewish. You are Jewish but not from the ancient Jews but the Jews of southern Russia. Congrats.
Reply:It might have had a fifferent spelling to begin with like Rosenstall or some such~

If the name Jesus is a Jewish name ,why aren't there any Jews called Jesus?

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Because they don't want Jesus to be...yah know...like...revered with a namesake...yah

If the name Jesus is a Jewish name ,why aren't there any Jews called Jesus?
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Reply:Simple. They stole the Jesus from the Jews!
Reply:The name Jesus is an anglicized form of the Latin Iesus, which itself is derived from the Greek name Iesous. Iesous was the Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, which itself was the later Aramaic form of the Hebrew name Yehoshua.
Reply:Maybe because Jesus is God!

It's like asking why there is no person called Hitler living in Germany today. Let me tell you a fact. There were about 15-20 Hitlers registered in the New York Phone Book before World War II. After the World War, there were none!
Reply:"Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek IEsous, from Hebrew YEshua'"

"Yeshua is a Hebrew name which has been transliterated into Greek as Iesous (IhsouV: pronounced "ee-ay-SUS"). The English "Jesus" comes from the Latin transliteration of the Greek name into the Latin Iesus. Now Greek has no "y" sound, but the Latin "i" is both an "i" and a "j" (i.e., it can have a consonantal force in front of other vowels), the latter of which is properly pronounced like the English "y" (which explains the German Jesu, "YAY-su")That is why we spell Jesus as we do, taking it straight from Latin, but we pronounce the name with a soft "j" sound because that is what we do in English with the consonantal "j"."
Reply:There were Jews with the name Yeshua, they just weren't necessarily mentioned in the Bible. That's like asking why there weren't any other Jews called Matthew. It has nothing to do with Matthew being special or not Jewish, it's just not his name and no others by that name were mentioned.
Reply:Actually, his actual name as used at the name was Yeshuah, but this is not a common name either. judaism does not accept that the Living word displaces the written law, so it rejects the messiahship of the Christ. have a nice day.
Reply:Jews are separate sect.Jesus is not their God/Prophet.why they should call?
Reply:Jesus was a Jew, but the name Jesus is not Jewish or Hebrew. It is Greek. It is the Greek translation of Joshua.
Reply:Jesus is actually the Greek version of the Hebrew Name Joshua or Yeshua.
Reply:no clue mate, thanks for 2 points anyways !!
Reply:Jesus is the son of God you first need to read your Bible and then you will know what he was who he was and so be it. any question's today on Christians
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Reply:I don't know if Spanish people have any Jew in them but I have heard of them being named Jesus but I believe they pronounce it Heysuse.
Reply:I have never known any Jews to be name Jesus expect the person in the new testament in the xian bible.but more more correct translation of the name is Jesuha[similar to Jehudah]

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驴 Is Mirren or Miren a Jewish name ? 驴Where does it come from ?

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Scottish in origin

It's the local pronunciation of Marian, or indeed Marion, and would mean either Little Mary or Belonging To Mary.

There's also a patron of Scottish football named St. Mirren.

驴 Is Mirren or Miren a Jewish name ? 驴Where does it come from ?
It may be a version of Miriam, which is a jewish name. The mother of Jeus, Mary in english, was Miriam.
Reply:I dont know about those names but Miriam is the Jewish version of Mary. She was the sister of Moses and Aaron and is mentioned in the book of Exodus in the Christian and Jewish scriptures.
Reply:Neither do I.
Reply:i dont know

Isn't Sasha a Jewish name?

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but Obama's daughter is named Sasha. I mean it's ok if people who aren't jewish have a jewish name, but I was just wondering if I was misinformed.

