The "B" Word: Barack, Baruch, Benediction and Blessing

Some were sceptical when Barack Obama told Jewish voters that his first name had the same Semitic root as Hebrew "Baruch," meaning "A blessing." [1] Although further speculation (not by Obama) that Barack was...

Five percent of US families don`t speak English: report

"Of the 111.6 million households in the United States, each with an average 2.61 family members, 4.8 percent were "linguistically isolated," meaning everyone aged 14 or older in the households had difficulty...