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From: "Sanderson Family" <>
Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] the name Michael
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 21:22:31 +0100
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Kathryn Michael has researched the Jewish Michaels extensively.

If anyone wants to contact her, I can put you in touch.

Danielle Sanderson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eve Richardson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] the name Michael


> According to Wikipedia:
> *Michael* is a given name <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name>; that
> comes from the Hebrew <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language>;:
> *מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל*‎ (Mikha'el), meaning "Who is like God?"^[1]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael#cite_note-Etymology-0>;
>
> So Michael would seem to be a good Jewish name.
>> Actually, Michael is also a Russian name.


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