how did Israel get its name?

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

This week the State of Israel celebrates its 67th Independence Day, an apposite time to ask: how did Israel get its name?

Why is Israel called Israel?

A brief history of the tribe and of the word 'Israel,' and how the modern state almost came to be called something completely different. Hint: Who is Isaac Pernhoff?

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