Isn't Sasha a Jewish name?
Sasha is my bestfriends name ;)

It's russian, its the fem. form of alexander.
Reply:Sasha is not a not a jewish name. When I first heard it about 35yrs. ago it was the nickname of the Priminister of Canada's son Sasha but I believe his real name was Michel which is Canadian french.He died in a ski avalanche years ago.It was the Trudeau's. But I would say it is a Russian name here I think people just use it as nickname. But I really like it though for A girl's name.
Reply:Yes, most biblical names are jewish (Abigail, Hannah, Rachel, ect.)
Reply:It's also Russian or Eastern European.
Reply:Actually I think it's Russian
Reply:Actually, I think Sasha is a Russian name.
Reply:It's Russian
Reply:Sasha isnt a "Jewish Name". Im jewish. believe me. its just a name.
Reply:IDK if Sasha is necessarily a jewish name, it may be, but I'm not 100% sure.
Reply:I dont know about that but her whole name is Natasha, Sasha is for short
Reply:uh.........I'm not sure, It's a cat name!!! lol

my cats name is sasha

Is Al Mizell a jewish name?

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Is Al Mizell a jewish name?
doesn't sound Jewish

maybe Italian or Sicilian
Reply:The "Al" makes it sound more Arabic.
Reply:Why would this possibly matter?

What is a typical Jewish name?

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Simple answer:

Jewish names are primarily derived from Biblical names. Almost any Jewish name in the Old Testament can and is used today for children's names.

Examples:

Names and their Hebrew pronouncement:

Abraham (Avraham)

Moses (Moishe)

David (Daveed)

Joshua (same)

Adam (same)

Sarah (sarai)

Rebecca (same)

Caleb (same)

Jacob (yacov)

Isaac (same)

Leah (same)

Ephraim

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Daniel (danial)

Joel

Josiah

etc.

I hope this answered your question and helps.

What is a typical Jewish name?
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Reply:Michael is Hebrew for "He who is like God"

Daniel is Hebrew for "My Judge is God"

David is Hebrew for "Beloved"

Isaac (Yitzkak) is Hebrew for "Laughter"

These are all typical Jewish names. And any of the names you find in the Bible are typical Jewish names. Even Matthew comes from the Hebrew Mattisyahu (which is the name of a top 40 Jewish Reggae singer).
Reply:Jesus?

lol
Reply:Female: Rachel, Rivkah, Ester, Sarah, Ruth, Lea, Hanna, Miriam

Male: Moses, Nathaniel, Mordecai, Haim, David, Mark, Len, Meir, Josef

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Which is a guys name and a girl name(jewish name)?

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the name is yuval and Taly. i don''t know which name is girl and which is guys. i know this is a jewish name. this is for buisness. i need it fast.

Which is a guys name and a girl name(jewish name)?
Yuval- Male

Taly- Female
Reply:Yuval ("river")- male

Tali ("my dew")- female

Is Kaufmann a Jewish name?

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I don't really care about his religion, but I met this German guy whose father is named Kaufmann. Is he Jewish

Is Kaufmann a Jewish name?
Not necessarily. Kaufmann is a typical name in several areas where German is spoken. If the name was Goldberg, on the other hand...
Reply:Yes, it sounds like a jewish name. But a man is better known by his behaviour not by names.
Reply:USUALLY IS
Reply:The name is a Jewish one but that does not necessarily mean he is Jewish. The name may have been incorporated into the family by marriage.
Reply:50/50 chance. Kaufmann is a German name, allot of German Jews before Hitler executed 98% of them.
Reply:YES
Reply:Yes. I have a jewish friend who麓s last name is Kaufmann, Joshua Kaufmann
Reply:He could be ? But Kaufmann is a GERMAN.

Names don`t always signify a religion ,,just a nationality..
Reply:The Kaufmanns I know are Catholic. I doubt that Jews came out of Palestine by that name.
Reply:his father might be, Kaufman is Jewish name but not exclusively. either way the German your dating isn't Jewish unless his mother is.
Reply:Relativity in names can be led to the holder of relgion rights or valuable or invaluable names. Kaufmann can be Jewish or German. The name is as such a name, but not all names carry the religous cult to what some belive as an honor to carry such name or what the name stands for.
Reply:no. it is not a jewish name.
Reply:maybe
Reply:Yeh my family name used to be kaufman and it was german jewish in origin, then we changed it
Reply:Maybe, maybe not
Reply:i know i know

listen carefully,he is either jewish or christian or muslim...

