This article.The couple are working toward reconciliation, and no other court filings were planned, said R. Kelly's lawyer, Nathan Swerdlove.
"They had a squabble--and how many marriages don't have that sort of thing?" Swerdlove said Monday. "They're trying to work things out, and they'd like to do it privately."
R. Kelly has been spending some time with his three children during visits, Swerdlove said.
SWERDLOVE - c/d?
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)
Wow, Larry is the only Swerdlove on IMDB. Looks like his hippest credits are being a contributing writer for "Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers" and "Muppet Babies", and of course the character performance director for "Butt-Ugly Martians".
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)
Or
Swedish!
Excerpts from e-mail 2-Dec-2004 from Michele Renee Bonder daugher of Sphie (Joyce) SWERDLOW, grand-daugher of Benjamin THE Yakov's brother.
Since you compiled a comprehensive webpage, some of my family's research may interest you. For instance, although you used a great source for Russian Jewish surnames, I have a different belief in the origin of our family surname of Sverdlov, which is related to Nizhny Novgorod region, and it's unique history.
I was told a few years ago, by another cousin, that the origin of the family name is not Russian, but, Viking... I thought this was unlikely, but, after researching it, I believe this is true.
Sverdlov is Swedish. The name for sword in Swedish is "sverd". "lov" means "leaf". Sword-leaf describes a signature Viking sword. The Vikings settled in Novgorod, and there was a massive conversion in the middle ages to Judaism. (Not related to the Khazars.) A basic historical reference to this:
FROM "Vikings In Russia" - http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/variagi.html
Judaizing in Novgorod- http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=668&letter=J
The fact that the Sverdlovs were allowed to live in Novgorod, after the Tsarist Laws of 1865, for Pale resettlement, implies that they had long lineage in that town, so, they were allowed to remain, since they were also first gild craftsman. I know that Mikhail Sverdlov, my great-grandfather, was an engraver.
If they were not natives of Novgorod, (where the Vikings originally settled), they would probably not have been allowed to flourish the way they did, even through the hardest times for other Jews. They were considered very affluent, which was something that was unique for Jews, and they lived in Nizhny, which was a "sacred" city. It was difficult for Jews to have permission to live in Nizhny, St. Petersburg, (although not impossible if they had a long heritage there and were of the higher gilds...) Jews were NEVER allowed in Moskow.
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)
Swerdlove
I'm searching for the swerdlove
Someone to set my heart free
Swerdlove
I'm searching for a swerdlove
― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)