Posted on 12/31/2011 2:00:16 PM PST by Eleutheria5
A new law proposed by MK Zvulun Orlev (Bayit Yehudi), who is chairman of the Knesset Children's Rights Committee, would prevent parents from giving their children “weird” or strange names that other children were likely to make fun of. The law would forbid parents from naming their children with names that “hurt their welfare or their feelings.”
The law, to be presented Sunday for the approval of the Ministerial Law Committee, would establish a “public names committee” which would include experts such as social workers, psychologists, and educators, that would confer with the relevant government ministries on “unacceptable” names that were likely, in their opinion, to cause children damage. Names that could hurt the social standing, feelings, or welfare of children would be banned, and the Interior Ministry would be instructed not to accept them for registration. The law states that “a person's name has an important influence on how society and those around him look at him. A name is the most important asset that a person has. Judaism places great importance on a person's name, and many people consult with rabbis before deciding what to name their children.” Orlev said that while the law may at first glance seem somewhat invasive, it was by no means unique; a number of countries around the world, including Sweden, Portugal, Norway, and Peru, to name just a few, had laws preventing parents from giving their children “negative” names.
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Not all of them. My uncle (father’s brother) never did!
Not all of them. My uncle (father’s brother) never did!
I was thinking that someone named "Zvulun" must speak from bitter experience.
You never heard of Zebulon (English)? One of the Twelve Tribes of Israel? How about Solomon (’Shlomo’ in Hebrew)?
Joshua/Yoshi/Ossi has a derivative name in Ruthian-Yiddish, it is Oshit.
During the Perestroika period I actually knew a boy named Oshit, his family fled the USSR and ended up in North NJ. He became a “Joshua” in a few weeks.
And what happens to all the Yaacovs?
Yes, deeply familiar with The Word
hehe
Do you know what Israelis hear when an American says ‘Zion’?
No, but being bilingual I have a vivid imagination
what about that skin diver named Mike Hunt?
Spelled Lemonjello. Spelled, you guessed it.
When I was a kid, my black neighbors gave normal names to the boys. The girls weren’t so lucky. First girl was Marvenus. Second girl was Uranus. I kid you not. What made it worse, was their last name was Burns. Again, I’m totally honest.
Yeah, right. You're the sick f--k then.
The Zappa family are not pleased.
Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa object!!
Damn, you beat me to it!
It was more than a year ago, but yes.
But that wouldn’t draw headlines – or sell records.
So that makes you a relative of AH?
I don’t like to brag.
I think she had a sister named Yura.
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