On Jun 5, 2:19 am, weary flake  wrote:
> "Brett A. Pasternack"  wrote:
>
> > aaronhirshb...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 3, 8:25 pm, Calvin  wrote:
> > > > > In article <57a66e79-ee87-4b44-b133-
> > > > > 2344d97e7...@h11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, ke...@zappy.com.au says...
> > > > >> How many other men would have been called Abraham in the twenties
> > > > >> (tens???) unless they were of the Jewish persuasion?
>
> > > > 9
>
> > > Abraham Lincoln
>
> > In fact there was a period where American Protestants were adopting Old
> > Testament names because they seemed pious and traditional, while
> > American Jews were largely avoiding such names to better assimilate.

Yeah, that's how I wound up with the name "Aaron Louis Hirshberg". :-)

> I detect an emphasis in your statement that's offensive to anti-semites.

Oy vey.

Mr. Mvsevm