Are they Jewish???

amother

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:09 am

Mickie mouse and Minnie mouse!

Mickie is Michael and Minnie is Minna/Mindel!!!

Am I correct?

Ruchel

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:10 am

Yes. But there are many non Jews who adopted the name Michael, and the name Mina/Mindel was non Jewish before being adopted into Jewish names.

ora_43

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:17 am

According to Wiki, Mickey's name is short for Mitchell. I suppose Mitchell could be a derivative of Michael, but that's already a pretty distant connection.

Whether it's Mitchell or Michael, both characters were created by Walt Disney, who AFAIK wasn't a big fan of Jews. I really doubt he saw them as Jewish.

shabbatiscoming

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:18 am

amother wrote:

Mickie mouse and Minnie mouse!

Mickie is Michael and Minnie is Minna/Mindel!!!

Am I correct?

minna is actually of german decent so there is no specific jewish connection and michael, im sorry, but there are many many many non jews with that name as well.

amother

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:18 am

Ruchel wrote:

Yes. But there are many non Jews who adopted the name Michael, and the name Mina/Mindel was non Jewish before being adopted into Jewish names.

yeah. but who names Minna nowadays, besides for Jews?

Ruchel

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:21 am

amother wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Yes. But there are many non Jews who adopted the name Michael, and the name Mina/Mindel was non Jewish before being adopted into Jewish names.

yeah. but who names Minna nowadays, besides for Jews?

Most Minas are non Jewish today. Most Mindel are Jewish.

shabbatiscoming

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:22 am

amother wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Yes. But there are many non Jews who adopted the name Michael, and the name Mina/Mindel was non Jewish before being adopted into Jewish names.

yeah. but who names Minna nowadays, besides for Jews?

but as ora said, walt disney was NOT a big fan of the jews.
and as far as I know, there are many winnies out there in the world that are not jewish and have no connection to the jews at all.

imaima

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:26 am

shabbatiscoming wrote:

amother wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Yes. But there are many non Jews who adopted the name Michael, and the name Mina/Mindel was non Jewish before being adopted into Jewish names.

yeah. but who names Minna nowadays, besides for Jews?

but as ora said, walt disney was NOT a big fan of the jews.
and as far as I know, there are many winnies out there in the world that are not jewish and have no connection to the jews at all.

Well, Winnies is another whole different thing than Minnies and Mickies! LOL

shabbatiscoming

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:27 am

imaima wrote:

shabbatiscoming wrote:

amother wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Yes. But there are many non Jews who adopted the name Michael, and the name Mina/Mindel was non Jewish before being adopted into Jewish names.

yeah. but who names Minna nowadays, besides for Jews?

but as ora said, walt disney was NOT a big fan of the jews.
and as far as I know, there are many winnies out there in the world that are not jewish and have no connection to the jews at all.

Well, Winnies is another whole different thing than Minnies and Mickies! LOL

oops

I obviously meant minnie Smile

Isramom8

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:49 am

Isn't Mina an African American name? I've read it but never heard it pronounced.

Jews were, of course, heavily involved in the creation of Hollywood as a movie industry. That may have had something to do with he Jewish sounding names of the mice. later came Feivel.

Ruchel

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:50 am

Unless davka he compared mice to Jews, like Nazis...
I have a rattie named Feivel. I just had to.

sky

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:51 am

amother wrote:

Mickie mouse and Minnie mouse!

Mickie is Michael and Minnie is Minna/Mindel!!!

Am I correct?

Please do not name your baby this.

Isramom8

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 8:56 am

Mickey can be a cool name for a guy. I have not heard of girls called Minnie, except for my great aunt a"h (who was not mini-sized).

DovDov

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 10:36 am

Mitchell or Michael, same difference -- Mitchell is a derivative of Michael.

Minna, on the other hand, is German -- short form of Wilhelmina.

shlomitsmum

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 11:01 am

Ruchel wrote:

Unless davka he compared mice to Jews, like Nazis...
I have a rattie named Feivel. I just had to.

Cute Rattie name!!!!
I love Feivel.... Very Happy

Mrs Bissli

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 12:51 pm

Shame someone at Ellis Island changed their surname to Mouse. Mousekewitzes would have been a fine jewish name as is. (Remember the animated film American Tail?)

Ruchel, have you read Maus?

Soul on fire

Wed, Oct 20 2010, 4:04 pm

Just a side note: Mina was the name of the female character in the book Bran Stoker's Dracula. As far as I know she wasn't Jewish.