Ya'akov

In particular, the Westernized New Testament tradition intentionally obscures the Jewish context of the Christian Scriptures, for example by marginalizing the Jewish names and therefore identities of the founders of the church so that Miriam becomes "Mary," Yeshua becomes "Jesus" and Ya'akov, Jacob, becomes "James."

Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D.: Messianic Judaism Beyond The Eddie Long Debacle Ph.D. Rev. Wil Gafney 2012

"Look at Tel Aviv," says Ya'akov Katz, of the religious National Union party, who complains that the city is already experiencing a variant of "white flight" from some districts.

Israel Studies Plan to Detain Illegal Migrants Joel Millman 2011

Pictured here is the second graduating class of the Bais Ya'akov in Lodz, Poland, in 1934.

Agudat Israel: Interwar Poland. 2009

A former Bais Ya'akov teacher and scion of a Polish hasidic family, Reizia Klingberg responded to the German occupation of her native land by joining the Zionist youth resistance movement, serving the Craców group as a liaison until she was captured and sent to Auschwitz.

Reizia Cohen Klingberg. 2009

"Ya'akov said to Shim'on and Levi," You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Kana'anim and the Perizzi.

Is that Jerry Falwell Calling for the Carpet Bombing Of Gaza? 2007

On October 21, 2002, the discovery of an inscription -- Ya'akov bar Yosef akhui diYeshua -- on the side of a light brown, chalky limestone box was announced at a Washington press conference.

Ossuary Tales 2003

Both Yitzchak and Ya'akov suffered from blindness in old age.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Jason Miller 2011

In particular, the Westernized New Testament tradition intentionally obscures the Jewish context of the Christian Scriptures, for example by marginalizing the Jewish names and therefore identities of the founders of the church so that Miriam becomes "Mary," Yeshua becomes "Jesus" and Ya'akov, Jacob, becomes "James."

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ph.D. Rev. Wil Gafney 2012

It is now no longer about the length of skirts of Beit Ya'akov students, or the autonomy of the education system, but a fundamental question of identity: Who will be king?

Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

Two people hurt as car crashes into train near Be'er Ya'akov (Haaretz)

Haaretz.com headlines RSS 2010