Sofer
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- proper noun
- Dalia Sofer: The Septembers of Shiraz
- Officer Sofer
Examples
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A month later, Sofer explained his forecast: "Without even considering birth rates, to make up one percentage point today, we need an additional 170,000 Jews ...
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Sofer claimed that by 2000 there would be "4.2 million Jews versus 3.5 million non-Jews."
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Visiontext subtitles by Paul Sofer
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The New York Times' Thomas Friedman picked up Sofer's prediction and ran with it in an 1800-word, page one story.
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Sofer's tally indicated for 2000 a range of between 2.1 and 2.5 million Arabs in the Palestinian territories.
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What we needed to do is, after this date with Ali Decker, where he basically has the date from hell, we had to construct a kind of perfect-on-paper, amazing, gorgeous Jewess, and this is Rachel Rose, played by Rena Sofer.
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In 1987, the Israeli newspaper Yedi'ot Aharanot quoted Arnon Sofer's bombshell forecast: "In the year 2000, Israel will become non-Jewish."
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Arnon Sofer is a prominent scholar known for his controversial predictions about Israeli demographics.
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Rachel Sofer spoke at the conference about Jewish identity and cultural preservation.
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The achievements of Hatam Sofer continue to influence modern Jewish thought.
Synonyms
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6.3
A family name of German or Jewish origin
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6.8
A male Arabic name meaning noble or honorable
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9.9
A Jewish last name for families whose ancestors were priests
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9.9
A Jewish last name showing someone comes from the priest family
A Jewish family name
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sofer is a Jewish family name that comes from the Hebrew word for 'scribe' or 'writer', and it is from the same word family as sefer 'book'. So, a Sofer was originally someone who wrote or copied books, which is why the name is often linked to rabbis and scholars.