WOW WOW WOW. This was truly great. I can't express how this deepened my understanding and reaffirmed my strong beliefs in my heritage. I am so grateful to be born Jewish. What a gift.Not saying it is easy. It isn't. But we are blessed. Thank you so much!
As to non-Jewish names in Israel's neck of the woods is the Allenby Bridge. What I found fascinating were the previous names of Peres and Ben-Gurion and was unaware of the directive for ministry employees to take Hebrew/Jewish names by Moshe Sharett but am not surprised as the 1948 Israelis were creating a new identity separate from the Diaspora. Mazel tov to my Jewish friends here and the Israelis.
Thank you very much, very interesting. My second name is ‚Michael‘, my mother had wanted it to be my first name, but my father ´didn‘t really like Jews‘ and jewish names though he complained having been sent into war by Hitler. Most people never learn…
WOW WOW WOW. This was truly great. I can't express how this deepened my understanding and reaffirmed my strong beliefs in my heritage. I am so grateful to be born Jewish. What a gift.Not saying it is easy. It isn't. But we are blessed. Thank you so much!
As to non-Jewish names in Israel's neck of the woods is the Allenby Bridge. What I found fascinating were the previous names of Peres and Ben-Gurion and was unaware of the directive for ministry employees to take Hebrew/Jewish names by Moshe Sharett but am not surprised as the 1948 Israelis were creating a new identity separate from the Diaspora. Mazel tov to my Jewish friends here and the Israelis.
Thank you very much, very interesting. My second name is ‚Michael‘, my mother had wanted it to be my first name, but my father ´didn‘t really like Jews‘ and jewish names though he complained having been sent into war by Hitler. Most people never learn…