A Little Jewish thing about Albena and Max...

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/bloom_olympics06.php3

Bulgaria
MAXIM STAVISKI The Bulgarian duo of Maxim Staviski, a Russian-born Jew, and Albena Denkova (who isn't Jewish), are a world-class team and a crowd favorite. They are noted for the unusual and exciting routines and even if they don't medal at Turin, it's worth looking for their performance on TV. Staviski, 28, and Denkova, 29, have been paired since 1996 and in 2005 moved to the United States for training.

Staviski and Denkova finished 18th at the 1998 Olympics Games and 7th at the 2002 Games. They finished 2nd in the 2004 World Championships, but fell back to 5th in 2005



Max is Jewish?!?! I'm learning new things everyday!


Lyra

russianskaterdiva wrote:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/bloom_olympics06.php3

Bulgaria
MAXIM STAVISKI The Bulgarian duo of Maxim Staviski, a Russian-born Jew, and Albena Denkova (who isn't Jewish), are a world-class team and a crowd favorite. They are noted for the unusual and exciting routines and even if they don't medal at Turin, it's worth looking for their performance on TV. Staviski, 28, and Denkova, 29, have been paired since 1996 and in 2005 moved to the United States for training.

Staviski and Denkova finished 18th at the 1998 Olympics Games and 7th at the 2002 Games. They finished 2nd in the 2004 World Championships, but fell back to 5th in 2005



Max is Jewish?!?! I'm learning new things everyday!

Of course, Jew! It's obvious - all the surnames which finish with "-SKI" are actually jewish
gah, Denkova was not 29 in 2006! They can't count till 31

All right...just ignore me. I have probably suffered extensive brain damage the past few years, it's friday and I am losing it more than usual, and I just feel like an idiot right now. I know exactly what people are going to do now:

:mdr2: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT LYRA!! SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SURNAMES ENDING IN -SKI ARE JEWISH!! :mdr2:


Lyra

russianskaterdiva wrote:

All right...just ignore me. I have probably suffered extensive brain damage the past few years, it's friday and I am losing it more than usual, and I just feel like an idiot right now. I know exactly what people are going to do now:

:mdr2: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT LYRA!! SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SURNAMES ENDING IN -SKI ARE JEWISH!! :mdr2:

I didn't know it neither, so don't worry... (or maybe I have suffered extensive brain damages too )

Well, at least I don't feel like a total idiot now...apparently Agosto is half-Jewish as well... we should really try and find an emoticon of a smily running into a wall or tree and add it to the collection. I think it would fit in well...and I also think I would be using it a lot...


Lyra

Marina wrote:

russianskaterdiva wrote:

All right...just ignore me. I have probably suffered extensive brain damage the past few years, it's friday and I am losing it more than usual, and I just feel like an idiot right now. I know exactly what people are going to do now:

:mdr2: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT LYRA!! SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SURNAMES ENDING IN -SKI ARE JEWISH!! :mdr2:

I didn't know it neither, so don't worry... (or maybe I have suffered extensive brain damages too )

Haha...I did not know it either
So, it's a new thing for me too...but last week I had a little accident and I fell & hit my head. So maybe, brain damage in my case too

russianskaterdiva wrote:

Max is Jewish?!?! I'm learning new things everyday!

And what I learned, is that Albena is 29 y.o.

Lerochka wrote:

It's obvious - all the surnames which finish with "-SKI" are actually jewish

Are you sure? because my surname finishes with SKA (so, my father's one - with SKI), but I'm not jewish

Vania wrote:

Are you sure? because my surname finishes with SKA (so, my father's one - with SKI), but I'm not jewish

So if your father's surname ends with SKI, you're SKA. But what about names in SKAYA, like Irina Slutskaya ? Is her father is Slutski ? Yes, totally off-topic, but I'm wondering... (Russian names are so complicated... ).

Marina wrote:

But what about names in SKAYA, like Irina Slutskaya ? Is her father is Slutski ? Yes, totally off-topic, but I'm wondering... (Russian names are so complicated... ).

Actually, her name doesn't finish with SKAYA, but with TSKAYA, oh, it's a problem with the transcription. In russian her name is СЛУЦКАЯ, so, no S there, it's TS.

VANIA WROTE!

