The date of arrival of every child who arrived in England on a Kindertransport was recorded and is in the files of the former Jewish Refugee Council in the United Kingdom. I know this because when my

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The date of arrival of every child who arrived in England on a Kindertransport was recorded and is in the files of the former Jewish Refugee Council in the United Kingdom. I know this because when my

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No, it does not. January 12 1919 was 11th Shevat and January 21 was 20th Shevat . It is possible that the engraver, working >from a sheet of paper, simply transposed the numbers, engraving 12 instead

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No, it does not. January 12 1919 was 11th Shevat and January 21 was 20th Shevat . It is possible that the engraver, working >from a sheet of paper, simply transposed the numbers, engraving 12 instead

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Dear Shellie, You have put your finger right on it! (in both of the above paragraphs.) First, it appears that your Aunt Hudya (no matter how the spelling was altered in USA) was called by a nickname f

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Dear Shellie, You have put your finger right on it! (in both of the above paragraphs.) First, it appears that your Aunt Hudya (no matter how the spelling was altered in USA) was called by a nickname f

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Dear Nick, If I may straighten out some confusion here, your dictiionary's suggestion that Hodyah means "praise of God" is misconceived. The noun "hod" actually means majesty or grandeur and not prais

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Dear Nick, If I may straighten out some confusion here, your dictiionary's suggestion that Hodyah means "praise of God" is misconceived. The noun "hod" actually means majesty or grandeur and not prais

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I have the same impression -- I have never heard of "Hudya", I know one Hadassah whose nickname is "Handy", which sounds to me like a version of Hinde. One possibility that occurs to me is that "Hudya

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I have the same impression -- I have never heard of "Hudya", I know one Hadassah whose nickname is "Handy", which sounds to me like a version of Hinde. One possibility that occurs to me is that "Hudya

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Michael Bernet wrote: One needs to be careful, though, particularly with those Anglo-Dutch names that are repeated by the dozen in 19th century England -- and even more so when, as with Jonah Jonas (t

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Michael Bernet wrote: One needs to be careful, though, particularly with those Anglo-Dutch names that are repeated by the dozen in 19th century England -- and even more so when, as with Jonah Jonas (t

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The prohibition against carrying money on Shabbat does not in principle make such fine distinctions. Carrying money is forbidden is forbidden for two reasons: (1) "muqtseh." This is an example of a "g

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The prohibition against carrying money on Shabbat does not in principle make such fine distinctions. Carrying money is forbidden is forbidden for two reasons: (1) "muqtseh." This is an example of a "g

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Dear Irena, Although the Israelite religion was patrilineal during its first 1,200 years, that changed during the talmudic period, and traditional Judaism has been matrllineal ever since; therefore, a

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Dear Irena, Although the Israelite religion was patrilineal during its first 1,200 years, that changed during the talmudic period, and traditional Judaism has been matrllineal ever since; therefore, a

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I don't know anything in detail about that either, but I am pretty sure that West European Jews in the 19th century were far more aware of the secular date than was the case in Eastern Europe. This co

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I don't know anything in detail about that either, but I am pretty sure that West European Jews in the 19th century were far more aware of the secular date than was the case in Eastern Europe. This co

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I am in complete agreement with Roger Lustig's responses to these questions. I am sure none of the above (at least during the last half of the nineteenth century which is the period with which we are

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I am in complete agreement with Roger Lustig's responses to these questions. I am sure none of the above (at least during the last half of the nineteenth century which is the period with which we are

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