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#OlehProblems: Names

I was born in the U.S. with an arabic sounding last name so my parents decided to change our family's last name to a more "modern" but still Jewish hebrew last name that would be easier to pronounce in English. After that my parents added another hebrew middle name. (Which was never a problem since no one ever sees your middle name in America). Now that I made aliyah everytime i am asked to show my ID, go to the bank, Kupat Holim, Post office, get anonymous phone calls from people trying to sell me stuff, etc. i get called by my last name, first name, middle name, or any combination of the 3 since in hebrew all of them are popular first names...#olehproblems

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