What’s in a name? http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/whats-in-a-name/ For new JTA columnist Lisa Keys, a k a JewMama, getting pregnant and giving birth were simple compared to the onerous task of choosing a name for her son. en-us jewmama@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-11-17T;18:05:00-05:00 Comment by charles jackson charles.jackson.nyc@gmail.com It must take a certain type of self-absorbtion to be able to ramble incessantly over a decision that’s made by millions of people every day. If you had to satisfy a dozen different criteria for name picking, it means that none of the issues mattered to you at all. Otherwise, one would have dominated and the decision would have been either automatic or quickly the appropriate consensus. It must take a certain type of self-absorbtion to be able to ramble incessantly over a decision that’s made by millions of people every day. If you had to satisfy a dozen different criteria for name picking, it means that none of the issues mattered to you at all. Otherwise, one would have dominated and the decision would have been either automatic or quickly the appropriate consensus.

]]> 2009-11-08T;15:36:00-05:00 Comment by Lee Ann leannsherman@sbcglobal.net Lisa Keys writes:  Julian was very good at rejecting my ideas, saying he didn’t like them or that they were “too Jewish.” Ouch.  I wonder if people ever say that a name is too black, too Hispanic, too Italian, too Irish, too Columbian, etc. - or are we Jews the only ones who are insecure - and perhaps afraid - to let people know we’re Jewish? Lisa Keys writes:  Julian was very good at rejecting my ideas, saying he didn’t like them or that they were “too Jewish.”

Ouch.  I wonder if people ever say that a name is too black, too Hispanic, too Italian, too Irish, too Columbian, etc. - or are we Jews the only ones who are insecure - and perhaps afraid - to let people know we’re Jewish?

]]> 2009-11-08T;15:36:00-05:00 Comment by Yael Bloch yaelbloch@gmail.com I wish I could trade places with you.  Naming is a zillion times easier than getting pregnant and giving birth for me.  I have a long list of names that I like.  My husband likes most of them.  I just wish it would be so easy to conceive and give birth to the babies.... I wish I could trade places with you.  Naming is a zillion times easier than getting pregnant and giving birth for me.  I have a long list of names that I like.  My husband likes most of them.  I just wish it would be so easy to conceive and give birth to the babies....

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