“Uh.. what about me?”

Names Said To Bring Bad Luck

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words…

A group of Israeli rabbis has issued a list of names they say Jewish parents should not call their children for fear of bringing bad luck.

The list includes the names Ariel and Omri – which happen to belong to the Israeli prime minister and his son.

Calling Ariel, the rabbis say, could mistakenly invoke the wrath of a namesake angel, while Omri was the name of an evil biblical king.

One woman, Liat, wrote: “When my daughter was born, we called her Roni but I was never comfortable with that name.

“Afterward I had a dream that it was not good to call her Roni. What should I do?”

The reply simply reads: “Change it”.

But my personal favorite:

The rabbis also discourage giving Jewish children “non-Jewish” names, such as Donna and Shirley.

I’d better go give Donna and Shirley the bad news.