FACT CHECK · IDENTITY & HISTORY
Claim: A Jew wouldn't have a name like that
FALSETHE ANSWER
Jews have lived in Rome since the 2nd century BCE (first recorded 161 BCE). In Rome's Jewish court records of the 1550s, only 1 of the top 10 women's names (Ester) was Hebrew - the rest Italian.
SOURCE
Notai Ebrei, Rome 1536-58, ed. K. Stow, The Jews in Rome vol. 2; Jewish Community of Rome
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