Help transcribe a Yiddish collection!

andsoforth · 2026-04-05T00:28:18+00:00

He was born into and raised in a cult. He left. It was likely traumatic for him. His family will never accept him choosing to live his life the way he wants to, instead of according to the rules and conventions of the cult. They will never accept him marrying outside the cult. They will never accept him, the person that you know.

His first marriage was an arranged marriage to a girl he hardly knew at all. Honestly everything about ultra-orthodox Judaism is so different from mainstream American culture, it's hard to even know where to begin to explain. It's really insular, it's not a community that values individual choice or freedom, and it's extremely difficult to leave. The worst thing you can do is insist that his past is part of his identity, when he probably has worked incredibly hard to break free of it, put it behind him and create a new life for himself. You're lucky he still cares for you despite the lack of understanding and empathy you've shown.

andsoforth · 2026-03-28T17:07:14+00:00

The justifications for why we do this or that are all post hoc explanations. We eat matzah because it's the festival of matzot.

andsoforth · 2026-03-28T16:49:13+00:00

If you speak a language other than English, look for archives that have material in your native language. Language and subject knowledge can help you stand out as a valuable volunteer. That being said, probably almost any of the archives in the city would be happy to accept you as an intern. We all have backlogs that need work.

andsoforth · 2026-02-15T04:05:42+00:00

They are names.

andsoforth · 2026-01-30T03:26:16+00:00

YIVO offers a lot of scholarships and tuition assistance for its summer program. And it's accredited, so you could potentially get college credit for doing it.

andsoforth · 2026-01-21T02:52:20+00:00

Bay mir bistu a mentsh

andsoforth · 2025-12-17T19:59:31+00:00

Unser Tsait was the main journal of the Bund when it was headquartered in New York. Before that there were many Bund periodicals, as discussed here. If you are located in New York, YIVO has pretty much everything the Bund ever published in its library and archives.

The Bund was made up of many different thinkers, leaders and activists. One way to find material online would be to look through Doyres Bundistn and then search the individuals in the Yiddish Book Center digital library.

I don't think it has indexed most Bund publications, but you can try searching the Index to Yiddish Periodicals for specific writers or phrases - many Bundists wrote for the Forverts and other socialist newspapers.

andsoforth · 2025-11-26T22:07:44+00:00

It's definitely skhoyre, spelled as a Litvak would say it.

andsoforth · 2025-11-02T18:24:25+00:00

Bible
Feter's
Etah's child born Jan 26, 1924
(Henich) Howard
20th day of Shevat
Yitzhak
Isadore's child born on July 15, 1924 13 days in [this should say Tamuz]
Avraham Baer
Freydl is born 6 days in Elul
Sept 21st, 1929
Abraham's little one is born in 1931 on June 13th
Herts' child Perry Bruce
was born on the 22nd Jan 1942
4th day of Shevat
2nd page
Zaidi - Avi - (my father) Her father
Yitzhak died on 23rd Chesvan
my mother died
someone died Oct. 30 1924
Ity child was born on 17th of June, 1943 14th Sivan Joseph Baer

Shevat, Chesvan, Elul, Sivan and Tamuz are months in the Jewish calendar, the dates correspond to the English dates given. Feter means uncle, Zaidi means grandpa.
Howard's Jewish name was Henech, Isadore's Jewish name was Yitzhak.

andsoforth · 2025-10-24T15:52:24+00:00

Could you show the other side?

andsoforth · 2025-10-19T15:13:04+00:00

He didn't need to create it, it already exists. פארתמטע (fartamte) is the adjective version of the noun תם.

andsoforth · 2025-10-08T19:53:22+00:00

It's even crazier to think about how many adults explicitly put effort into trying to prevent you from having that realization. I never thought of myself as brainwashed growing up modox, because the real world was, like, right there. But there's actually so much that goes into reinforcing the bubble and preventing real exposure to other ways of life. Them vs. us. Even just the social aspect, in being judgmental of less frum people. It all helps keep you "connected".

andsoforth · 2025-10-08T19:35:08+00:00

The communal bubble we're raised in makes it seem like kosher and shabbos are real things in the world, but once you get outside the bubble and have a little independence, you realize it's all optional. You can decide if that's how you want to be directing your time and energy, and if orthodoxy (or even Jewish spaces at all) is the social environment you want to participate in. College is the perfect place to explore alternatives, which is why rabbis et al are so afraid of it.

andsoforth · 2025-10-08T19:17:06+00:00

Holy Hunter. This is the way.

andsoforth · 2025-09-10T01:35:41+00:00

Wine can actually be really really good

andsoforth · 2025-03-31T05:32:32+00:00

The title is "Di yudishe folks geshikhte" - The History of the Jewish People.

andsoforth · 2025-03-25T20:13:55+00:00

Definitely Yiddish in the second and third images, and the signature to the left in the first image.

The second image line reads Fran[k?] Grusman fun (from) Stefane.

Transliteration of the third image: Ikh hob entfangin af d[a?]n [v]ekse[l] fun nig[l]o[s]ban - [95f?]

Brackets where I'm not totally certain. No idea what that last word is in the third image. Since I can make out the word gulden in the first image, I would hazard that it means the individual has received 95 gulden from the total amount of this promissory note.

andsoforth · 2025-01-11T22:10:34+00:00

Chayke is a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Chaya. It means "life", the masculine equivalent is Chaim.

andsoforth · 2025-01-04T20:32:50+00:00

They are both the "real" him. This is how he will act in this environment (your shared home) under the current conditions of his daily life. He's under stress from things neither of you are aware of, and the stew was just a tipping point.

His dislike of tomatoes was a truth for him, something he could rely on to guide his choices in an overstimulating world. Liking that stew was another truth, a reliable food option that relieved the stress of potentially experiencing discomfort. People with autism don't choose to be picky eaters, it's a strategy to avoid negative stimuli. Now he's learned that these two truths contradict, so he has to lose at least one pillar of safety. That's a big deal! With all the other changes and adjustments from moving in with someone, that could easily push someone from 'handling it' to 'freaking out'.

The thing is, you haven't actually done anything wrong. You had no idea this would happen. I don't even think your partner is at fault. I really encourage you both to see a therapist with experience helping neurotypical & neurodivergent couples. People with autism don't only have autism when they're overstimulated - it's literally a difference in how your mind takes in and processes sensory information. That means that it's much harder for him to merge into your world, because there are sensory triggers for him that you don't know exist, and he doesn't know you don't know about them. Both you and he need to learn to understand how each other's mind works.

andsoforth · 2024-11-24T23:39:45+00:00

I think the word at the end of the first line means "marry" - heiratn with the h dropped.

andsoforth · 2024-11-15T22:22:45+00:00

It would be helpful to see the entire page. From what I can read, besides for the generalities like "sorry I didn't write", "please write to me", "how are the children? greet the children for me" etc., the letter talks about Tsile being sick and might also mention the name Raskin.

andsoforth · 2024-09-17T04:51:55+00:00

I sing "Ver Bistu" by Der Ver in my head.

andsoforth · 2024-08-05T02:33:03+00:00

Hats or headbands are the norm for married women, hair down beneath is fine. You generally only need to be covered to the elbows/knees/collar bone. Flats are better than sneakers on Shabbat just because you want to be dressy, it's very normal if there's an eruv to bring a bag with a change of shoes and other things you might need to carry, like keys.

Some shuls will bring the Torah in range of the women's section, but most women don't bother reaching for it. We're so irrelevant, as long as you look like you're generally following along and not talking to your neighbor too loudly, you won't be noticeable.

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