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You can't tell from a person's last name what their religion is. The religious status of "being Jewish" is traditionally transferred through the female line and last names come through the male line. Also, Jews can have literally thousands of ethnic backgrounds, even lines going back hundreds of years in the far east. ___ It's a risky game, if that's the right word for it. In the U.S. there is a tendency to regard all vaguely 'poetic' names of German linguistic origin as Jewish. People tend to overlook the fact that such names are essentially German language names. To put it differently, looking for people with family names like Sonnenschein or beginning with Rosen- is generally less revealing than the question suggests.
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Names ending in "stein" or "berg" are often assumed to be Jewish, but many people of those names converted to other faiths, and many Jews changed their names when they came to America.
However, not even owners of the traditional "Cohen" and "Levi" names can be blithely assumed to be Jews.
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Is Peyton Manning's mother Jewish?
Notsure. Know her names Olivia & that doesn't sound very Jewish....right?!?!
IS RIDDLE a Jewish last name?
Could be. People change their last names, you know. A Jewish person could have anything for a surname.
How would anyone know someone was Jewish?
According to Tradition, a person is Jewish if their mother is Jewish. If you do not know the religion of your mother, you are assumed not to be Jewish. Even in liberal movements that recognize patrilineal heritage, the person must also be raised Jewish. So if you weren't raised Jewish, you are not Jewish.
Is Strecker related to Jewish names?
It may be a Jewish name, if it is used by a Jewish family. If used by a non-Jewish family, then it is not a Jewish name. Virtually all names used by Jewish families are also non-Jewish names.
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Is the last name Swiatkowski Jewish?
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A Jewish person may have almost any name possible, but there are no names that are traditionally both Scottish and Jewish.
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Koch is not necessarily a German name, nor is it automatically a Jewish name. Many Jews in Germany have adopted or Germanised their family names. The only way to know is to research your family history. If you were not born in Germany, you are not a German. If your parents are not Jewish then you are not a Jew.
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Of course. I am Jewish and it's totally fine to ask someone out before Hanukkah.
Why do the disciples all have non-Jewish names?
Because in the English Bible the disciples names are a translation of their Jewish name or possibly a transliteration of their Jewish names. For example Simon is English for the Jewish name Shimon and John is the English equivalent of Jochanan
