epstein weinstein name change jewish

Because I'm Jewish, I got a lot of friends from high school that have the last names Epstein and Weinstein.

You know, Jews changed their names when we came to America from Russia and Germany.

We wanted to avoid anti-semitism.

So Goldman became Gold and all that stuff.

And now Jews have to change their last names again.

The Epsteins can't name their grandchildren Jeff.

And the Weinsteins can't name any of their children Harvey.

I think that name is dead.

And the Epstein-Weinsteins, because they chose to hyphenate, they can't name their children either.

What's the worst name you could possibly have?

It's Jeffrey Harvey Epstein Weinstein.

—- When some Jews migrated here from Eastern Europe, they changed their last name to avoid anti-semitism.

So Goldman became Gold, Lefkowitz became Landis, And in my case, Mendelovitch became Mendelovits.

And in the 21st century, some have to change their names because it's no longer cool to be named Epstein or Weinstein.