Talk:Andrei Codrescu

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[edit] Jewish

(I am consolodating discussion started on user talk pages here in case anyone else wished to comment. -- Infrogmation 04:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC))

Hi. I don't understand your edit to Andrei Codrescu with the comment "Codrescu was not Jewish !". While not religious, he has made many references to his his Jewish ancestry and has described himself that way. Also, the "was" seems a curious use of the past tense for a living subject. Perhaps you're thinking of someone else? Wondering, -- Infrogmation 04:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC) (originally left on User talk:NorbertArthur)

He was not at all a Jewish. The best example is its name, "Codrescu", which is a pure Romanian name. Also, can you show me where he mentioned that he's a Jewish? Regards, NorbertArthur 8 April 2006 (originally left on User talk:Infrogmation)

I recall him mentioning it in a number of his NPR commentaries, writings, and lectures; here's a short interview on the web which mentions it and I'm sure many more could be found with a web search. You seem to be jumping to a number of conclusions without checking (eg, that all of someone's heritage can be deterimined by a paternal name, that Codrescu was even his birth name in the first place... and I'm not even sure I want to ask about the suggestion that you seem to think why someone Jewish can't be "pure" Romanian). -- Infrogmation 04:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Norbert, the "Jewishness" is inherited on the maternal line (matrilineality). This is based on the ancient tradition which was summarized by the Romans as "Mater semper certa, pater incertus est". :-) bogdan 08:12, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Guys: Codrescu gives an account in his first autobiography (The Life and Times of an Involuntary Genius) of his life as a Jew in Rumania and how he decided, at the urging of a group of poets, to change his name to something that sounded more Romanian. The name "codrescu" is very Romanian, and also echoes the name of a Rumanian fascist, Codrianu. It is a certianly a complex resonance. However Codrescu is definitely a Jew.

[edit] Transylvanian

Sometimes enjoys calling himself a "Transylvanian", to judge from NPR pieces... AnonMoos 17:52, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing information

This article (which "Exquisite Corpse(magazine)" redirects to hardly mentions the magazine. Also the name change is mentioned but no reason why or when. WikiParker 23:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)