Ref: LAVEN a Jewish name
Tom Venetianer
There is a site called the "Simon Laven Page". Sounds very Jewish to me,
mainly because Simon was born at the Beth Israel Medical Center, New York.
Check it out at http://www.toptown.com/hp/sjlaven/
Then at http://www.sunflower.com/6news/monique_laven.shtml you will see
Monique Ming Laven's picture. Despite the Chinese connotation, she looks to
me as having a very sephardic punaim.
If you go to Lea Laven's site http://www.m-ohjelmat.fi/laven.html you will
find a very good looking lady who also looks kosher to me....
So maybe Laven is a Jewish surname after all ;)
take care, forgive my witzig mood today
Tom
>| Subject: Re: LAVEN a Jewish name
>| From: David Ziants <dav...@netmedia.net.il>
>| Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:33:29 +0300
>| X-Message-Number: 33
>|
>| HSTA...@allajohn.freeserve.co.uk asks:
>| > << My maiden name is Laven possibly derived from Lavenski or something
>| > ..... Snip .....
>| > I have been told that it is a Jewish name and that my family was
Jewish
>| > all be it a while ago. ..... Snip ..... >>
>| To which Michael Bernet <MBe...@aol.com> answers:
>| > Levine and Levi might be Jewish name. Laven is not. Lavan/Laban is a
>| > Biblical name that no one would want to be called by.
>|
>| I understand what Michael is saying about not wanting the name "Lavan"
>| because of its Biblical context. I still should not rule this out,
>| post-facto, as a Jewish family name. At the end of the day, "lavan"
MODERATOR NOTE: This topic having been discussed thoroughly, we will close
the thread here on a witzig note....
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