Gershom

[ gur-shuhm ]

/ ˈgɜr ʃəm /

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noun

the elder son of Moses and Zipporah. Exodus 18:3.

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Origin of Gershom

From Hebrew Gēreshōm “a sojourner there”

Just last week, Gershom Gorenberg argued in these pages for the abolishment of the chief rabbinate.
What to Make of the Chief Rabbi Results|Zack Parker|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The latest salvo comes from Gershom Gorenberg, responding to Jonathan Safran Foer, with whom he largely agrees.
In Defense of Digital Communication|Mira Sucharov|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gershom Gorenberg on Israel's Orthodox challenge, from August's issue of Prospect magazine.
A Yom Kippur Reading|David Frum|September 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As Gershom Gorenberg points out, both Israelis and Palestinians like to erase or blur those boundaries.
@PhantomState|Raphael Magarik|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

So the Israelis emerged, as Gershom Gorenberg called it, with an "accidental empire."
"The Temple Mount Is In Our Hands"|Benny Morris|May 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He had exchanged no words with his daughter on the subject, though they had been at Gershom together.
David Fleming's Forgiveness|Margaret Murray Robertson
The new dam and the new establishments of various sorts, which followed its completion, did much for Gershom.
David Fleming's Forgiveness|Margaret Murray Robertson
Business had not been a secondary consideration with Mr Langden when he paid his visit to Gershom.
David Fleming's Forgiveness|Margaret Murray Robertson
That is, Clifton had not fully decided whether he should change his plans and settle in Gershom.
David Fleming's Forgiveness|Margaret Murray Robertson
Clifton Holt did not say much to any one, except his sister Elizabeth, of all that was to be undertaken soon in Gershom.
David Fleming's Forgiveness|Margaret Murray Robertson