Category: Correspondence

Fatheringay-Phipps is quite worked up about about my opposition to the name Yishmael and has done research to prove that the name was in long-time use among the Jews. He may be right, but...

Last week, under the title �Conversions and Hebrew Names,� I posted an edited selection from my archive of correspondence with my readers, in which I presented the remarks of one correspondent and invited comment....

When I was asked to sign on as regular contributor to this Website, I was honored, pleased and also a little baffled about which topics to address. Most pieces that appear here are current...