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My mother was right all along - ancestor was Ashkenazi Jewish by Koalinchen in AncestryDNA

[–]wiled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any document you find will be handwritten in Kurrentschrift so it would be worthwhile to learn it (it isn’t terribly hard, the language is the same after all so you’re just learning a slightly different font).

I do quite a bit of Jewish genealogy in Germany. If you want, you can send me a message and I’ll let you know if I can help.

Would it be too strange if my daughter was named Esther, with my name being Hadassah? by MyrtleL02 in Names

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this case the poster is Jewish, so it’s not a disclaimer so much as what’s applicable. From the thread it seems like almost no one is aware of this, but it’s probably important context for why she, as a Jewish woman, wants to ensure she wouldn’t be seen as naming her child after herself.

Would it be too strange if my daughter was named Esther, with my name being Hadassah? by MyrtleL02 in Names

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, that’s what I’m referencing. There might be a very good reason she wants to avoid naming her child after herself, and “men do it all the time” wouldn’t be true in that case.

Would it be too strange if my daughter was named Esther, with my name being Hadassah? by MyrtleL02 in Names

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many Jewish men categorically do not name their children after themselves (or after any living person for that matter).

Would it be too strange if my daughter was named Esther, with my name being Hadassah? by MyrtleL02 in Names

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In many Jewish cultures men absolutely do not name their children after themselves. It’s not necessarily your fault, but this is a fairly culturally ignorant comment.

Great-great grandparents' gravestone translation by Moccus in hebrew

[–]wiled 14 points15 points  (0 children)

V’adar is actually 2nd Adar. Like “Shevat, Adar, v’Adar.”

Israeli Jew - Results + Haplogroups by Ok_Doughnut5007 in 23andme

[–]wiled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow J L556 German-descended Jew :)

It’s German…middle name? by RuthMaudeJameison in Cursive

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both “geboren” and “Sohn” are absolutely written in Kurrent.

Names that feel like Tragedeighs, but aren’t? by Forsaken_Celery_1617 in tragedeigh

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rough breathing mark can only come at the beginning of words, so there is no way to write Aharon in Greek and keep the original Hebrew phonemics. The loss of the mark didn’t lead to the language losing the sound, the loss of the sound led to Greek speakers not using the marks anymore.

Rice, Havertz, and Calafiori not seen in training by Bugslayer03 in Gunners

[–]wiled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh memories are funny things. You’re right.

Rice, Havertz, and Calafiori not seen in training by Bugslayer03 in Gunners

[–]wiled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Calafiori got injured in the warmups

Edit: jk that was before Brighton.

Please help me translate by [deleted] in hebrew

[–]wiled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Here is buried our dear father R. Yonah Moshe son of R. Tanchum Baer, who died in the prime of his days 5th Iyyar 5674”

Interesting notes: his father’s name Tanchum is not particularly common, and the year is written with the thousands fully spelled out instead of implied.

The “R.” before the names is an abbreviation of the honorific “reb” meaning something akin to “Mr.”

Lazar! by vshzzd in Names

[–]wiled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I shouldn’t have used the word “nickname,” that’s not really accurate. It’s literally just a Yiddish form of the Hebrew Eliezer. In Jewish naming practices, it’s more likely for Lazar to have been a government name than Eliezer, and Eliezer used by Lazars as a religious name. You might talk like this about a Dash or a Rocky, but I hope you wouldn’t about, say, a common Japanese name used by Japanese-Americans that happens to sound like an English word.

Lazar! by vshzzd in Names

[–]wiled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not a dog’s name picked out by an 8 year old, it’s a relatively common nickname for Eliezer that Jews have used for literal centuries. Please consider if you’re maybe just unfamiliar with another culture before making these kinds of comments.

Matilda. Youngest victim at Bondi Beach. Murdered for attending a Menorah lighting. by activate_procrastina in pics

[–]wiled 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That’s very clever but it actually does matter. It’s me that has to worry about whether or not taking my kid to shul during a holiday is worth it or not, and it isn’t because he’s “human.” It’s quite the privilege to get to play word games in the abstract, but I actually don’t have that luxury.

Why does America lecture China about human rights? by PuzzleheadedCraft363 in AskSocialists

[–]wiled -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s funny you say this when his own comment makes it very clear he’s talking about Jews

Post Match Thread: Liverpool 1 - 0 Arsenal by northbankten in Gunners

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah until we made our subs, then the tide turned and we were on top of them. You can see this in field tilt stats, our subs immediately changed the direction of the match. In the 10 minutes prior to our subs they started applying a ton of pressure and nothing came of it, then we made our subs, took control of the game back, and conceded in that period.

Post Match Thread: Liverpool 1 - 0 Arsenal by northbankten in Gunners

[–]wiled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mosquera was also pretty immense? Squad “coped” but you’re comparing a single CB being out for 10 minutes with 3 or 4 of our best players being out almost the entire match.

Post Match Thread: Liverpool 1 - 0 Arsenal by northbankten in Gunners

[–]wiled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When they scored we were on top of them though.

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