Have you ever wondered why Joseph and Jacob start with a "J" when the Hebrew begins with a yod? This month's Librarian's Lobby deals with that problem and the problem of transliteration in general.
Here is the Librarian's Lobby column for May : http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc71.htm. April's column was : Names and their Importance Part II http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc70.htm. BTW I heard an interesting story as feedback for a column I wrote in 1997 concerning the late Rabbi Chaim Regensberg. Someone searching the web found my column and because of it was able to find a lost cousin who was Rabbi Regensberg's grandson. Donnie Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL 60645 ddstuhlman @ earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/liblob.htm Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
