Why are non-Jewish Dutch parents giving their children Jewish names?
Yair, Yael, and Netanya are some of the names of Joop van Ooijen's grandchildren. They're all names favored by the Israeli middle class. But neither the Van Ooijens nor their 16 children are Jewish.
AMSTERDAM CANAL: At about 2 meters below sea-level, the city is built on 11 million support poles(photo credit: GAUTAM KRISHNAN /UNSPLASH)ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA