Dear all, My computer didn't work during one month and I got mails >from a lot of Genners only yesterday. I am terribly sorry. I hope you missed me?! Nicolas Trokiner, Paris-France

Dear all, My computer didn't work during one month and I got mails >from a lot of Genners only yesterday. I am terribly sorry. I hope you missed me?! Nicolas Trokiner, Paris-France

In article <002901bed49f$da6fc840$56916420@lilis>, "Lili Susser" <Susserl@...> wrote: According to Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish, it comes >from a Tartar word via the Polish word for skullcap.

In article <002901bed49f$da6fc840$56916420@lilis>, "Lili Susser" <Susserl@...> wrote: According to Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish, it comes >from a Tartar word via the Polish word for skullcap.

Someone here mentioned using U.S. dissertation holdings to track down one of the targets of her research. This reminded me of a quick and easy research tool that some folks may have missed: online

Someone here mentioned using U.S. dissertation holdings to track down one of the targets of her research. This reminded me of a quick and easy research tool that some folks may have missed: online

Regarding the names in a list of births - a similar phenomenon occurs in the records I am researching >from Minsk. A given name is followed by a patrynomic, another given name with a suffix

Regarding the names in a list of births - a similar phenomenon occurs in the records I am researching >from Minsk. A given name is followed by a patrynomic, another given name with a suffix

Greetings! The Arbeter Ring/Workmens Circle was very active in Detroit as well. They have a website: http://www.circle.org/ Good luck! Adina Lipsitz West Bloomfield, MI Researching: LIPSZYC >from

Greetings! The Arbeter Ring/Workmens Circle was very active in Detroit as well. They have a website: http://www.circle.org/ Good luck! Adina Lipsitz West Bloomfield, MI Researching: LIPSZYC >from

Jews cover their heads to remind themselves "before whom they stand"-- -i.e. the Almighty G-d. The term "yarmulka" comes >from "Yireh Malka" or "awe of the King".... I believe it is Aramaic in

Jews cover their heads to remind themselves "before whom they stand"-- -i.e. the Almighty G-d. The term "yarmulka" comes >from "Yireh Malka" or "awe of the King".... I believe it is Aramaic in

Leo Rosten's "The Joys of Yiddish" claims the word yarmulke is "a Tartar word, via the Polish for skullcap." My Polish dictionary defines jarmulka as "a Jewish skullcap." Gary Mokotoff

Leo Rosten's "The Joys of Yiddish" claims the word yarmulke is "a Tartar word, via the Polish for skullcap." My Polish dictionary defines jarmulka as "a Jewish skullcap." Gary Mokotoff

Yarmulke derives >from "Yore Malke" - possibly Aramaic? - for "fear of the King" Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

Yarmulke derives >from "Yore Malke" - possibly Aramaic? - for "fear of the King" Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

Lili Susser <Susserl@...> wrote in message news:002901bed49f$da6fc840$56916420@lilis... term Lili, Sorry for dissapointing you, but a jarmulka, pron. [yah rmoow kah} is not a Polish word. Word is

Lili Susser <Susserl@...> wrote in message news:002901bed49f$da6fc840$56916420@lilis... term Lili, Sorry for dissapointing you, but a jarmulka, pron. [yah rmoow kah} is not a Polish word. Word is

I remember discussing the origin of the word with my college Russian teacher at his instigation, which was surprising because I don't think he was Jewish. He said that it was a Polish word.

I remember discussing the origin of the word with my college Russian teacher at his instigation, which was surprising because I don't think he was Jewish. He said that it was a Polish word.