David, Regarding the last name Brill, when I was a child, my father told me that Brill was a Jewish name, but that there were other Brills who were not Jewish.
The Jewish Brills all come from one area of Poland (near Germany) that was German speaking. One genealogist told me that Brill was in fact an acronym for a group of followers of Ben Rabbi Yehuda Lowe. Not being a genealogist, I haven't researched it any further than that. I do know that every Jewish Brill I've met has the same oral history regarding the place and language of our European ancestry. Regards, Susan Dr. Susan B. Brill de Ramirez, Professor of English Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; (309) 677-3888; fax (309) 677-2330 -----Original Message----- From: David Friedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:39 AM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: RE: Last names Dear Susan, >When my husband and I were consulting, before we married, regarding my >married name to be, we had several issues to consider: 1) my >professional work already done under my maiden name of Brill, 2) my >strong desire for a family name that would linguistically and >symbolically reflect the unity of our family, 3) my desire to honor my >parents through my name (last name from my father and my middle name >Berry from my mother's family) and my own ethnicity and culture through >my names: Brill being Jewish I'm sure you'd know more than me, but are you sure that Brill is a Jewish name? Oddly enough, I went out to dinner with a couple Brill's tonight. I asked about the origin of their name, and they said it was Danish. They didn't say anything about it being Jewish, and neither look Jewish at all, or have ever said they were Jewish. Regards, David _________________________________________________________________ Gaming galore at http://xtramsn.co.nz/gaming ! ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public) ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
