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December 26, 2013 03:33 pm PST
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Mysteries of Askenazic last namesexplained
Jewish Currents has a great piece, The Origins and Meanings of Ashkenazic Last Names. From 1787 until 1844, Eastern European Jews were forced to abandon an age old tradition of naming people after their father or mother, ala 'Jason ben (son of) Calvin' and adopt a more easily tracked and taxed last name.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/QYqE0Mn9tD0/story01.htm
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