http://jewishcurrents.org/the-origins-and-meanings-of-ashkenazic-last-names/
It’s funny to run down the list and you realize you know someone with each name, then get a time travel glimpse of what their ancestors did.
Can’t help but think Garfinkels and Goldsteins were the wealthiest.
Eventually the enormity hits, of all the talented people that Germany lost.
It was surprising to learn that until very recently Jewish people, like Scandinavians, did not have real last names.