;) i am clever no???

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Can any one name me jewish baseball players (both past and current?

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Sandy Koufax

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Can any one name me jewish baseball players (both past and current?
Sandy Koufax

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (IPA pronunciation: /'kof忙ks/), born Sanford Braun on December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, is one of the greatest left-handed pitchers in Major League Baseball history. Koufax played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.

Koufax is best known for his string of six amazing seasons from 1961 to 1966 before arthritis ended his career at age 30. A notoriously difficult pitcher to hit, he was the first Major Leaguer to pitch more than three no-hitters, the first to average fewer than seven hits allowed per nine innings pitched over his career, and the first to strike out more than nine batters per nine innings pitched in his career.

Among National League pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched who have debuted since 1913, he has both the highest career winning percentage (.655) and the lowest career earned run average (2.76); his 2396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in major league history upon his retirement, and trailed only Warren Spahn's total of 2583 among left-handers. Retiring virtually at the peak of his career, he became, at age 36 and 20 days, the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He was the only child of Jack Braun, a salesman, and Evelyn Lichtenstein, a CPA, both Jewish, who lived in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. Koufax's parents divorced by the time he was three. Jack Braun had little contact with his son after the divorce and eventually stopped paying child support and alimony.
Reply:Here's a list:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendar...

Is David Letterman Jewish? Letterman can sometimes be a Jewish name.?

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He's never acknowledged his Jewish roots. Is he denying his Jewishness? Anyone out there know the real story?

Is David Letterman Jewish? Letterman can sometimes be a Jewish name.?
everyone on television is Jewish

it is all a conspiracy

..open your eyes
Reply:He is not Jewish. Letterman is not a "Jewish name." And his mom doed seem really WASPy.
Reply:I don't know but I doubt it. His mom seems real waspy.
Reply:not to my knowledge
Reply:he is jewish

Is the last name Greenbaum considered a "Jewish name"?

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Yes, it's a jewish name.

Is the last name Greenbaum considered a "Jewish name"?
yes

common jewish names will have

burg baum stein stien gold or sliver in them

examples

sarah silverman

bill goldburg

stephen speilburg
Reply:a lot of last names with green in front of it are jewish.
Reply:Yes.
Reply:yeah i believe so

actually im pretty sure it is

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Is Rubin a jewish name?

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Thank you

Is Rubin a jewish name?
no it is Chinese
Reply:rubin is the #1883 most common last name

0.007% of last names in the US are rubin.

Around 17500 people have rubin as a last name!

Ruben or Rubin as a first name is a Hebrew name.

http://www.parents.com/babynames/searchR...

That doesn't mean the person is Jewish.

Is Isliker a Jewish name ?

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One of my greatgrand parents was from Switzerland and had the surname Isliker, I want to know if that name is Jewish?

Is Isliker a Jewish name ?
No, this surname definitely is not of Jewish origin - but of course it is possible, that some persons carrying the name are/were Jews.

There are not that many persons with the surname Isliker - the Swiss phone directory has around 100 entries only...

The place of origin seems to be in the Canton (state) of Zurich. To find out more, you can make use of the suggested link.

What's the name of the jewish guy that washes the meat every three days. I't's sounds like Mashkia?

