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Jewish Baby Names Inspired by Space

JL;DR SUMMARY Naomi Kaye Honova explores the intersection of Jewish tradition and outer space by proposing baby names inspired by astronomical figures and phenomena. 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'.

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Jewish CultureJewish HistoryJewish Baby NamesHebrew NamesAstronomySci FiSpaceIlan RamonCelestial InspirationJudith Resnik

Places mentioned

United States
"Isaac Asimov, Stanley Kubrick, Natalie Portman, Leonard Nimoy, Jane Yolen and Mel Brooks to name just a handful."
Germany
"Arno Penzias was a German-American Jewish physicist and astronomer who helped confirm the Big Bang theory."
Israel
"Choosing this name could be in remembrance of Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli Jewish astronaut who was on the fatal 2003 Columbia mission."
France
"Reysa Bernson was one of the founders of contemporary astronomical studies in France."

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