She spells her name Rebekah - that alone should be grounds for arrest.
How vulgar and common. Very American.
Yeah, it's half-assed. Either go all the way back to the start and use Rivqa/Rivka or just accept that Rebecca is the English spelling and has been for centuries. This is almost as bad as naming a child KheightLynne or something instead of Caitlin.
Nowhere near as bad as a name that has been in the local news recently, Charlestoneus Rodriquez Jones.
Oh...oh God. You're right. That is truly, truly awful.
But I still agree that the 'Rebekah' spelling is the sort of thing that (usually) non-Jewish upper-middle-class families just love to do to make their children seem unique.
All of the Rebekahs I've ever known have been Jewish. And I don't think I've ever met a Jewish Rebecca. I think "Rebekah" is the more accepted spelling among Jews.
Really? Huh. I know exactly one Rebekah, who fits into that demographic I just described (as does Brooks from what I know of her). I know both Jewish and Gentile Rebeccas, and some Riv[q/k]as, who are all Jewish. Anyway, I guess I stand corrected.
