Most Jewish Name Ever

For the first time since high school, there is a contender for the coveted prize of Most Jewish Name Ever.  The long-time champion, Rabbi Yehuda Mandelcorn (not pictured at right), may be in for shock.

I'm reading a case study about a company called Tri-United Technologies, formerly of Chicago.  The CEO's name:  Shalom Menora.  That's like a Catholic guy named Mr. Jesus Christmastree or Dr. Communion Popehat.

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[rz]

Hysterical stuff. How can anyone be named that?

That beats anyone named Shmuley or Schlomo for sure.

[Big Fat Dynamo]

I dunno, Yehuda Mendelcorn just has this ring to it. Shalom Menora rolls off the tongue too much... it makes the Yiddish sad.

[Tim]

I agree with Taco Shara, but the Christian translations of Shalom Menora are retardely funny. "Dr. Communion Popehat"

[shalom Menora]

Hey Mr Tulsa Pete
This is the actual Shalom Menora.
Somebody who knows me just sent me your post.

I used to do a lot of business and own Apartment comlexes in Tulsa in the 90's and have many friends over there and think that Tulsa is one of the nicest places in the whole country.

One thing I can tell you is that I owned the Apartment complex next to what was then oral Roberts student housing on 81st and Riverside Drive and another Apartment complex in Broken Arrow that used to have a lot of students from Rhema Bible college (if it still exists). So have fun if you can do something with that one.

I would gladly send a picture but other than wearing a yarmulke, I look and dress regular so i wouldn't want to dissappoint you!!!

Beleive it or not- I used to get asked for ID all the time becuase noone believed it was my name. On the other hand it was a great conversation starter and noone ever forgot my name.

Since you are from Oklahoma you might be able to imagine how funny my name could sound coming from some of the unique Okie accents and drawls. Add a beer to that and it got even better when I was introduced to someone.

Let's just say- my passport would not let me into Iraq or Iran.

P.S- If I win - is there a big cash prize?

Hope everyone has a good day and thanks to my friend for sending this to me and joggin my good memories of Tulsa.

Shalom Menora

[rz]

Oh my god, is this real?

If so, FYI Mr. Menora, Tulsa Pete is just a ridiculous name adopted by the proprietor of the site. He's from Cleveland, he's Jewish, and has never been to Oklahoma (or anywhere near it as far as I know).

Man, I hope this is the real guy.

[Big Fat Dynamo]

If this is a prank, I'm happy.

If this is real, I am so happy I could pee lucky charms and puppies.

We need to start talking about more people besides ourselves, so that we can get hits based on that.

p.s. if this is Ben trying to pull one over on us, then I love him for making me believe it, and hate him for being so damn good at what he does.

[Big Fat Dynamo]

P.S. If you google Shalom Menora, we're the number 7 site listed.

[Tulsa Pete]

This doesn't prove that this was the real S.M., but the comment was posted from an ISP in Israel, so it isn't Ben or Steve or someone along those lines.

[shalom menora]

The real SM again. Yes, I live in Israel since 1995. I do business both in the U.S and Israel. I was born in Chicago and grew up there. Would you like me to have my U.S lawyer and accountant certify this? I didn't look at the site. I Simply came across this posting when a friend who googled me sent it to me. As I said' I got such a kick out of the coincidence that a guy with a name Tulsa Pete posted it I couldn't resist and as usual noone ever beleives me.

To make it more interesting,
I don't know what the case study the guy was studying, but when I was in High school they didn't want to let us play in the Illinois High School State basketball tournament with Yarmulkes on and that case made some headlines and is studied at all the major law schools and whenever I meet a lawyer they always say 'are you by any chance related to guy in the Yarmulke case I studied in law school? Here is a link to the case as studied in Georgetown law school
final examhttp://www.columbia.edu/~ak472/econlaw/examf95.html.
As I was a minor- my fathers name was on the case instead of me who was the captain of the team.

The court issued a Temporary order that we could play with our yarmulkes and bobby pins to hold them on. We went stright from the courtroom to the game that night and when we got to the game the refs had no idea what a bobby pin was and we had to have the other teams cheerleeders explain what a bobby pin was so we could use them to hold our yarmulkes on.

If nothing else, I won't let you down and will keep it interesting.

However, I doubt the case study Tulsa pete referred to was this. I would assume it is something to do with marketing ethics or business ethics because off the top of my head I don't recall my Technology company being in any litigation that would have been a legal case study if tulsa pete let's me know, I would be glad to comment.

Just that you know- I printed this out and showed it to my kids and they got a big kick out of it. So that is my incentive to keep commenting as long as it interests you.

Shalom Menora

[Tulsa Pete]

I visited Israel (as part of the birthright trip) the summer after my junior year in college. The trip was amazing, but I haven't been back since.

I'm in IT myself, by the way.

The case was part of an ethics course in my MBA program and can be the "big test":

The text mentioned that when you left chicago you sent a check to the city (unsolicited). How much was the check and why did you send it?

By the way, thanks for putting up with a bunch of bored guys questioning who you are!

--Jeremy

[shalom menora]

Hey Tulsa Pete,

That's what I figured it was.

Check was for $25 and as I was moving to Israel, I sent it to cover for all the times I probably parked in the city and didn't have a quarter to put in the meter since parking is a tax that requires you to be on the homor system and as a citizen you are under contract to be on the honor system for taxes. (I didn't keep track or anything-I just picked a number that would represent about a 100 times over all the years.

The city sent me the check back and said-
Dear sir- we found no record of any violation- but if we do find one- you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I was talking to a Rabbi who was an expert in Business ethics also and we agreed that it probably baffled the people in the city who got my letter and g-d decided that I should get a tax credit for being an honest guy.

Boy would that be funny if I could find the letter and the check in my old records.Then I should send it to the poeple who use it as the case study. Maybe next time I need to punish one of my kids, I will have them move boxes and search records.

Glad to provide a little entertainment and anything else would be happy to answer.

I would assume I have passed!!!!

[Tulsa Pete]

Wow, ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Please welcome the one and only Mr. Shalom Menora!

[Big Fat Dynamo]

Holy Cow, we actually got the real McCoy (or in this case, Menora)!

This just proves that even a bunch of hooligans like us can be noticed through the power of Google.

Welcome to The Hat, Mr. Menora, and congratulations on dethroning long-time champion, Rabbi Mandelcorn.

[shalom menora]

Thanks,
Your cordially invited to be hosted by me if and when any of you visits Israel. Just make sure whoever comes frist brings my trophy! I'll save some space for it!

I guess by finding the real Menora we shined some light on the matter

and therefore Shalom will say Shalom

[grep]

It's about time, considering that Rabbi Yehuda Mandelcorn - my mentor - died in 1993.