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Velvel Mintzberg
Velvel ( yi, װעלװעל) or Velvl ( yi, װעלװל) is a Yiddish language, Yiddish masculine given name meaning "wolf" in Yiddish. Velvel is often associated with the tribe of Benjamin, who is described in the Bible as a wolf, i.e. a mighty and fearless warrior (Genesis 49:27). Velvel is often used as a Yiddish form of William (name), William or Vladimir (name), Vladimir. Given name * Velvl Greene (1928–2011), Canadian–American–Israeli scientist and academic * Velvel Kahan (William Morton Kahan), mathematician and computer scientist * Velvel Pasternak, one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish music * Velvel Putzer, prominent Russian politician * Velvel Soloveitchik, son of Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brest, Belarus, Brisk * Velvel Zbarjer, a Brody singer (1824–1884) *Verne ("Velvel") Chelin (1927-2013), Canadian pharmacist and businessman who was a global private label innovator References The origin and meaning of common Jewish names at ''Aish. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish Language
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish is primarily written in the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, its worldwide peak was 11 million, with the number of speakers in the United States and Canada then totaling 150,000. Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hambu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
