Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Naming - letting the kids choose their own names -- Jewish names Message-ID: <3340@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 02:46:56 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3340 Posted: Wed Feb 22 02:46:56 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 04:04:01 EST References: <953@pegasus.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 10 My impression is that more Jews today - particularly among the Orthodox community - are giving their children Hebrew (or Yiddish) names with no English translation - just a transliteration for the birth certificate. This is what we intend to do with our children. It happened much less in the last generation, even among the Orthodox. Is this a Toronto phenomenon or is it increasing continent-wide? Dave Sherman -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave