Interestingly, some argue the exact opposite: her original name was Batya, but she changed it to Bitya as an act of humility.

Zacks is an Ashkenazi German-Jew and Mercada is adamant in her aversion to Ashkenazi Jews ... In the original novel her author described her thus: It was hard not to admire the beautiful Luna, who ...

The Abu Fraiha family – the subject of a beautiful and moving documentary In Her Footsteps produced by Rana Abu ... When she speaks to audiences, Rana describes Omer as one of the most Zionistic, ...