Daily Podcasts Video Research

How two Jewish names — Kohen and Mira — are dividing red and blue states

JL;DR SUMMARY The popularity of the Jewish names Kohen and Mira reflects intriguing cultural divisions in the United States, with Kohen trending in red states and Mira in blue ones. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Religious IdentityCultural AppropriationName PopularityJewish Christian RelationsJewish NamesKohenCultural DivisionRed StatesBlue StatesMira

Places mentioned

West Virginia, United States
"One of us: Cohen. The other: Mira. One of us in the red state of West Virginia, and the other in the blue haven of New York."
New York, United States
"One of us: Cohen. The other: Mira. One of us in the red state of West Virginia, and the other in the blue haven of New York."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 47680
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-03-28 05:30:48 UTC
Curated 2025-03-28 08:30:59 UTC