Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've identified 100 common Jewish last names and their Hebrew meanings. One doesn't have to be fluent in Yiddish to be familiar ...

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There are 70 different Jewish names for God. Fourteen different names of God are found in the Hebrew Bible. These are the meanings of each Biblical name ‘Ĕlōhı̄m–one of the most frequently used names ...

(JTA) As he lists the names of his many grandchildren, Joop van Ooijen recites what sounds like a roll call at a typical Israeli classroom. Yair, Yael, Lael, Odelia, Netanya, Yoaz and Shilon are some ...

This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. On ...

Ask Alexander Beider about the derivation of his first name, and he’ll explain that, according to a talmudic source, Jewish parents began to use the name after Alexander the Great conquered Palestine ...