<p> The Fifth International Conference on Jewish Names in cooperation with The Project for the Study of Jewish Onomastics at Bar-Ilan University</p><p>Hebrew Names in Ancient Times Chairperson: Aaron Demsky Esther Eshel (E) The Onomasticon of Maresha Tal Ilan (E) The Names of the 72 Translators of the Septuagint in the Letter of Aristeas Irma Haynman (E) On the Name Nanobalamyros from Gorgippia (Northern Black Sea Region( Spanish Jewry Names Chairperson: Moshe Orfali Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky (H) The Personal Names of the Jews of Aleppo in the Ottoman Period Shlomo Alboher (H) The Names of the Jews of Monastir (Bitola) Macedonia European Jewry Names Chairperson: Gershon Bacon Velvel Tchernin (H) The Names of Converts among Russia-Jewish Immigrants Boris Kotlerman(H) The Jews of Birobijan: Jewish Names on the Map Andrea Brill (Germany) (E) Decline of Jewish First Names in 19th Century Germany - A Sign of Assimilation? Jan Pawel Woronczak (Poland) (E) Jewish Personal Names in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records of Kromolow (1808-1867) Toponymics Chairperson: Raphael Yankelevitch Yosef Spanier (H) Places Names Derived from the Grapevine Israel Rozenson (H) The Names of the Dead Sea in the Bible and in Rabbinic Literature Yehuda Ziv (H) Bibliotoponymy Lea Mazor (H) The Biblical Names Given to Jewish Settlements in the First Decade of the State of Israel: Analyzing the Relationship between the Bible and Zionism Hebrew Names in Israel and Abroad Chairperson: Samuel Cooper Omi Morgenstern-Leissner (E) Women's Rights and Female Names John Tvedtnes (USA) (E) Hebrew Names in the Book of Mormon Ofra Malka Birnboum and Ora Schwartzwald (H) Form and Meaning of Personal Names Among Religious and Secular Children Born in Israel Between 1983-1992 Honoring Edwin D. Lawson Chairperson: Aaron Demsky Aaron Demsky (E)</p><p>1 Opening Remarks Stanley Lieberson (USA) (E) Jewish Names and the Names of Jews Edwin D. Lawson (USA) (E) The Growth of Research on Jewish Names Alan Berliner (USA) A film: The Sweetest Sound (approx. 60 minutes) </p><p>2</p>