Aboab Family | Name Changes
Robert-Scott Ynkawen This was the name of a famous Sephardic Jewish family known for its rabbis, scholars, physicians, and merchants. Abraham Aboab Born in Aragon, he would receive a tower in Altea…
Larry King | Name Changes
Lawrence Harvey Zeigler (1933-1959) He was born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a garment worker from Lithuania and his father was a restaurant owner…
Moses Mendelssohn | Name Changes
Moses ben Mendel Dessau (1729-?) He was born in the town of Dessay in Germany to a poor Jewish family. Since Moses had a curved spine, the education he was…
Avraham Even-Shosham | Name Changes
Avraham Rosenstein (1906-1925) He was born in Minsk, Belarus. His father ran a Jewish school which he attended prior to entering a yeshiva. While he emigrated to Palestine, his father…
Jack Roy | Name Changes
It's time his name got a little respect
Phillip Evergood | Name Changes
Howard Blashki (1901-1915) He was born in New York City to a Jewish father and an English mother, both of whom were originally from Australia. Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood…
Jackie Mason | Name Changes
Yacov Moshe Hakohen Maza (1928-1960?) He was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to a strict, Orthodox Jewish family, but would grow up in New York City. His family were originally from…
Goodman Ace | Name Changes
Just a story behind the all-American real-estate salesman.
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda | Name Changes
What better inclusion into the QB Name Change series than a language revivalist? Eliezer Lieb Perlman He was born to a Rabbi in a village called Luzki in what is…
Ben-Ammi Ben-Israel | Name Changes
The name behind this leader showcases a life of dedication to one's own religion.