"Moses" is an Egyptian name. Some of the other names in the ... but there is a sort of egalitarianism in the Hebrew Bible: "Every man under his own fig tree, equal in the eyes of Yahweh." ...

It's technically a combined name in Hebrew – avi means "father," and gil means "joy" or "exaltation." There are two women in ...

Another section of the Hebrew Bible consists of the prophets (Isaiah ... The purpose of the Tower of Babel was to allow its builders to "make a name" for themselves. God, in a pique of anger ...

During the next few months, we shall be looking at many of the cultural and scientific contributions of Jewish Americans.