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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I'm a Jew (and- Bob--Vognar--is a renegade Catholic), I was born Mayer (no relation to...). I understand "Mayer" meant "gentleman farmer," and the name was was probably bought by one of my ancestors when it was illegal for Jews to own certain kinds of property in Germany.

If you REALLY want to see a lot of Jewish names in one place, pick up a copy of "Chess Life." OY

RUmors get started about celebrities..Cary Grant was not Jewish (but an Englishman with a very different name, and a very sad family history). Nor Gregory Peck (probably "Gentleman's Agreement" got the story going). Nor..blast--the guy in "A Place in the Sun." (forget his name) Montgomery Clift.