Trends in Modern Israeli Baby Names

Trends in Modern Israeli Baby Names

In the early days of the modern State of Israel, ardent Zionists preferred names that were not traditionally used in the European countries they had come from. But they still wanted names that reflected the spirit of the Jewish state, so they chose obscure biblical...
Trends in Modern Israeli Baby Names

God-Given Names

I was born David A. Hoover on January 10, 1960 in Bowling Green, Ohio. However, I legally changed my name to David Ben-Ariel (with the help of my Jewish lawyer) during the Spring of 1989. It cost me $300.00.It also required that I take out a small ad in a newspaper...