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“Oriental,” Not Sephardi
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I believe “Oriental” is the appropriate term. I feel proud to be classed with Hindus and Chinese and Japanese and other Asiatics. Besides, the name reminds us of dear Turkey, to whom we owe so much…

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Joseph Gedalecia

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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Demographics, Ethics, Language and linguistics, Race

Categories:

Political Culture, Ethics
Jewish Family Names in Ukraine
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The question of family names in general and of Jewish family names in particular is interesting in many ways. Unfortunately, Jewish scholarship has thus far devoted very little attention to this…

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Samuel Weissenberg

Places:

Yelisavetgrad, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Kropyvnytskyy, Ukraine)

Date:

1929

Subjects:

Ethnography, Demographics, Family, Jewish identity, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Anthologies, Lists & catalogues