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How Ashkenazic Jews Got Their Names and the Troubles They Have Caused Them

How Ashkenazic Jews Got Their Names and the Troubles They Have Caused Them

Update: 2022-02-10
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Professor Kalman Weiser (York University) talks with Miri Koral (UCLA) about the origins of Ashkenazic names and interesting stories about how difficult those names could be for their bearers in Eastern Europe. This talk was co-sponsored by the Toronto UJA Committee for Yiddish, California Institute for Yiddish Language and Culture, and Der Nister, and is the first of three in this series.

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How Ashkenazic Jews Got Their Names and the Troubles They Have Caused Them

How Ashkenazic Jews Got Their Names and the Troubles They Have Caused Them

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