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I just opened and was reading this month's JFJ newsletter and an article caught my eye. Under the "60th Birthday Quiz" was a tiny line about Naftali Herz Imber who wrote the Hatikvah.

Can anyone with JFJ or anyone else direct me to the documentation about Imber becoming a Christian. In Wikipedia it says he came to the USA in 1892 and eventually died from alcoholism.

Does anyone know more about his descendants here in the USA?

Thanks in advance!

Google Search: Naftali Herz Imber, Messianic Jew

The first thing I did was google him but couldn't find anything about that aspect of his life. Did you find something?

I searched around on the web and was unable to find and
documentation of the claim he became a Christian.
Does the article you read provide references regarding that?



I did see a site by Sandy and Nicki Imber. Nicki is his great grand
nephew.
Seems like part of the family made aliyah in the 70's and 80's.
I did not read the blog in detail, and I did not book mark it
(sorry) but if you search by their names you should be able
to find it.

I provided the whole search to give you both sides.

I was hoping that by now someone with JFJ would contribute the info. All I've found is the sculptor's (Nicky Imber) info and an ancient town in Wiltshire, England *L*

This name bears a striking resemblance to my husband's family name.

I don't think this is unusual....many last names came from geographical
locations, geological structures, and names of towns.

When I was at Yad V'shem they have a "valley" that you walk
through that lists the thousands of Jewish towns that were
destroyed during WWII. One of them was the same as the last name
of my uncle. I have no doubt that his ancestors came from that
area and took as a last name of the name town they came from.

Oh yes, I understand. Just in the years that my husband's family's name has been in this country (since the late 1700's) it has gone through 3 spelling changes. It could easily have "evolved" from Imber or any of the other variations of the etymologies I found. Once the name splintered off into a more gentile branch of the family tree, those families could have "gentilized" it even more! *L* I'm beginning to sound like Goy now *L* (no offense intended Goy)

The evolution of names is a very interesting thing...




LOL!
I don't think you could ever possibly offend anyone, Chow!

*L* You haven't been around me long enough, Sheitl! *L* But thanks!!!