As you probably know

1) Hebrew is read from right to left

2) All hebrew letters are consonants. Vowels are indicated by markings above or below the letter. In most hebrew texts and newspapers, vowels are omitted and the reader can infer them by the context.

If you refer to the button image I sent you, the name at the top has three letters, reading from right to left:

1) Kuf: - a hard "k" sound

2) Raish - an "r" sound

3) Yud (the small letter at the left) - It often has a "y" sound as in "yard". However, at the end of a word it just carries the previous sound - much like the y in "monkey"

Those letters formed as a word would be pronounced "Kehrey" almost exactly as the candidate's name is pronounced.

The meaning of the word as a Hebrew word comes from a derivation of a biblical word. The truth is that if you mentioned that word to a modern, totally secular Israeli, I'm not sure he would recognize it. However, anyone who studies the Talmud would be quite familiar with it.

The Bible discusses the laws of ritual purity. A Cohen (priest) who is impure cannot perform the service in the Temple until he undergoes a ritual immersion.

The phrase used in the bible is "mikreh laylo" - literally "an accident at night" - which is the way it refers to a nocturnal emission.

Someone who has had such an emission is referred to as a "Ba'al Keri"

In any case, the word "Keri" in common Talmudic and Halachic (Jewish law) literature is clearly and almost exclusively used to indicate seminal discharge.

The charge of "dishonorable discharge" stands.

UPDATE: And for some pretty amusing Yiddish lessons, see here.

(Via Flea)