בְנֵי־לֹ֣וט
I chose my Hebrew name to reflect who I am and where I come from. Miriam means “strong-willed” and perfectly describes my mom and the women in my family who molded me into the stubborn, ambitious person I am today. This name is also in honor of my grandma, Maria, who has been a large influence on my life even though she has been gone for 15 years now.
Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.