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what's the name of the person "job title" that washes the meat every three days acording to jewish doctrine. I't's sounds like Mashkia

What's the name of the jewish guy that washes the meat every three days. I't's sounds like Mashkia?
The word you're looking for is "mashgiach." (note the "g" in the middle - it's not "mashiach" - that's something altogether different ;)

The job itself is not simply "washing the meat" - in fact, often that job will fall to someone else in the kitchen (and years ago - and in areas where there are not many Jews - soaking and salting was actually done at home after ythe meat was bought - it's a modern convenience that most butchers now do it for us). A mashgiach is literally a kashrut supervisor, overseeing the kitchen (or factory, or entire restaurant) to make sure that all the kosher laws are being kept -- from checking the labels of all of the raw ingredients, to locking the door before the onset of the Sabbath so that no food will be prepared then, to making sure that no violations in preparation take place.
Reply:The kosher butcher washes and cleans any meat that has been stored for longer than three days: here is more info:

The rabbi would check that the butcher knows what equipment and utensils to use and how to keep from rendering the meat unkosher in the process of kashering (something that is rather easy to do). The butcher would need to demonstrate that he knows meat cannot be stored for longer than 3 days without being kashered, or at least washed down.

Meat and poultry require soaking in water and thorough salting before they are kosher for eating. But meat cannot be soaked and salted until after the forbidden fats, and blood vessels are removed. If the meat is soaked and salted before it is traibered, it is questionable. Special incisions must be made in the neck of poultry prior to soaking and salting to aid in the removal of blood. If the butcher waits more than 3 days before kashering the meat, the meat can only be kashered by broiling in the same manner as liver. Ground beef must be kashered before grinding. Storing any meat or poultry that has not been kashered in a bag or container which does not allow for free drainage of blood, renders the meat permanently non-kosher, if they haven't been kashered yet.

http://kosherquest.org/bookhtml/SHECHITA...
Reply:That reminds me. I should probably take a shower. My meat looks a bit rancid.
Reply:here come the masturbation jokes
Reply:eww just the idea of washing dead and decaying animal flesh,,eewwww
Reply:See, that's just unhygienic. I wash my meat daily.
Reply:I don't know for sure... but I wash the meat just about daily...

Is Perivoliotis a Jewish last name?

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Perivoliotis is a Greek surname.

Judaism is not a nationality, it is a religion which can attract people belonging to any nationality, so any surname could belong to someone who is of the Jewish faith.

However I would add that some surnames do appear to be

more "Jewish", than others, but Perivoliotis is not one of those.

Is Perivoliotis a Jewish last name?
Almost any name can be Jewish. When surnames were taken Jews took names based on occupaton, where they lived or some characteristic about them like everyone else. A lot of names in the U.S. appear to be Jewish as a large portion of the immigrants to this country with those names were Jewish while back in their home countries the same names were used by Jews and non Jews alike.

Also Orthodox and Conservative Judaism define a Jew by the mother not the father.

They state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father. IF they don't have a Jewish father they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family. They state a person who does not have a Jewish mother can only be a Jew by converting to Judaism.

The Reform Jews don't view it the same way.
Reply:IDK, ITS GREEK TO ME.
Reply:It is definitely of greek origin. Perivoli is an area of land. otis means of that group or belongs to this person.
Reply:I don't think so, it sounds Greek.
Reply:Definitely Greek.
Reply:i don't know but it sounds like a greek last name

What is the name of the song that jewish people play at weddings?

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i think it's in wedding crashers but i dont know what it is callled.

What is the name of the song that jewish people play at weddings?
Yep, it's Hava Nagila...a very lively and memorable time when played/sung at a wedding!
Reply:Yeah, it was probably Hava Nagila...I love that song.
Reply:More than likely it was "Hava Nagila" (讛讘讛谞讙讬诇讛 in Hebrew). You can hear it at the link below.

[edit] Ah, I see I have a prepubescent, jealous troll below me.

Is fields a jewish name?

2010-04-15T05:18:00.000-07:00

It could be, since Totie Fields was Jewish.

However, I really feel that any name could be attached with any religion, since people sometimes do elect to change their belief system. So to me there is no such thing as a "jewish name."

Is lucas a jewish name ?

2010-04-15T05:17:00.000-07:00

is being jewish a religious thing ? if so can anyone become jewish ?

or is it a bloodline thing or what , and what about anti semetic jews , how does that work ? lets say Iam anti irish , what would that be called ?

Is lucas a jewish name ?
Here are some genetic studies that will help you.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/jo...

