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2005-11-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Israeli Rabbis Issue Guidelines for Names

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think it's time to Ask the Imam.

Posted by ed 2005-11-03 02:31|| 2005-11-03 02:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Stupid, but you can bet they won't be beheading those who ignore their declaration.

Israel's Interior Ministry has barred the names God, Hitler and Bin Laden from being registered in its population files, said Sabine Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Census Bureau.

I don't have a problem with that. I wouldn't have a problem if they added Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc. to the list, too.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-03 08:06|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-03 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Fred's rolling.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-03 09:59|| 2005-11-03 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Though "Elmer" and "Elwood" are a small enough loss...

Fred : My dad was Elmer. Be nice.

Posted by BigEd 2005-11-03 10:40|| 2005-11-03 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Names are of course important assertions of identity. Traditional Jews favored the names of biblical heroes - patriarchs, prophets, good kings, etc and for girls matriarchs, and other positive role models like Deborah and Hannah. Secular Israeli Jews often give secular names - Arieh means lion, Shoshanah means rose (from whence Susan) etc - a custom that has spread to the Diaspora.

More militanty secularist Jews in ISrael picked names that no religious Jew would consider acceptable - like Amnon - a son of David who rebels against his father and rapes his sister. giving your kid a name like Amnon says - "im nationally Jewish - see i picked an ancient Hebrew name - but Im totally NOT in synch with the jewish religion"

The business of confusion with archangels is a new one on me - Ive certainly known of plenty of Orthodox Jews named Michael, for ex.

Omri is the father of Ahab and a "bad" king.

Sharon was raised on Kibbutz, so its no surprise hed have a secular name. I guess his son was born before he reached political prominence.

Interesting difference between Jews and Christians in use of matriarchal names. Christians seldom give the name Leah - whereas its one of the commonest names for Jewish girls. Contrast Rebecca, her sister - a common name in BOTH traditions. Leah, to Christians is the unloved wife of Jacob - whod want to name your daughter after HER? To Jews, Leah is the mother of Judah, and thus the "mother" of King David, and thus the "mother" of the Moshiach. One of the most honorable names one could have.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-11-03 10:47|| 2005-11-03 10:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Omri is the father of Ahab and a "bad" king.

Now we know why the son spent all his time looking for that whale...

Posted by Pappy 2005-11-03 11:28|| 2005-11-03 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 BigEd,

As long as your family name isn't Fudd.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2005-11-03 21:41|| 2005-11-03 21:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I named my first Queso Coatl, and I immediately was harrassed by the Aztec God of Cheese, Outerwear, Calypso Music and Numerology

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-03 22:21|| 2005-11-03 22:21|| Front Page Top

#9 You're sick, Frank.

I love it. :-D

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