Given Names of Czech and Moravian Jews in the Post-War Period

0543106 - ÚJČ 2022 BG eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Dvořáková, Žaneta
Given Names of Czech and Moravian Jews in the Post-War Period.
Sledovati dostoită. Proceedings of the International Onomastic Conference “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of 21st Century”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of prof. Yordan Zaimov, Dr. Sc. (1921 – 1987). Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2021 - (Choleva-Dimitrova, A.; Vlahova-Angelova, M.; Dancheva, N.), s. 142-155. ISBN 978619245117-2.
[International Onomastic Conference “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of 21st Century”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of prof. Yordan Zaimov, Dr. Sc. (1921 – 1987). Sofia (BG), 20.04.2021-22.04.2021]
Institutional support: RVO:68378092
Keywords : onomastic * given names * Jewish * Czechoslovakia * post-war
OECD category: Linguistics
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The study is based on onymic material from birthday and death notices of members of Czech Jewish communities published regularly in the bulletin Roš Chodeš (646 names), and on a sociological survey organised on-line (26 respondents). The choice of civil names for Jewish children born in the post-war period was influenced by the political and social climate in communist Czechoslovakia. Names popular with the Czech majority were preferred because Czech Jews had a tendency to hide their identity. After the revolution of 1989 and the fall of communism, the situation changed. Since then, we can see the return of traditional Hebrew names given to (not only) Jewish children. Looking for Jewish roots and interest in Judaism, brings the choice of “religious” names in adulthood that could be used only for synagogue, or publicly as second given names.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0320395