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Topic: Please help- American Jewish guy w/ middle name;real or phony?
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D for Defiant
Knowflake Posts: 1325
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Registered: May 2006
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posted December 14, 2006 01:55 AM
 
Please, I would greatly appreciate your help-About six months ago, I submitted a book review for the suicidology/psychological autopsy book: "Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind", in which the decedent's family and loved ones were interviewed, among whom were his siblings. I had mentioned this to Node in her thread "Suicide" in Astrology forum (but I deleted my posts). Anyway, yesterday I submitted another book review at Amazon.com, and to my surprise, the web page said that I had a sort of "private message" for me to open. I checked it, and it turned out to be a brief note from a person (he or she???) who claimed that he was the deceased major depressive patient's brother, that he found my review "thouroughly moving" (ur, I thought that review was severely imcomplete) and that he would very much like to hear from me, that he would like me to get back to him "as soon as I saw this message". According to the date displayed, the message was posted early this July. But the problem is, this online pal gives me a male name, which consists of a first name, a last name, BUT also a middle name- even without the name thing, my first reaction was still "could this be somebody else kidding me/pretending to be that poor fellow's brother?" I do remember that the man who committed suicide came from an American Jewish family; sorry for sounding ignorant- but I thought Jews didn't have middle names, do they? So this guy (or gal?)gave me a "full name" which consists of a middle name. Is this obviously a prank? Thanks for your input in advance. IP: Logged |
D for Defiant
Knowflake Posts: 1325
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Registered: May 2006
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posted December 14, 2006 05:21 AM
Sorry,Did I offend anyone without knowing it *oops*? IP: Logged |
aqua inferno
Knowflake Posts: 1106
From: hopping about Europe
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted December 14, 2006 06:11 AM
Doesn’t seem offensive to me. Not sure about the middle name thing tho  IP: Logged |
Yang
Knowflake Posts: 2296
From: A temporary home
Registered: May 2004
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posted December 14, 2006 10:42 AM
Hmm, interesting...don't know about the middle name too 
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pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted December 14, 2006 11:30 AM
Well, my boss is jewish and I learned ( how timely for you) just yesterday, that he has a middle name.I love hebrew names. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 11943
From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted December 14, 2006 12:19 PM
I think they DO have middle names. If they don't in other countries I'm sure that part of the assimilation into U.S. culture would cause some (if not many) to add a middle name. Jon Stewart, a popular jewish comedian here, was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz. Adam Sandler, a comedian well known for his Jewish Hanukkah song, has the middle name Richard according to wikipedia. Billy Crystal is William Jacob Crystal. Etc. IP: Logged |
Gooberzlostlovefound
Knowflake Posts: 1205
From: and the embers never fade in your city by the lake
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted December 14, 2006 12:57 PM
I can tell you...they do  IP: Logged |
artlovesdawn
Knowflake Posts: 1177
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Registered: Jul 2005
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posted December 14, 2006 01:18 PM
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D for Defiant
Knowflake Posts: 1325
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Registered: May 2006
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posted December 15, 2006 02:01 AM
Thank you, guys The middle name of the person who had provided to me is Samuel.
Many thanks for your help- I was so ignorant that, I only knew the American Jewish actress Natalie Portman's real name is Natalie Hershlag, that she doesn't have a middle name, and I had made such a reckless assumption as to maybe Jews didn't have middle names because of their religious belief(s)...but as I was writing the last few sentences, I had just recalled that, another American Jewish actress, Winona Ryder, whose real name does contain a middle name and the name is Winona Laura Horowitz...Gosh, how could have I missed that!  But thank you. I really appreciate it  IP: Logged |
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