In theory, yes; "doresh" shalom means "seeking" peace ( a milder version of "rodef" shalom, "pursuing" peace). And one can easily imagine a slip of the tongue turning "doresh" into "rodesh" - by metas

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In theory, yes; "doresh" shalom means "seeking" peace ( a milder version of "rodef" shalom, "pursuing" peace). And one can easily imagine a slip of the tongue turning "doresh" into "rodesh" - by metas

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Dear Batya, Perhaps the following may help you. The problem may be due to the fact that you do not have the name quite right. The expression "Rodesh Shalom" does not exist -- because Rodesh is not a H

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Dear Batya, Perhaps the following may help you. The problem may be due to the fact that you do not have the name quite right. The expression "Rodesh Shalom" does not exist -- because Rodesh is not a H

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Sally Bruckheimer wrote: Dear Sally, Yes indeed! As for the admixture of Slavic languages to which you allude, some current scholars of Yiddish have even detected the Slavic influence on Yiddish gramm

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Sally Bruckheimer wrote: Dear Sally, Yes indeed! As for the admixture of Slavic languages to which you allude, some current scholars of Yiddish have even detected the Slavic influence on Yiddish gramm

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Dear J-genners, If I may summarize >from a Jewishgen standpoint the results of the many responses to my query about perruque vs. sheitel, it now seems clear that western and central Europeans, includi

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Dear J-genners, If I may summarize >from a Jewishgen standpoint the results of the many responses to my query about perruque vs. sheitel, it now seems clear that western and central Europeans, includi

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Cyndee Meystel wrote: Dear Cyndee, That's interesting. Presumably "parouk" is a phonetic rendering of the French word "perruque" -- meaning wig. I have never heard anyone refer to a sheitel as a perru

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Cyndee Meystel wrote: Dear Cyndee, That's interesting. Presumably "parouk" is a phonetic rendering of the French word "perruque" -- meaning wig. I have never heard anyone refer to a sheitel as a perru

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Dear Steve, Have you checked under the far more common spelling Soloveitchik? Perhaps your ancestor was a member of that famous scholarly family -- whose background should be easy to access. You might

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Dear Steve, Have you checked under the far more common spelling Soloveitchik? Perhaps your ancestor was a member of that famous scholarly family -- whose background should be easy to access. You might

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Re the discussion of "non-Jewish" names: I recently sent a message to either jgsgb or jewishgen (can't recall which) on this subject, listing all or most of the New Testament names that are of Hebrew

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Re the discussion of "non-Jewish" names: I recently sent a message to either jgsgb or jewishgen (can't recall which) on this subject, listing all or most of the New Testament names that are of Hebrew

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I too have known Jews called Christopher. Beats me why their parents did it! Re what you say about names "originating >from the New Testament", the overwhelming majority of those names are actually Gr

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I too have known Jews called Christopher. Beats me why their parents did it! Re what you say about names "originating >from the New Testament", the overwhelming majority of those names are actually Gr

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This theory (which if true has clear relevance for Jewish genealogy) has been around for some time. The principal pagan ethnic group believed (as a matter of historical fact, not mere legend) to have

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This theory (which if true has clear relevance for Jewish genealogy) has been around for some time. The principal pagan ethnic group believed (as a matter of historical fact, not mere legend) to have

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I agree with Beverley. This was the only part of the entire inscription that stumped me because it looks like aleph bet resh. But I agree with Omry that (unless it stands for "Rabbi") this resh could

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I agree with Beverley. This was the only part of the entire inscription that stumped me because it looks like aleph bet resh. But I agree with Omry that (unless it stands for "Rabbi") this resh could

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