Observation
June 22, 2022
The History of Jews Giving Their Children Both Hebrew and English First Names
By PhilologosJewish history has always known periods in which double naming existed, always in places in which Jews were relatively well-integrated in the non-Jewish society around them.
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Gita Rotenberg writes from Toronto:
“No one seems able to explain to me why most of the Charleses in my life have the Hebrew name of Yehezkel. Any bright ideas?”