RE: A Yiddish Lesson

[mashke <mashke...>]

Sean Ferguson I know well. 

What's the story with C.D. Allen? (I'm sure there's a joke or a story 
forthcoming).

Dick Rosenberg
> And not to forget (pun intended) the famous Sean Ferguson or C.D. Allen
> 
> Leonard Koenick 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Robinson [mailto:grcomm (at) concentric(dot)net] 
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:38 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Re: A Yiddish Lesson
> 
> Ah, the Jewish Robinsons -- we're everywhere. (Jackie, Brooks, Mrs.)
> g
> 
> The man who does not read good books
> has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
>    --Mark Twain
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cyril robinson" <lunar (at) siu(dot)edu>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: A Yiddish Lesson
> 
> 
> >
> > There's another way Rabinowitz can be changed to Robinson. According
> to my
> > family folklore, an uncle about 1910 or 15 wanted to get a job on the
> > Pennsylvania RR. At the time, the  didn't hire Jews. They had a family
> > conference, changed their name to Robinson and that uncle spent his
> working
> > life working on the RR. A further wrinkle was that my father as an
> > insurance agent went on a strike against the Metropolitan Insurance
> > Company, which then blacklisted him. So as to get a job again in the
> > insurance field, my father changed his name to Roberson. I then had a
> > different name from my father. Some people thought (because Roberson
> > sounded mroe Jewish than Robinson) that I had changed my name so it
> would
> > appear less Jewish. The vagaries of being Jewish. Cyril Robinson
> > At 08:28 AM 11/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >Robinson is derived from Rabinowitz a la Ellis Island (or so my
> father
> told
> > >my wife, after feeding me a story about English relatives for about
> 30
> > >years).
> > >
> > >George (ne Robinson) Robinson
> > >
> > >The man who does not read good books
> > >has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
> > >    --Mark Twain
> > >
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> > Cyril D. Robinson
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