Monday, July 17, 2017

Profile: D'arcy Wretzky

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=2404

5 comments:

  1. Hi, I'm questioning this one. First off it's just her father who is Jewish (correctly reflected in her I and O score though).

    Second, while I'm not questioning the last name "Wretsky" in and of itself, I only found a couple of not very reliable sources saying her father is Jewish. He was a pipefitter in western Michigan, combine that with a name like Wretsky sounds a lot more likely Polish Catholic to me. But maybe I'm wrong.....

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  2. http://ethnicelebs.com/darcy-wretzky

    D’arcy’s paternal grandfather was Herman/Chaim Khaym D. Wretzky/Uretzky (the son of Joseph Uretzky/Wretzky and Frieda/Freida/Fraydl Erenberg). Herman was born in Shchedrin, Bobruisk uezd, Minsk.

    D’arcy’s paternal grandmother was Sophia “Sophie” Ruth Lipshitz/Lipshutz (the daughter of Benjamin “Ben” H. Lipshitz/Lipshutz and Katie/Katy Kaplan/Kapillon). Sophia was born in Chicago, Illinois, to parents from Shchedrin, Bobruisk uezd, Minsk. Benjamin was the son of Leyb/Louis Lipshutz/Lipshitz and Fanny/Zelda/Zlate Feiga Erenberg. Katie was the daughter of Nakhema/Nehemia/Nechemye/Nakhman Kaplan and Maryashe/Mariyash Erenberg/Erenburg/Ehrenberg.

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  3. Serious question: Why do you call non-Jews goys? Isn't that a derogatory term?

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  4. It doesn't have to be. Per Wikipedia, "In modern Hebrew and Yiddish the word goy is the standard term for a gentile. In English, the use of the word goy can be controversial. It is sometimes used pejoratively to refer to a non-Jew, but many see it as no more insulting than the term gentile."

    We clearly see it as no more insulting than "gentile".

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  5. Zev, touche! There's always exceptions to "stereotype" out there. Good job!

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