Talk:Hermann Schapira

Spelling

Gila, hi.

I hope the "oysgezoomt" effect hasn't reached you yet :) (I guess you came across the joke). OK, so two things:

• Older Hebrew (late 19th - early 20th c.) often uses what was, at least considered, Biblical Hebrew. That's why we have "Tel-abib" for the Babylonian Exile, but Tel Aviv for the modern Hebrew city.
• Search on Wikipedia, then also on Google, and you'll get a lot of "Mi-Mizraḥ umi-Ma'arab". On WP in ONLY appears with a B, never with a V (Henry Malter, Isaac Hirsch Weiss, Hai Gaon), and Google shows you why: As I have written in the summary, the very respectable Jewish Encyclopedia spells it with a B, including in its article on "Schapira, Hermann", as you can see here by yourself! www.jewishencyclopedia.com and Jewish Virtual Library spread it further.

Please notice that the JE, as always, is pedantically careful about using a very precise phonetical spelling, with diacritics (mainly dots under the letter): ḥ for a spoken h, as opposed to mute h, and ẓ for ts as opposed to z. So if we are using their material, as is the case here, we MUST adopt the whole set of signs, in order to have a consistent spelling. Have a great day, Arminden (talk) 01:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Not sure that I agree but appreciate your interest in expanding and improving this (and many other) entries of importance for WP Israel. Keep up the good work. It can get pretty lonely around here--Geewhiz (talk) 11:16, 16 February 2021 (UTC)