Thoughts on the Slaughter in Pittsburgh
“The wise will inherit honor. Fools display dishonor.”
October 29, 2018
The Real Reasons American Jews Changed Their Last Names
And did so more than Gentiles with foreign-sounding names.
When Jewish Americans decided to exchange their overtly Jewish-sounding surnames for more Anglo-Saxon ones, it was not because they were just-arrived immigrants who realized their names were difficult for native English speakers to pronounce. Rather, name-changing petitions presented to American courts in the period around World War I were usually filed by those who were already entering the middle class and believed their old names would make it difficult for them, or for their children, to find employment. Kirsten Fermaglich writes:
October 29, 2018
The ICC’s Legally Suspect Upbraiding of Israel
The fate of Khan al-Ahmar should be left to Israeli courts.
UNRWA Employees Flee Death Threats in Gaza
Does Hamas fear they will start telling the truth about their organization?
Ireland’s Complex Jewish History
Anti-Semitism and a sense of kinship.
The Real Reasons American Jews Changed Their Last Names
And did so more than Gentiles with foreign-sounding names.