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MAXIM STAVISKI rn Jew,[/color] and Albena Denkova (who isn't Jewish), are a world-class team and a crowd favorite. They are noted for the unusual and The Bulgarian duo of [color=red]Maxim Staviski, a Russian-boexciting routines and even if they don't medal at Turin, it's worth looking for their performance on TV. Staviski, 28, and Denkova, 29, have been paired since 1996

I ALREADY KNEW THAT!
I found out when I began looking for info in the net about them!

They a wonderful , sweet couple!!!

Marina wrote:

russianskaterdiva wrote:

All right...just ignore me. I have probably suffered extensive brain damage the past few years, it's friday and I am losing it more than usual, and I just feel like an idiot right now. I know exactly what people are going to do now:

:mdr2: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT LYRA!! SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SURNAMES ENDING IN -SKI ARE JEWISH!! :mdr2:

I didn't know it neither, so don't worry... (or maybe I have suffered extensive brain damages too )

Oh sorry, maybe it is known only in Russia.. so it's only me who have a brain damage when russians see surname ending with "-a vowel+ski" (= only -СКИ in russian) they can say (90%) that a man who have this surname is Jew.. Slutskaya isn't the same.. and her father is not Slutski, it's Slutskiy actually.. we have one more letter in the end I know it's a bit complicated thing.. Vanichka, your surname isn't jewish hehe

*MAGic diable* wrote:

Marina wrote:

russianskaterdiva wrote:

All right...just ignore me. I have probably suffered extensive brain damage the past few years, it's friday and I am losing it more than usual, and I just feel like an idiot right now. I know exactly what people are going to do now:

:mdr2: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT LYRA!! SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SURNAMES ENDING IN -SKI ARE JEWISH!! :mdr2:

I didn't know it neither, so don't worry... (or maybe I have suffered extensive brain damages too )

Oh sorry, maybe it is known only in Russia.. so it's only me who have a brain damage when russians see surname ending with "-a vowel+ski" (= only -СКИ in russian) they can say (90%) that a man who have this surname is Jew.. Slutskaya isn't the same.. and her father is not Slutski, it's Slutskiy actually.. we have one more letter in the end I know it's a bit complicated thing.. Vanichka, your surname isn't jewish hehe

Well, afaik, it doesn't matter much if the neding is skiy or ski - If Albena marry Max she''l be Stavisskaya It may be a jewish surname and it also can be a polish one originally. But you can never snow with these Russian surnames : )

Vania wrote!

Quote :

Bulgaria
MAXIM STAVISKI The Bulgarian duo of Maxim Staviski, a Russian-born Jew, and Albena Denkova (who isn't Jewish), are a world-class team and a crowd favorite

YES!!!!! THEY ARE!!!!!


And I already knew that Max is jewish, but I thought that Albena was jewish too .

Sooo, she isn't after all!!


MUITOS BEIJINHOS!!!

cute_n_gorgeous wrote:

*MAGic diable* wrote:

Marina wrote:

russianskaterdiva wrote:

All right...just ignore me. I have probably suffered extensive brain damage the past few years, it's friday and I am losing it more than usual, and I just feel like an idiot right now. I know exactly what people are going to do now:

:mdr2: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT LYRA!! SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SURNAMES ENDING IN -SKI ARE JEWISH!! :mdr2:

I didn't know it neither, so don't worry... (or maybe I have suffered extensive brain damages too )

Oh sorry, maybe it is known only in Russia.. so it's only me who have a brain damage when russians see surname ending with "-a vowel+ski" (= only -СКИ in russian) they can say (90%) that a man who have this surname is Jew.. Slutskaya isn't the same.. and her father is not Slutski, it's Slutskiy actually.. we have one more letter in the end I know it's a bit complicated thing.. Vanichka, your surname isn't jewish hehe

Well, afaik, it doesn't matter much if the neding is skiy or ski - If Albena marry Max she''l be Stavisskaya It may be a jewish surname and it also can be a polish one originally. But you can never snow with these Russian surnames : )

Polish.. right.. some years ago I was actually thinking Max had some roots in Poland.. well, we should ask him

Vania wrote:

russianskaterdiva wrote:

Max is Jewish?!?! I'm learning new things everyday!

And what I learned, is that Albena is 29 y.o.

