Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.lang,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: What's in a Name Message-ID: <467@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 04:11:55 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.467 Posted: Fri Nov 16 04:11:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Nov-84 05:04:51 EST References: <117@decvax.UUCP> Reply-To: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 12 Summary: "Mary" is not entirely unknown as a Jewish name; my late grandmother's name was Mary (they lived in England, in a mildly assimilated environment; they named their three children Basil, Queenie and Esme, all very Jewish names...) Of course, the name Mary comes from the Hebrew name Miriam, which is a very good Jewish name. Dave Sherman -- { allegra cornell decvax ihnp4 linus utzoo }!utcsrgv!dave