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	Jewish Names
		Places that were named to emphasize the Zionist struggle for the Land of Israel have different connotations for different people (i.e., Judea and Samaria vs. the West Bank), noted Bar-Ilan geographer Prof.
		At the Third International Conference on Jewish Names held July 1997, the special focus of the conference was on women's names.
		David Golinkin of the Jerusalem Seminary of Judaic Studies addressed the importance of women's names in the life of Jewish people as used in prayers for the healing of the sick.
	www.biu.ac.il /Spokesman/scholar/names.html (729 words)

	Judaism 101: Jewish Names
		Names in that form are still used in synagogue and in Jewish legal documents such as the ketubah (marriage contract), but are rare outside of the religious context.
		These names are derived from tribal ancestry that were recorded by the Jewish people and recognized in synagogue with various distinctions.
		The name given to the child is not always identical; it is often changed to reflect the popular names of the time, but usually retains the sound or at least the first initial.
	www.jewfaq.org /jnames.htm (2162 words)

	Jewish Names
		In Poland, for example, when several people have died in a family, a newborn child is given a name that is never uttered, so as not to give the evil spirit any opportunity.
		Infants were not named after the living because the angel of death might mistake the infant for the adult and take the wrong one.
		Some felt that using the name of a living relative might rob the adult of their soul, as the name was tied very closely to the soul.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/Jewish_Names.html (269 words)

	Torah Tots - The Site for Jewish children - Jewish Calendar
		However, because the Jewish lunar calendar year is not the same length as the CIVIL (Gregorian) solar calendar year used by most of the western world, the Jewish holidays' CIVIL dates vary from year to year as the date shifts on the CIVIL calendar.
		Jewish calendar year 5758 (that began October 2, 1997) was the first year of the current cycle.
		Jewish calendar year 5760 (that began September 11, 1999) was the third year of the current cycle.
	www.torahtots.com /calendar/jewishcalendar.htm (3098 words)

	Behind the Name: Jewish Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jewish names are names used by people of Jewish ethnicity and/or religion.
		The complete Jewish name usually consists of one or more given names and family name.
		Modern Jewish given names are often taken from modern Hebrew vocabulary words, for example Dov and Orli.
	www.behindthename.com /glossary/view.php?title=jewish_names (151 words)

	Jewish Heritage Questions
		The Book of Numbers (33:1-49) lists the names of forty-two locations at which the Jewish people encamped during their desert journey from Egypt, on their way to the Land of Israel, which they were to inherit.
		Understanding human nature, G-d knew that later generations might claim that the Jewish people had actually traveled through, or at least near, fertile lands, or places where waterholes or food can be found.
		JIS is an adult Jewish educational service dedicated to increasing students' level of Jewish knowledge and awareness through: user-friendly internet courses, personal correspondence with each student and insightful lessons highlighting over 2000 years of Jewish literature.
	www.torahlearningcenter.com /jhq/question33.html (1318 words)

	The Chosen People
		When the Torah refers to the Jewish people as "chosen," it is not in any way asserting that Jews are racially superior.
		The Jewish calendar, on the other hand, begins with the creation of Adam, the first man, teaching us the intrinsic value of every human, even though the Jewish religion was not yet born.
		Indeed, some of the greatest names in Jewish history - Ruth, the ancestor of King David, and Onkelos the Talmudic Sage -- were converts to Judaism.
	www.aish.com /literacy/concepts/The_Chosen_People.asp (1269 words)

	Hanefesh: List of Jewish Hebrew Boys & Girls names with translation
		The significance is that Leah wanted to particularly express her "thanks to God." (Genesis 29:35) If you want to name a male after a female, you should try to keep as many of the letters of the name as possible.
		Queen Esther, the hero of the Purim story is a name that comes from the word "hidden." Esther was known to be a very beautiful woman (she was chosen to be queen), but whatever her external appearances, her hidden internal qualities were even more beautiful.
		Naming ceremonies are beautiful, often highly emotional ceremonies for welcoming a child into the world.
	www.hanefesh.com /edu/Hebrew_names.htm (959 words)

	Shabbat and Gentile Lives
		The sole passage that deals with deducing from people’s names, as opposed to interpreting the scriptural presentation of names, is seen through an allegorical lens as something much more significant.
		According to Rashi, the name Peleg refers to the dispersion that occurred in the land.
		The Gemara does not specify whether this child was given the name Do’eg to commemorate the wicked man or the parents chose the name for a different reason.
	www.aishdas.org /articles/names.htm (5370 words)

	JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
		Created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry and based on the concept of free sharing of information, JewishGen Inc. is staffed primarily by volunteers.
		Record the Names of Holocaust Victims – JewishGen has joined with Yad Vashem to record the missing names of Jews who died in the Holocaust.
		Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) – A project to index all the Jewish vital records in Poland.
	www.jewishgen.org (617 words)

	The Chosen People \| The Jewish Nation FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		People who first become exposed to these laws comment that they never realized how much of their day was spent talking Loshon Hora.
		The Kurdish people as well (within their own national geographic boundaries) were the majority until Turkish occupation in the sixteenth century.
		All people, regardless of race, sex, or social status should be treated equally and fairly in the eyes of the law.
	www.simpletoremember.com /faqs/The_Jewish_Nation.htm (5018 words)

	Behind the Name: Jewish Names
		This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM
		From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le'ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le'ah) meaning "weary"...
		From the name of a type of flowering plant common in Israel, called the scarlet pimpernel in English.
	www.behindthename.com /nmc/jew.php (326 words)

	Beyond Pshat - Torah.org
		In addition to the average Jew's participation in this desecration of G-d's name, Zimri, the son of Salu the Prince of the Tribe of Shimone cohabited with Cozbi the daughter of Tzur, a Midianite princess.
		The tzaddik and Torah sage, who live their lives for the sake of G-d and the Jewish people, are focused on the needs of the Jewish people and therefore pray on behalf of their well being.
		Adam and the Jewish people in the desert both were the recipients of the greatest gifts of Hashem and they nevertheless both perceived the blessing as a curse.
	torah.org /learning/beyond-pshat/5762/pinchas.html (3934 words)

	Names
		Jewish Kehillot at this time were located exclusively in the 19 royal ("Miasta krolewskie") and 6 gentry towns (Miasta szlacheckie), mainly in the eight (8) towns of Lwów and seventeen (17) towns of Przemysl, Belz and Chelm lands.
		The purpose of this paper is to use the naming conventions adopted by the Jews of Medieval England (c.1070 - 1290) as a way of generalizing the rules of period Jewish naming.
		==Jewish law considers all children to be legitimate, unless the child is a mamzer, the fruit of a forbidden union, either according to the rules of incest or because the mother was married to someone other than the child's father when the infant was conceived.
	jewishwebindex.com /names.htm (10431 words)

	The Names of the Jewish Months - Torah.org
		The reason for the adoption of the names of the months when our ancestors returned from Bavel to build the Second Temple stems from the fact that at first, the reckoning of the months was a memorial to the exodus from Egypt.
		We are thus reminded each time we mention the name of a month that we were in exile in Bavel, and from there Hashem redeemed us and brought us up to our the land of Israel.
		Yet, just because the names have changed, that does not mean that we no longer remember the exodus from Egypt from the month names.
	www.torah.org /learning/yomtov/assorted/monthnames.html (440 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Proxy names stir up lively debate
		The release was in response to news reports of dismay by Russian Orthodox leaders in Moscow and New York regarding the recent procurement of names by the church in a Russian town.
		While the church routinely seeks out names, birth and death dates of the deceased to add to its world-famous family history database, LDS church members also perform baptisms by proxy in the faith's temples for millions of such deceased persons.
		The church has come under fire within the past decade from Jewish groups who said the church's collection of the names of Jewish people, many of them Holocaust victims who were subsequently baptized by proxy, was an affront to their faith.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,565036855,00.html (1212 words)

	The Most Popular Baby Names
		Choosing a baby name is a very personal thing and you need to decide what's right for your baby...but here's what other people are doing when it comes to naming their babies.
		Jewish people in Medieval England had to walk the fine line between secular and sacred naming traditions.
		Today’s babies may be the children of women who have kept their married names, but who still receive their father’s last name, sometimes with the mother’s maiden name as their middle name, or hyphenated with the father’s name.
	www.babyandtoddlerville.com /home/content/view/17/27 (440 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week
		In the process, he speaks to average people on the street, as well as skinheads, Arabs, fl nationalists and Christian Evangelicals.
		“Some people in the Jewish community said, ‘This is not the time to bring it up.
		That part of his life is included in the film, in which Levin and his father visit the grandfather’s neighborhood in Brooklyn, the synagogue in which he was very active and his grave.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=11553 (1286 words)

