Marat is basically a polite title equivalent to "Mrs." (just as "Mar" means Mr. -- though gravestones normally would use "R." -- an abbreviation for "Reb" -- when referring to a man) As in other langu

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Marat is basically a polite title equivalent to "Mrs." (just as "Mar" means Mr. -- though gravestones normally would use "R." -- an abbreviation for "Reb" -- when referring to a man) As in other langu

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While it is impossible to say for sure, one possibility for her English name might be Jenny or even Jane. (these being sound-alikes for the Yiddish name Sheindel. I also know someone whose "English" n

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While it is impossible to say for sure, one possibility for her English name might be Jenny or even Jane. (these being sound-alikes for the Yiddish name Sheindel. I also know someone whose "English" n

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In a message dated 10/29/2006 ruthpbloom@... wrote: Michael Bernet replied: I too remember a Jewish family named Robinson >from my teenage years in Jewish youth movements in England. So, I would

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In a message dated 10/29/2006 ruthpbloom@... wrote: Michael Bernet replied: I too remember a Jewish family named Robinson >from my teenage years in Jewish youth movements in England. So, I would

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I dimly recall decades ago in England knowing someone called Leslie Wilner -- either in B'nei Akiva or Jewish Youth Study Groups or some such organization. So you might want to send your inquiry also

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I dimly recall decades ago in England knowing someone called Leslie Wilner -- either in B'nei Akiva or Jewish Youth Study Groups or some such organization. So you might want to send your inquiry also

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Dear Marilyn (and anyone else who might be looking for that earlier version); The 1906 encyclopedia (6 volumes) was not called Judaica, It was called "The Jewish Encyclopaedia." Try www.jewishencyclop

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Dear Marilyn (and anyone else who might be looking for that earlier version); The 1906 encyclopedia (6 volumes) was not called Judaica, It was called "The Jewish Encyclopaedia." Try www.jewishencyclop

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Dear Yaron, I found your surname, PEDHAZUR, of great interest as an example of the fascinating process whereby Jewish surnames arrive at their ultimate forms. It was immediately obvious that your fami

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Dear Yaron, I found your surname, PEDHAZUR, of great interest as an example of the fascinating process whereby Jewish surnames arrive at their ultimate forms. It was immediately obvious that your fami

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Dear Mathilde, Thank you so much for confirming my deduction (and that of some others) that this inscription is Ladino, and also my guess that the words would turn out to mean (as I put it) "something

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Dear Mathilde, Thank you so much for confirming my deduction (and that of some others) that this inscription is Ladino, and also my guess that the words would turn out to mean (as I put it) "something

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It most definitely is not French or Italian! And it is not quite Spanish -- though close to that language. The two main words here, chitkitika and savoroszka, look like affectionate diminutives in som

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It most definitely is not French or Italian! And it is not quite Spanish -- though close to that language. The two main words here, chitkitika and savoroszka, look like affectionate diminutives in som

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Actually this is not "just by coincidence." Three of the four gospels state specifically that the Last Supper took place on the first night of Passover (it was in fact what we call the Seder) and acco

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Actually this is not "just by coincidence." Three of the four gospels state specifically that the Last Supper took place on the first night of Passover (it was in fact what we call the Seder) and acco

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Ted Kotzin wrote: Dear Ted Kotzin, I would be very surprised if the proportion of Jews who murdered people during the Gold Rush was anywhere close to the "average" in the various ethnic populations as

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Ted Kotzin wrote: Dear Ted Kotzin, I would be very surprised if the proportion of Jews who murdered people during the Gold Rush was anywhere close to the "average" in the various ethnic populations as

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