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Jewish names are everywhereI
The other evening Merv Grif
fin on hi* television show, speak
ing of his recent visit to Israel,
said he had told an Israeli that
bis name Merv Griffin had once
been translated in Yiddish into
“Mavin Gribenes,” but the
Israeli didn't know what
gribenes was. He told the
American television star that
they spoke Hebrew in Israel, not
Yiddish.
Yet many Israelis of course do
know Yiddish — and it seems
some Americans, who are not
Jews, also know some Yiddish.
Among non-Jews, probably
the class that knows most Yid
dish are actors. James Cagney,
they say, speaks Yiddish. The ac
tor, by his craft, assumes the
role of others, but many
Americans who are not Jews
seem to know at least a few Yid
dish words.
The other day, the New York
Times carried a little story about
Tel Aviv. It said that while
Israel also has its boycott move
ment agajatft the high price of
coffee, “noshing” with coffee and
cake still went on as before. Hie
word “nosh” was used as though
it was an English word. It is easy
to understand. There is no
English word to really express
the idea. To nosh is not simply to
eat. It is a kind of stealthy eating
of delicacies between meals. If
you want to reduce, you can con
tinue eating, but you have to cut
out your noshing.
Every language is a little u-
nique, of course. For instance, in
English, meeting people, we ask,
“How are your In Yiddish, one
asks vas machst du — what are
you making. Every Jew, it
seems, is a manufacturer. You
visit a person in a hospital who
can barely sit up and you ask
what he is making.
All of us like to throw in a few
foreign words in our conver
sations. We say e pluribus unum
or vox populi. We could say the
same thing in English, but say
ing it in Latin seems to do
something. I have a friend who
goes around collecting miniature
vocabularies from different
languages. A little Gaelic, a little
Swahilli, a little French, a little
Hebrew; He likes to take the
same phrases and translate
them into various languages. I
wonder if he hasn’t gotten on to
a good idea. Perhaps if we could
all talk a bit of each other’s
language, we wouldn’t be so anx
ious to shoot one another in war.
Talking is better than shooting
and far less expensive.
We get fun out of words. The
other day Earl Wilson in his syn
dicated column had a little story
about a romantic affair between
Rina Messinger, the Tel Aviv
beauty who is Miss Universe and
a young Canadian. Wilson,
questioning her, apologized —
“After all,” he said, "you are a
world figure.” “Yes, she has one
of the world’s best figures,”
snapped her Canadian escort.
Names are words too. Presi
dent Carter has said he prefers
to be called by his first name —
Jimmy. A writer in the Jewish
Daily Forward notes that all of
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host its annual Post-Purinv of March 21 from II a.m.-31
Family Seudah at 4;30 p m. Sun-
■ day, Mar. 6, in the Synagogue , AJCC
Social Hall. An exhibition of l»th-20th
The occasion will be century photography is now on
highlighted by an original skit display at the Atlanta Jewish
thaam in the nolitiral fnretrrmind nigHHgntea Dy an Original SKIt «<• /v«
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names. People in Israel don’t say presented by the Beth Jacob
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Hebrew Academy
The Hebrew Academy PTA is
now selling Barton candy and
confections, kosher for Passover.
Orders may be placed by call-
called by the first name.
Politically, there is no ques
tion that calling the President
Jimmy is a gain. The best name
for an American President
seems to be a simple Jewish
name. Lincoln for instance was
known as Abe and Eisenhower
was Ike. Even the man with the
whiskers — Uncle Sam — im
agine him called Uncle Afbysius
or Uncle Wendell. Such names
wouldn’t do at all, but with a
nice short Jewish name, Sam,
how can he help but be popular?
Paperprints, tintypes, am-
brotypes and deguerreotypes
dating from the 1840’s to 1890's
are highlighted. Also on display
are contemporary prints by the
Center’s photography students.
New classes in photography
will be offered in mid-March.
For more information, call
Karen at the Center, 875-7881.
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