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Madoff family changing name to ‘Morgan’ – Can you do better?

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February 25, 2010

The Madoff family is looking for a name change and quite frankly, I don’t blame them.  “Morgan” would be the new name, according to HuffingtonPost.com.  But, my only issues is, where’s the Jew in Morgan?

If you’re a Jewish family and you’re forced to change your name, at least pick something that sounds Jewish.  Morganstein. Morganowitz. Schwartz. Stein. Berg. 

Anything but Morgan.  They’re stripping themselves of their Jewish identity as they baptize their surname.  I’m sure this community of online readers can do better and with that said…

Let the official Madoff family name suggestion begin (post your suggestions in comments)!

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