I’m not Jewish. Can I still use the name Yael?
Bintel considers the nuances of biblical names and cultural appropriation
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Culture How two Jewish names — Kohen and Mira — are dividing red and blue states
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Culture Why do Ashkenazi Jews name babies after deceased relatives? A rabbi responds.
A person’s soul lives in us when we invoke their values and their life story
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Fast Forward Kylie Jenner gave her son a ‘Hebrew name.’ But it’s gibberish
She says the new name means ‘lion of God.’ In Hebrew, it appears to be a typo
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Culture Why does Herschel Walker have a Jewish first name?
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Culture Does Mark Zuckerberg know what Meta means in Hebrew?
Facebook is dead, long live Meta. But, actually, Meta is dead, too. Let me explain. On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new name for Facebook to mark its transition to what he calls “the metaverse.” The name, which is, perhaps unsurprisingly, Meta, doesn’t translate well. Unless that’s the point. While the word, now applied to…
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Film & TV Scarlett Johansson’s new baby is named Cosmo… like Kramer
Some people enter the world with a spasm of life, commanding attention as they jerk their way into existence. Kinda like how Kramer bursts into a room, only probably with more medical equipment and less studio audience applause. On Wednesday, a baby boy made one such entrance — at least if his name, like Moses…
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