[lit-ideas] Re: Tajtelbaum
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:42:10 -0400 (EDT)
Teitelbaum (טײטלבױם teytlboym, deriving from a Yiddish/Germanic word
meaning date palm) is a Jewish surname.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Alfred_Tarski.aspx
"Tarski was the son of Ignacy Tajtelbaum, a successful shopkeeper, and his
wife, Rose Prussak Tajtelbaum. (Around 1924 he changed his name from
Tajtelbaum to Tarski—to protect his as yet unborn children from
anti-Semitism.)"
R. Paul quotes from wiki:
Tarski, "a name they invented because it sounded more Polish, was simple
to spell and pronounce, and seemed unused."
The source goes on:
"(Years later, Alfred met another Alfred Tarski in northern California.)"
The point is whether this Alfred Tarski was also originally Tajtelbaum. I
doubt it. In which case, while "Tarski" IS an Invented Surname, it only
SEEMED unused but it wasn't.
Speranza
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