Does anyone have a genealogical handle on Nathan FRANK (b. Peoria, IL, 1852; d. St.Louis. 1931)? He served one term in the US House of Representatives (1889-1891) representing St. Louis. The biographi

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Does anyone have a genealogical handle on Nathan FRANK (b. Peoria, IL, 1852; d. St.Louis. 1931)? He served one term in the US House of Representatives (1889-1891) representing St. Louis. The biographi

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Jesajas certainly derives >from Isaiah. In Luther's German Bible, Isaiah is rendered as Jesaja. but that terminal "s" is common in rendering Biblical names into other languages: Judah/Yehuda=Judas. As

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Jesajas certainly derives >from Isaiah. In Luther's German Bible, Isaiah is rendered as Jesaja. but that terminal "s" is common in rendering Biblical names into other languages: Judah/Yehuda=Judas. As

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Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names derives Neshke >from the early German name Ginendl. It went >from Ginendl to Gnesha to Nesha to Neshke. Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA researching BLITSTEIN

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Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names derives Neshke >from the early German name Ginendl. It went >from Ginendl to Gnesha to Nesha to Neshke. Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA researching BLITSTEIN

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Saul and Solomon are two different Hebrew names--Shaul vs. Shlomo. Sol is most commonly short for Solomon. However, correspondence between Hebrew names and what people were called in English can be pr

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Saul and Solomon are two different Hebrew names--Shaul vs. Shlomo. Sol is most commonly short for Solomon. However, correspondence between Hebrew names and what people were called in English can be pr

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Beider's dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names has Yettkhen as an indirect derivative of Judith (Yudes, as he frames it). There is no one to one correspondence of secular and Jewish names except for se

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Beider's dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names has Yettkhen as an indirect derivative of Judith (Yudes, as he frames it). There is no one to one correspondence of secular and Jewish names except for se

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Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names has Khonke as a derivative of Elkhanan. Makes one wonder if "L" wandered in there by accident or mispronunciation. (Rabbi) Neil Kominsky Brookli

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Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names has Khonke as a derivative of Elkhanan. Makes one wonder if "L" wandered in there by accident or mispronunciation. (Rabbi) Neil Kominsky Brookli

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Over the years, in both rabbinic and family situations, I have frequently run into "double marriage" situations. Reasons for an earlier civil ceremony have included insurance, military posting and ben

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Over the years, in both rabbinic and family situations, I have frequently run into "double marriage" situations. Reasons for an earlier civil ceremony have included insurance, military posting and ben

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I noted in today's GerSIG digest a request for information on local Jewish histories for German communities. I have a history of the Jews of Werneck, Bavaria (in German) compiled by Manfred Fuchs and

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I noted in today's GerSIG digest a request for information on local Jewish histories for German communities. I have a history of the Jews of Werneck, Bavaria (in German) compiled by Manfred Fuchs and

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These are equivalent names. Srul is a Yiddish contraction of Yisrael. Dov Ber is a compound name reflecting the word bear in both Hebrew and Yiddish. (Parallel to such constructions as Aryeh Lev -- li

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These are equivalent names. Srul is a Yiddish contraction of Yisrael. Dov Ber is a compound name reflecting the word bear in both Hebrew and Yiddish. (Parallel to such constructions as Aryeh Lev -- li

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Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names documents Dartshe, a variant of Daria, a borrowing of a Gentile Polish name in the 19th century. It is very easy (especially for those of us liv

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Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names documents Dartshe, a variant of Daria, a borrowing of a Gentile Polish name in the 19th century. It is very easy (especially for those of us liv

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