Supporters and opponents Hebraization of surnames




all rabbinic authorities encourage hebraizing first names (vayikra rabba 32, , kor ei sh mo, pp. 173–181), , actively encourage last names, (rabbi shlomo aviner (resp. elat shlomo viii, 67-68), , did themselves: among them: rabbis menashe hakatan (klein), maharam schick, shlomo goren (goronchick), shaul yisraeli (israelite), moshe zvi neria (menkin), shlomo aviner (langenauer).


opponents

one of opponents of hebraization of surnames moses calvary, writer , teacher. born in germany 1883, received traditional, general, , rabbinical education. member of ahdut ha avodah, educator in meir shafia youth village, principal of hebrew gymnasium (high school) in jerusalem, , educator in ahava youth village in kiryat bialik.



yitzhak ben zvi demands disqualify foreign names close us. assumption our immigration eretz yisrael revolutionary act, return 1 s origins. let memory of diaspora therefore erased crown returned ancient times, wrapping our names in envelope of our language. have doubts if zealousness appropriate. our names part—a significant part—of our history. bearers of historical names still alive , among us; names of figures mark our history—names sasportas or benbenisti, abrabanel or don yehia, rappaport or eibeschitz—there no reason delete chronicle of our national life. let preserve faith of our fathers in our revival. not betray our memories radical action; , text not relate famous: variety in our names sign of our colorful history, two-thousand year-old history, traces cannot wiped out light-handedly.




some people emotionally attached diaspora last name, reasons such having noble origins (hebrew: יִחוּס yichus), or desire continue identify ethnic group. there story of israeli diplomat told david ben-gurion, change name if can find me 1 non-jew named lifshitz. others had names entirely hebrew begin with.


the disagreement hebraization of surnames continued. many people preserved foreign surname, such first president of israel chaim weizmann, president of supreme court of israel shimon agranat, , others.








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