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/...

http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/Behar_c...

http://bioanthropology.huji.ac.il/pdf/Ne...

http://homepage.mac.com/harpend/.Public/...
Reply:Paul Newman, Geraldo Rivera, Sammy Davis, Jr. (black entertainer), Elizabeth Taylor, %26amp; Goldie Hawn are all Jewish.

Jews are not a race, they are adherents of a religion. No one is born Jewish.

"Jews are a race" is just another one of those lies inspired by the book of mythology (the bible).

Anyone can convert to Judaism if they pay a rabbi enough money.

Being anti-Irish is just common sense. The Irish have no socially redeeming qualities. All they have are potatoes.
Reply:http://beingjewish.com

should help some

I believe Lucas is Latin-meaning Light. Great name, I named my son Lucian :)
Reply:jewish is not a religion..

Is rosen a Jewish name? Rosenfeld?

2010-04-15T05:15:00.000-07:00

Yes, Rosenfeld is a German Jew name.

It means the Rose Field and was the name of those who worked on such.

However, their actual Jewish surnames, which would have been based upon their Tribe, would be different. These names were used to hide their Jewish descent in a hostile Country where they lived, by the way.

Peace.

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Is rosen a Jewish name? Rosenfeld?
Yes, they both sound like Jewish last-names.
Reply:Well, those are both German last names meaning Roses and Rose Field pretty much. They could be Jewish, because a lot of Jews that came to North America during and following the second world war did come from in and around Germany.

Is Jebediah a jewish name?

2010-04-15T05:14:00.002-07:00

in that it is a variant of Jedidiah (yedidyah) which is hebrew for "beloved of god" it is.

Is Moidl a Jewish name?

2010-04-15T05:14:00.001-07:00

Yes. It is a pet form of the Jewish name "Mordecai".

Moidle (or Moitle, motle) is a Yiddisher name.

Is Freida a jewish name?

2010-04-15T05:14:00.000-07:00

It's a German name. Jews often are given names from the cultures where they live. That's why you find the name Frieda among Jews, especially Jews who came from Germany and that area.

Is Freida a jewish name?
The girl's name Frieda \f-rie-da\ is pronounced FREE-dah. It is of German origin, and its meaning is "lady".

Frieda has 3 variant forms: Freda, Fredda and Frida.
Reply:Sounds German . . . possibly Yiddish, or common amongst Jews of Yiddish origin.
Reply:yes it can be...i go to an all Jewish School and i know a few girls who go by that name!

(I think that name is sooo pretty!)
Reply:German.

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/...
Reply:It doesn't sound Jewish. I've never met a Jewish person named Freida.

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What are the traditions of chosing a Jewish baby name?

2010-04-15T05:13:00.003-07:00

It varies by the customs of different communities

1) Ashkenazi- generally name after a departed relative. In more observant circles using the persons hebrew name (when it differs from their english ones) - either the actual name or at least with the same letter.

2) Sephardi- name after a living relative

3) Chassidim- some name after the late rebbe so you find a lot of Menachem Mednel's born after the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson died.

4) In some communities the custom is that you do not need to name a child after a relative if the relative has had somebody named after them already. In that case, choose any name you like- the custom being to find a name that embodies traits and characteristics you would like your child to have.

What are the traditions of chosing a Jewish baby name?
Generally they give them the name of a departed relative.
Reply:Ashkenazim are named after the deceased and Sephardi after the living.
Reply:my father did although christian, a name from the old testiment and I have done the same with my children.
Reply:The children are generally named for a dead relative. Never a living. For instance, my Grandfather's name was Charles, so my name is Charity.
Reply:Yes, Quantrill above me is correct; it depends upon whether you're of Ashkenazic or Sephardic background. I'm sure that there may be other traditions as well but these are ones for sure.

By the way, there's an *excellent* book by Alfred Kolatch called "The Comprehensive Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names" that you can get from any bookstore or online.
Reply:Penguin Cusade is the only name you'll ever need.