Choose Yourself a Hebrew Name!
Mordecai Nimtsa-bi
1948
Excerpt from the Order of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense:
. . . It is recommended that all commanders (from platoon leader to head of staff) change their family names—be they German, Anglo-Saxon, Slavic, French, or any other foreign name—to Hebrew family names, in order to set an example for their troops. The Israel Defense Forces needs…
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