	MACHAR, The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is the story of Father MatteoRicci and a Jew named Ai Tien, who was from the ancient Chinese city of Kaifeng.
		Inscribed on it is the story of the Sung Emperor welcoming the Jews to Kaifeng and the names of those Jewish people who had come to Kaifeng.
		The end result was that Kaifeng's Jewish colony was poorly organized, but Shanghai's, on the other hand, ended up prosperous and well organized.
	www.machar.org /chinajews.html (1446 words)

	Jewish Baby Names
		Whether you are the mother or father of a new baby, a member of the family or a close friend you are sharing in a major life event and taking a serious interest in choosing a special babyname from one of the many that are available.
		Various religious rituals require a Jewish name and these names are used for calling people to the Torah.
		It has therefore become traditional for Jewish parents to give their children two names' - a Jewish name and a Worldly or secular name.
	www.babynames.org.uk /jewish-baby-names.htm (313 words)

	The People of Israel
		Because the Jewish people and the land of Israel mean everything to him.
		What they all shared -- beyond a love of the land, beyond a love of the Jewish people -- was the commitment to do something about it; giving their lives, their time, their energies, their insights, their financial resources for the benefit of their people.
		We too would try to commit all to help the Jewish people and the land of Israel.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/israeldiary/The_People_of_Israel.asp (1186 words)

	Bible Studies
		Most people believe that the children of Israel are only the Jewish people.
		The Jewish people are part of the children of Israel but they do not represent all of them.
		Other names for Satan A list of some of Satan's other names that he goes by with Scripture reference and definition.
	www.biblestudygames.com /biblestudies (1009 words)

	Jewish ethnonym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists the ethnonyms of the Jewish people in various linguistic contexts.
		Yehudi, Jewish, a "Judaean", "from the land of Yehuda (Judah, Judea)".
		Israel, "one who has struggled with God", the name given to the Biblical patriarch Jacob.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Names_of_the_Jewish_people (167 words)

	AMF International -- Letters from Our Readers
		What is the historical basis of Jewish and Arab claims to the Land?
		My father is Jewish, my mother is not, I have always wondered what that makes me.
		I read somewhere that the original Hebrew people were of dark skin color, like people of African descent.
	www.amfi.org /mailbag.htm (893 words)

	Project Kesher - The Torah Return Project - Where they Went
		A Torah that had been rescued from the Holocaust went to Volgograd (the former Leningrad, where Hitler's advance was halted).
		Because of the arrival of the Torah, the mayor of the town has returned the long-ago confiscated synagogue building to the Jewish community.
		Oryol, Russia, a town that has experienced problems with anti-Semitism, experienced a resurgence of Jewish pride and new community respect when a Project Kesher leader brought a Torah home.
	www.projectkesher.org /moreontorahs.html (419 words)

	The Messianic world. Saltshakers messianic community: Where Jews and Gentiles discover the jewish Messiah Jesus ...
		Equally we believe that Jews who become believers in Jesus (Yeshua) should not act in any way to provoke resentment from Gentile believers, by imposing behaviour patterns on believers, with the implication that those who do not do likewise are somehow deficient in their walk of faith.
		The book that has sent 000s of people back to the pages of the Bible and is even read by those who oppose Christian zionism.
		All who love Israel and the Jewish people and are looking for reliable information and current news.
	www.saltshakers.com (1557 words)

	The People of Many Names: understanding the Jews through biblical eyes and Jewish history: a Christian look at anti ...
		This is a lively, entertaining and provocative introduction to the People of Many Names, from early beginnings in the Old Testament as the ‘Children of Promise’ and a ‘Kingdom of Priests’, then as the people of ‘Galut’ (Exile), where they were denigrated as ‘Christ killers’, ‘Dhimmis’ and ‘Conspirators of Zion’.
		The People of Many Names by Steve Maltz, is published by Authentic Lifestyle for £7.99.
		‘Steve Maltz writes unashamedly as a Jewish believer in Jesus and for this reason is able to bring some very challenging insights into the Jewish people, both past and present.
	www.thepeopleofmanynames.com (448 words)

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