Gewertz is a West
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally spe ...
Jewish
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
surname variously spelled Gevirtz/Gevirts/
Gewirtz Gewirtz West Ashkenazi Jewish Yiddish surname variously spelled Gevirtz/Gevirts/ Gewertz literally meaning "spice". Notable people with the surname include:
*David Gewirtz, CNN columnist and Pulitzer Prize candidate
*Howard Gewirtz, American tele ...
literally meaning "spice".
Gewirtz Surname Meaning
/ref> Notable people with the surname include:
* Bruce L. Gewertz (born 1949), American vascular surgeon
* Deborah Gewertz (born 1948), American anthropologist
* Kenneth A. Gewertz (1934–2006), American politician
See also
*
*Gvirtz Gvirtz () is a Jewish surname, a Hebrew variant of the West Ashkenazi Jewish Yiddish surname variously spelled Gevirtz/Gevirts/ Gewirtz/ Gewertz literally meaning "spice". Notable people with the surname include:
* Raquel Gvirtz (1924–2013) Arge ...
References
{{surname
Yiddish-language surnames