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A Rosenberg by any other name : a history of Jewish name changing in America /

Our thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on clichés, ambitious movie stars who adopted glamorous new names or insensitive Ellis Island officials who changed immigrants' names for them. But as Kirsten Fermaglich elegantly reveals, the real story is much more profound. Scratching be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fermaglich, Kirsten Lise (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Series:	Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history.
Subjects:	Names, Personal > Jewish > United States > History.

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