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Travels Through Jewish History: October 2012
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Travels Through Jewish History. What's in a Name? In the previous post. I introduced the issue of naming conventions. In this post I discuss how information about Spanish Naming Conventions can help you better understand the names of colonial American Jews and interpret their gravestones. First a couple of general terms:. First name = "given name" = nombe. Last name (in the United States) = "surname" = apellido. For example the Lucena family from Lucena, Spain), or occupations. Who were related to or all...
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Travels Through Jewish History: Families of Note: Jesurun Family
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Travels Through Jewish History. Saturday, October 20, 2012. Families of Note: Jesurun Family. There are several Jewish families who can be found in the colonial records of many of the port towns of the Atlantic World. One of these is the Jesurun. And Jeshurun). Jesurun ( יְשֻׁרוּן. Is a variation of poetic variation of the people of Israel, that means "upright one" from the Hebrew word Yashar. It can be found in the Torah in the book of Isaiah ( 44.2. And D'varim (Deuteronomy) 32.15. 335, and 33.26.
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