Aaron Ember
Last nameOrientalist who died in house fire
"Ember" literally means a glowing coal
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"Ember" literally means a glowing coal
Focuses largely on Jews from Poland ≈ Polland
"Mayse" = Yiddish "story," studies Hasidic tales
"Gardiner" suggests someone who tends to plants/forests
"Bar-Kochva" = "son of the star," apt for ancient hero study
"Slaughter" relates to meat processing
"Healy" echoes "heal," apt for HR/well-being platform
"Gold" = money
"Guy" is simply "man," highlighting generic humanity
"Savory" links to food flavor
"Mapes" ≈ "maps," explorer
"Crisp" = snack texture
Provocative surname matches notoriety
Name describes broken bones
"Glass" relates to lenses
"Wise-man" connotes counselor
"Trout" is a fish
"Best" denotes excellence
"Atchoo" is a sneeze sound
"Wood" is landscaping material
"Weed" links to plants
Informal anatomical pun
"SaaS" = software-as-a-service
"Farmer" aligns with urban-agriculture startup
"Gross-weiner" pun on skin irregularities
"Sell" is core to his work
"Law" is the profession itself
"Magen" = "shield" in Hebrew
"All-butt" pun on figure
"Hurt" hints dental pain
"Waters" evokes the company's smart-water-management product
"Mirko" (Slavic) = "peace," ironic sales battler
"Ham" is deli meat
"Web-ster" ties to lexicography
"Co-ckel-berg" sounds like "cackle-borg," tech pun
"All-good" signals benevolence
"Dizengoff" avenue named after him—name became place
"Vickers" sounds like "vicar"
"Riggs" suits rigging
"Love" links (darkly) to sexual conduct
"Maleckar" sounds like "model-maker," suiting her computational-model focus
Writes and translates works related to Moshe ben Maimonides
Given-name/locale repetition
"Perry-natologist" = perinatal doctor
"Grey" is a hue
"Grove" is a woodland
"Bots-man" echoes "bots," the topic of her work
"Bank-man" in finance; "Fried" after collapse irony
He was at the forefront of wellness
"Whitehouse" evokes notable residence, suits commentary
"Wang" slang for male organ
"Cop-p" homophone matches policing
"Far-rimond" sounds like "fair-amount," a cooking pun
"Harms" ties to child-maltreatment research
"Mango" is produce
"Tinker" is one who invents and tweaks designs
"Stam-bolova" sounds like "stumble over"
"Sheets" are music scores
"Bullet" fits ammunition