Rachel Levenson, age 8, searched voraciously for her own in her parent's Hebrew naming book. The modern Israeli ones seemed exciting. No'omi finally sounded right. It became a statement of who they are and who they would like to be. It became a fun twist on the usual naming system in which parents agonize over picking a name of someone they want their kids to be like, Soffer said.
Kids just take for granted their name.
They had a lot of fun being involved in finding a new name. It's a little piece of identification. They look for their names in stories and prayers. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission.