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SUMMARY:"We Really Like Winston Better Than Weinstein! New York City Jews and Name-changing in Postwar Era"
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 Presenter: Kirsten Fermaglich, Department of History, 
 Michigan State University\n
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 Thousands 
 of name change petitions were submitted to 
 the New York City Civil Court during the 1940s 
 and 1950s, with disproportionate numbers of 
 submissions from people with Jewish names.  
 Debates over Jewish identity at this time tended 
 to equate name changing with passing and 
 escaping the Jewish community. Quietly challenging 
 portraits of name changers as "passers," 
 however, were Jewish voices like sociologist 
 Erving Goffman, who described name changing 
 as a more complex act of "covering":  hiding 
 the most obtrusive parts of a stigma so that 
 it did not impede daily life.  Name change petitions, 
 published writings, and unpublished 
 letters from name changers during the postwar 
 era suggest that "covering" more accurately 
 reflected the complicated practice of name changing 
 for the majority of American Jews. \n
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 Price: free and open to the public\n
 Sponsor: Jewish Studies\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://events.msu.edu/jewishstudies/\n
 Contact name: Jewish Studies\n
 Contact phone: (517) 432-3493\n
 Contact email: jewishst@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Wells Hall B-342
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