Re: meanwhile, back at Ellis Island . . .

[wiener <wiener...>]

I believe that my roommate for Junior Year at Hebrew University ulpan
did just that -- changing his name from Stuart Weinberg to (Rabbi)
Stuart Weinberg Gershon.  BTW, he's the author of "Kol Nidrei: Its
Origin, Development, and Significance".

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: meanwhile, back at Ellis Island . . .


>So, here's a question.  Why don't all the people who know their names
were
>changed from something change it back to what it was originally?
Okay, I know
>last names were imposed upon us in the first place, but Sean
Ferguson, for
>cryin' out loud!?!?!?
>Lorele
>
>Seth Austen wrote:
>
>> on 2/28/01 10:44 AM, George Robinson at GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net
wrote:
>>
>> > For years and years my father would tell me that the Robinson
came from
>> > the English branch of the family -- and in fact I do have English
>> > cousins, but their name is Green and like a complete schmuck I
never
>> > questioned this little discrepancy. Then one night my wife (then
of only
>> > a few months) and my father are shmoozing in my parents house and
she
>> > asks, "Robinson, what kind of Jewish name is that?" and he
replies,
>> > "Well we think it was Rabinowitz and they changed it at Ellis
Island."
>> > I'm in the doorway when I hear this and I yell at him, "What
happened to
>> > the English branch of the family?" He replies, "What are you
talking
>> > about? Their name is Green."
>>
>> Great story. My father remarried to a Green, her family is Jewish
from
>> Kentucky, probably no relation to your Greens...
>>
>> >>>
>> >>> George Richard Robinson (Now THERE'S a really authentic Jewish
name!)
>>
>> Seth Austen (another of those really Jewish sounding last names,
originally
>> was Aisenberg and Grafman before it got changed. It really drove me
crazy at
>> KlezKanada, all these people who thought I was a goy, oy vey)
>>
>> --
>> Seth Austen
>>
>> http://www.sethausten.com
>> emails: seth (at) sethausten(dot)com
>> klezmusic (at) earthlink(dot)net
>>
>
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