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Book review
Jewish names tell all
by Warren Freedman
“A DICTIONARY OF
JEWISH NAMES AND THEIR
HISTORY" (Shocken Books,
New York City. $10.95)
“Roots" appears to have a
fascination for Jews as well as
blacks, judging by the number of
new books on our Jewish
antecedents appearing on today's
bookshelves. “A Dictionary of
Jewish Names and Their History
is not exactly pleasurable reading
Don’t put it off any longer.
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ANGIE BENHAM is 35 and has three
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CAROL COLBE dropped out of college
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DECATUR. GEORGIA 30030 (404) 373-2571
in the sense that one may want to
curl up with this brief tome, but it
is a worthwhile addition to every
Jewish library as a reference or
source book.
The author. Rabbi Kaganoff,
had spent 25 years collecting data
on Jewish names (his hobby!), and
his compilations are indeed
interesting. The reader will be
fascinated by such revelations as
ABZUG (meaning “proof-sheet”);
ROTHSCHILD (meaning “red
shield”); KA TZ (meaning
“righteous priest," an acronym for
kohen tzedek); MARGOLIS
(meaning “pearl"); STEVER
(meaning “tax"); ZWIEBEL
(meaning “onion”); HOLZMAN
(meaning “wood worker”);
KAFKA (meaning “crow”); and
GOLUB (meaning “dove"). But
this volume can serve only as a
pleasurable reference book, i.e.,
when one experiences the urge to
know what is behind a name, and
whether the name may be Jewish!
(BRONFMAN is a man who sells
or makes whiskey!).
The author is truly a scholar of
his subject matter, having written
since 1950 the leading articles on
the origin of Jewish names. His
enthusiastic writing is contagious:
“I am still searching and continue
to be amazed and delighted at new
surprises that I discover. The
investigation of a Jewish family
name is charged with all the
suspense of a thrilling detective
story.” The longest Jewish family
name is KA TZNELLENBOGEN,
a Prussian province, and the name
assumed by Meir ben Isaac in
1480. Among the other names
which possess the satisfaction of
discovery are SCHATZMAN
(meaning “treasurer”); KRIEGER
(meaning “warrior"); KIMCHI
(meaning “flour merchant”);
JA FFE (meaning “beautiful") and
ADLER (meaning “eagle”).
Name-changing, the technique and
the reasons therefor, is explored.
Names given after living persons is
not taboo among Sephardim.
Some names have many diverse
meanings, such as BALABAN: in
parts of Russia the name means
“falcon”; in the,. Ukraine “apple
fritter”; and in Bulgaria simply
“great.”
This 250-page volume will never
reach the top of the popular book
list but it well deserves a special
place in every Jewish home.
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