About My Name
What does my first name “אמת” mean in Hebrew and why did they choose it?
Truth, they just thought of it.
What are my family recipes?
Matzoh Ball Soup and Beef Brisket
What is my family saying and who said it?
Trying your hardest is more important than the outcome, Belle Fink and Benjamin Kramer
Who is my essay about and who did I interview and how am I related to them?
Linda Kramer/Glick, my grandma
How many generations did I go up for my family tree?
4th generation grandparents
What does “Kiran” mean, and what language is it from?
Beam of light, Sanskrit
Which recipe relates to a Jewish holiday?
Matzoh Ball Soup (Passover)
What is the symbol on my family artifact?
Star of David
Where does the essay take place?
Brooklyn, New York (U.S.A.)
Where is my dad’s side of the family mainly from?
England and Germany
What is my mom’s surname, Glick’s meaning?
Fortune or luck
Who made the family recipes?
Belle Fink, maternal great grandma
Who commentated on my Jewish saying?
Rabba Bar Mari, Talmudic figure
What event happened in the essay?
Assasination of President John F. Kennedy
Where is the majority of my family from up to my great-grandparents?
The United States of America
How does the word “אמת” connect to the Hebrew alphabet?
First, middle and last letters of the alphabet
What is the secret ingredient in the beef brisket and how much do you need?
½ cup of Manichewitz wine
Where did I get my personal artifact?
Cottage gift shop, Orcas Island, WA (by the ferry terminal, U.S.A)
What was the ChatGPT image about at the start of the essay?
My grandma’s first Passover seder
Who is the oldest person in my family tree with a picture of them and how am I related to them?
Dr. Charles Caroll Smith, paternal 3rd generation grandparents
What four countries is my first name from, and which Jewish ethnicity is my mom’s surname from?
England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, and Ashkenazi origin
What is the Yiddish word for matzoh ball soup and what are the letters Belle Fink gave to my grandma about?
Kneidlach, how to make potato kugel, and how to make matzoh ball soup
What is my family artifact and can you name every single person who passed down my family artifact?
Kiddush cup from my great great-grandpa Oscar Kramer, then great-grandpa Ben Kramer, then grandma Linda Glick
What was the day on which the event in my essay happened? And why is it important?
J.F.K. assasination, November 22nd 1963, it is important because a great figure in history dies, and the country is in ruins with chaos everywhere
What is my 4th family flag and what people lived there and what country(s) is it now and when did the country fall?
Bessarabia, Bessarabian Germans, Moldova and Ukraine, the country fell in 1940.