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Genealogy Gehenna: The Hebraization of Jewish Surnames

February 27, 2013 by Edie Jarolim 8 Comments

Today I'm wrapping up the tale of the two Doktors Kornmehl, Ezriel and Viktor, the dual subjects of this family history writing challenge, with kudos -- and a mild kvetch. It's one thing to find out that your relatives' surnames were changed through transcription errors in records, illiteracy, etc. It's quite another to discover that they made the changes on purpose -- and en

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Foreshadowing — and Forelightening

February 26, 2013 by Edie Jarolim 4 Comments

You've heard of foreshadowing. A character in a novel feels a cold chill or, in a film, ominous music plays while a man drives along in a car, a much-too-happy grin on his face (yes , I'm thinking of you Downton Abbey, Season 3, and damn you not only for killing off Matthew but for doing it in such a goofy way, with such a clumsy use of foreshadowing, that I was almost tempted

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