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From: stan@clyde.UUCP (Stan King)
Newsgroups: net.lang,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: What's in a Name
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Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 17:35:11 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 16 17:35:11 1984
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> From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
> "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.

Golly gee, wasn't the name of Jesus's mama Mary or Maria or
whatever is in question here?  She would be considered Jewish, right?

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