A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America by Kirsten Fermaglich Dictionaries New York Times

New York Times

Originally published in 1966

—Rebecca Margolis

and sensational crime—entered the museum

A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America by Kirsten Fermaglich Dictionaries New York TimesListen to our podcast with author Kirsten Fermaglich here. Winner, 2019 Saul Viener Book Prize, given by the American Jewish Historical Society A groundbreaking history of the practice of Jewish name changing in the 20th century, showcasing just how much is in a name Our thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on clichs: ambitious movie stars who adopted glamorous new names or insensitive Ellis Island officials who changed immigrants names