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Robert Garfinkel Luxemburg, June 16, 2022

Great quizzes. Learning a lot! Reply

Eric Steger Sunnyvale August 9, 2021

My Rabbi is a Hecht, so that one was a slam dunk. Reply

Axel Berger Köln-Ossendorf August 8, 2021

My weakest quiz result ever so far, only 4. Reply

asdfasdf asdfasdf mountain aview August 7, 2021

Thank you, rabbi Posner! Reply

Dinah August 6, 2021

I see (among other things) Hungarian roots in my DNA results and my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Brown. So that fits to a "P." Why a P and not a T?
Because my tiny grandma put paprika in almost every delicious thing she cooked -- and so do I! 😋

Shabbat Shalom, everybody! Reply

Eric Maza Longview Wa August 6, 2021

3 out of 10 uhmmm My Rabbi was from Moracco He speaks Spanish to me never teach me European Jewish Culture. Reply

Avi Baltimore August 5, 2021

Regarding Margolios being named after a matriarch; The "Shem V'Shearit" discussion is not true.
Generally most of what Yosek Katz writes is suspect unless corroborated elsewhere. Reply

Eva UE August 5, 2021

5/10 , not easy.....but there are one or two questions from which I learnt a lot, and about it I shall inform myself...thank you so much! Reply

Mary Scotland August 5, 2021

Thank you, good fun. My own name is confusing. My correct answers were guesses. Reply

Aryeh France August 5, 2021

7/10... I had Segal, Kegan and Schwartz wrong.
Has anyone here an idea were the Ashkenazi name Patrich/ Petrich/ Peterich etc. comes from?
I assume in is originally from Galicia? Reply

Amy USA August 5, 2021

8 out of 10. Fun quiz! Reply

Alon Israel August 5, 2021

Challenging indeed. Only 6/10 Reply

Crystal Australia August 4, 2021

Yes 10 /10 Reply

Herman Geneva August 5, 2021
in response to Crystal :

Crystal my lovely crystal you always score the maximum give us some more information let’s hear about you
by the way my score 10/10 the second time Reply

Herman Geneva August 4, 2021

5/10 tough one the german language safed me Reply

Michael Levi August 6, 2021
in response to Herman:

Is Shagam a common surname
Also Traub
Can you give me their meanings and origins Reply

Herman Zurich August 10, 2021
in response to Michael Levi:

i never heard of shagam
Traub is a last name if you ad an e
at the end it means traube or grape in English Reply

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