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[Surname] Re: Kaplan
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Lora
(reniannen17)
3/25/2007, 6:22 AM
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a message by Elinor
There's an interesting point I found that at one point all male Jews in the Russian Empire were required to join the army for 25 years and many changed their surname to Kaplan to try and gain exemption!
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Elinor
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3/21/2007, 8:29 AM
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Re: Kaplan
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Lora
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3/25/2007, 6:22 AM
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Re: Kaplan
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Jim Young
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3/26/2007, 11:47 AM
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Jim Young
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3/23/2007, 7:16 AM