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  2. Jewish name - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew name. The Hebrew name is a Jewish practice rooted in the practices of early Jewish communities and Judaism. [4] This Hebrew name is used for religious purposes, such as when the child is called to read the Torah at their b'nei mitzvah. The baby's name is traditionally announced during the brit milah (circumcision ceremony) for male ...

  3. Category:Jewish given names - Wikipedia

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    Jewish feminine given names‎ (2 C, 17 P) H. Hebrew-language given names‎ (3 C, 41 P) M. Jewish masculine given names‎ (2 C, 35 P) Y. Yiddish-language given ...

  4. Jewish surname - Wikipedia

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    Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; [1]: 190 the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries. [ 2 ] Jews have some of the largest varieties of surnames among any ethnic group, owing to the geographically diverse Jewish diaspora , as well as cultural assimilation and the ...

  5. Category:Surnames of Jewish origin - Wikipedia

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    B. Bachar; Bachman (surname) Bähr; Baer; Bakshi; Bakst; Band (surname) Bandler; Bär; Bar-Lev; Barenboim (surname) Barkin; Baron-Cohen; Barsky (surname) Bärwald; Baskin

  6. Hebraization of surnames - Wikipedia

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    Poster in the Yishuv offering assistance to Palestinian Jews in choosing a Hebrew name for themselves, 2 December 1926. The Hebraization of surnames (also Hebraicization; [1] [2] Hebrew: עברות Ivrut) is the act of amending one's Jewish surname so that it originates from the Hebrew language, which was natively spoken by Jews and Samaritans until it died out of everyday use by around 200 CE.

  7. Family of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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    The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama 's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and are the first such family of African-American descent. [1] His immediate family includes his wife ...

  8. Abraham's family tree - Wikipedia

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    Abraham's family tree. Abraham is known as the patriarch of the Israelite people through Isaac, the son born to him and Sarah in their old age and the patriarch of Arabs through his son Ishmael, born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant. Although Abraham's forefathers were from southern Mesopotamia (in present-day Iraq) [1] according ...

  9. Category:Jewish families - Wikipedia

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    Jewish-Chinese families ‎ (2 C, 1 P) Jewish-Danish families ‎ (3 C) Jewish-French families ‎ (11 C, 3 P) Jewish-German families ‎ (36 C, 19 P) Jewish-Hungarian families ‎ (8 C, 6 P) Jewish-Italian families ‎ (4 C, 5 P) Jewish-Polish families ‎ (4 C, 4 P) Jewish-Portuguese families ‎ (8 C, 1 P) Jewish-South African families ...