What’s in a name? The background to the Nof Hagalil name-change
The northern town recently decided to rename itself from Nazareth Illit.
A street sign in Jerusalem, in Hebrew it is 'the steps to the religious school' in Arabic the name is 'the steps to the charity' meaning a charity created by Roxilana, the Russian-speaking wife of Suleiman The Magnificent in 1551. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByHAGAY HACOHEN
