Jewish Names

The Fifteenth International Conference on Jewish Names Celebrating 30 Years of The Project for the

I believe that it is unlikely to be a [t]. The French spelling "belle assez" does not

Dear Jewish names list, Prof. Ed Lawson recently passed away at age 97 (see the obituary here). Prof.

I forgot to follow up with my colleagues on this email list. Basically, thanks to Victor Hayoun and

On my book review website, I just posted a review of our esteemed colleague Dr. Beider's book on

"th" represents the standard Latin transliteration of the Greek letter θ present in the

Can somebody please point me to any discussions about non-Jews that have theophoric references to

שבע has several meanings: "seven", "swear", "fullness, satiety, abundance

I forgot to thank everyone who responded to my initial inquiry. Thanks to all of you! Much

Please help us with our Jewish onomastic research by taking this survey and forwarding the invitation

Professor Aaron Demsky (retired) History of Ancient Israel Director, Project for the Study of Jewish

In Eastern and Central Europe, the name seems to be unknown before the 20th century. The earliest

These are the abstract booklets for the 14 th international conference on Jewish names at Bar Ilan

תודה ויישר כח. בס"ד שלום וברכה, נא להפיץ הלאה, נר לאחד נר למאה! בכבוד רב: משה אוסי מורה, מרצה

Fyi Please send this announcement to your list members. Thankyou Aaron Professor Aaron Demsky (

תודה על ההזמנה. שבת שלום. ‫בתאריך יום ו׳, 18 בינו׳ 2019 ב-7:13 מאת <‪jewish-names@googlegroups.com

Dear Dr. Beider, I am helping Prof. Demsky organize the upcoming Jewish names conference at Bar Ilan

Bar-Ilan Univeristy The Faculty of Jewish Studies The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of

The information about the priestly origin or its absence can be of crucial importance for the logical

DAGN: Beider, Alexander. 2001. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure,

Les noms des juifs à Paris (xii e -xiv e siècle) Sonia Fellous https://books.openedition.org/pan/1018

Already ordered my copy on Amazon! Kudos to Kirsten. Stephanie From: Sarah Benor <sbenor.huc@gmail

Sorry to be so obscure. This was an additional comment for Mitka referring to a 7 th cent BCE

(1) *Mormowicz. My best guess: the first letter of the surname could be alef rather than mem. In this

Dear Jewish names list, I'm teaching a class about Jewish names at Hebrew Union College, and my

Editors Sarah Bunin Benor and Ofra Tirosh-Becker are pleased to announce the publication of issue 6.2

Dear Jewish names list participants, I'm organizing a panel on Jewish name changing for the

Does anybody know about any traditional Jewish sources which discuss the notion of theophoric names,

As I've decided to step down as the administrator of this mailing list (and also leave the list),

Dear friends, Is there any good and relevant literature about names of Central European Jews, mainly