Yonatan Shmuel Zipursky
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Introducing Yonatan Shmuel Zipursky.
He was born on April 8, 2010. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and measured 20.5″.
His Names
As with Shula and Lior, Yoni has only one set of names (unlike many who give their kids both English and Hebrew names, we choose to give only Hebrew names).
We picked Yonatan primarily because we like the sound of it. In Hebrew, it means “God has given”. Thank you, Ronen, for suggesting it.
He does share his first name with Yonatan Netanyahu, the commander of the IDF’s raid on Entebbe. His family published a book of his letters that I read years ago. Thinking back on Netanyahu’s life, I hope that our Yonatan develops some of the same qualities of leadership, sensitivity, and intelligence that defined Yonatan Netanyahu.
Yoni’s middle name, Shmuel, is in honor of my Uncle Sid. Uncle Sid, or “Unc” as we called him, was larger than life and a huge influence on me growing up. He was a husband, father, world traveller, art collector and aficionado, photographer, stamp collector, historian, writer, repair man, and so much more. Uncle Sid was the kind of guy that could talk to anyone and befriend them instantly. I pray Yoni develops Uncle Sid’s breadth of interests and his zest for life.