Lerochka wrote:

It's obvious - all the surnames which finish with "-SKI" are actually jewish

Are you sure? because my surname finishes with SKA (so, my father's one - with SKI), but I'm not jewish

She looks 29...younger than that actually!

Hehe...don't ask me about surnames. I have no idea and I'm not sure I want to know if it will confuse me!!

Now we're all confused!


Lyra

Serena wrote:

And I already knew that Max is jewish, but I thought that Albena was jewish too .

Sooo, she isn't after all!!

Didn't she say once that she always has an icon with her that her mother gave her? That would be an odd thing to have if she was Jewish. Then again, many people have religious things without being very religious.

russianskaterdiva wrote:

She looks 29...younger than that actually!

We were saying at SA that she looks much younger this year! 27, maybe. Good for her, she looks fantastic. :queen:

Grace wrote:

Serena wrote:

And I already knew that Max is jewish, but I thought that Albena was jewish too .

Sooo, she isn't after all!!

Didn't she say once that she always has an icon with her that her mother gave her? That would be an odd thing to have if she was Jewish. Then again, many people have religious things without being very religious.

I'm confused now. Max has an icon like that, too. Erm.. i think he is Jew only by origin, but not himself.. Well, it's better to ask him :study:

And I remember I've made a poll!!!! I took Albena's photo to the university and asked my friends: "Look at the photo. How old is that girl?? " The answers were: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Ah yeah, my grandma said: "Hmm.. she is the same age with you? 18-19? "

UAUUU!!!
Vania wrote!

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Bulgaria
MAXIM STAVISKI The Bulgarian duo of [color=red]Maxim Staviski, a Russian-born Jew

I didn't know that! .That's news!!

And Lera wrote!

Quote :

I'm confused now. Max has an icon like that, too. Erm.. i think he is Jew only by origin, but not himself.. Well, it's better to ask him :study:

And this is interesting!!!


BEIJOS!

Bea wrote:

UAUUU!!!
Vania wrote!

Quote :

Bulgaria
MAXIM STAVISKI The Bulgarian duo of [color=red]Maxim Staviski, a Russian-born Jew

I didn't know that! .That's news!!

And Lera wrote!

Quote :

I'm confused now. Max has an icon like that, too. Erm.. i think he is Jew only by origin, but not himself.. Well, it's better to ask him :study:

And this is interesting!!!


BEIJOS!

Well, I know some people who are jewish by origin but christians now
So< I think origin is not that important now

quoting Grace

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gave her? That would be an odd thing to have if she was Jewish. Then again, many people have religious things without being very religious.

I see. I guess an icon is a religious image, isn't it???Usually related with the christians, I guess

And quoting cute\ and \gorgeous!

Quote :

Well, I know some people who are jewish by origin but christians now
So< I think origin is not that important now :

Well, in a certain way I undrestand this, because more than half of the portuguese population are of jewish origin, but they have become christians during the late four centuries.

BEIJINHOS!

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I see. I guess an icon is a religious image, isn't it???Usually related with the christians, I guess

And quoting cute\ and \gorgeous!

Quote :

Well, I know some people who are jewish by origin but christians now
So< I think origin is not that important now :

Well, in a certain way I undrestand this, because more than half of the portuguese population are of jewish origin, but they have become christians during the late four centuries.

Well, in my country it's more or less the same! Lots of Spaniards have jewish blood.


BESOS!!!

*MAGic diable* wrote:

And I remember I've made a poll!!!! I took Albena's photo to the university and asked my friends: "Look at the photo. How old is that girl?? " The answers were: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Ah yeah, my grandma said: "Hmm.. she is the same age with you? 18-19? "

Yes, she's looking quite younger, indeed. I wish I'll look like this when I'll be on her age

Maria wrote:

Quote :

I see. I guess an icon is a religious image, isn't it???Usually related with the christians, I guess

And quoting cute\ and \gorgeous!

Quote :

Well, I know some people who are jewish by origin but christians now
So< I think origin is not that important now :

Well, in a certain way I undrestand this, because more than half of the portuguese population are of jewish origin, but they have become christians during the late four centuries.

Well, in my country it's more or less the same! Lots of Spaniards have jewish blood.


BESOS!!!

oh! In Russia you can never tell what blood is in a person, such a mixture of nationalities
And I think it's good, they say "mixed" kids are more beautiful