P. Y. Mund
@pymundgenealogy.com
🌳📜 Genealogy (mine, or whoever's) ideally; trying to get back to that ideal.
Professional/study/moderation list account.
Personal account: @pymundgenealogy.bsky.social
🔗: pymundgenealogy.com
Professional/study/moderation list account.
Personal account: @pymundgenealogy.bsky.social
🔗: pymundgenealogy.com
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P. Y. Mund
@pymundgenealogy.com
· Oct 29
Anyway I gotta decide what I'm doing with 2 accounts.
This one is linked to my website. It follows that it should be work related. But it's also where I have all the mutuals etc I've accumulated. Hmm.
This one is linked to my website. It follows that it should be work related. But it's also where I have all the mutuals etc I've accumulated. Hmm.
New heights in 🦘 brain
December 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
New heights in 🦘 brain
You know, sometimes people overcorrect for the "Zionism is Ashkenazi" nonsense
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You know, sometimes people overcorrect for the "Zionism is Ashkenazi" nonsense
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... is that political Zionism's leadership quickly became Ashkenazi-led and included many anti-Mizrahi bigots. (Ben Gurion, notoriously)
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
... is that political Zionism's leadership quickly became Ashkenazi-led and included many anti-Mizrahi bigots. (Ben Gurion, notoriously)
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This is inaccurate. The situation with Arab Jews - a term most of them consider offensive - varied widely by country (Palestine being the near best-case scenario, Yemen the extreme opposite). There were Zionist Mizrahim as well, there were anti-Zionist Ashkenazim; the only accurate takeaway here...
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is inaccurate. The situation with Arab Jews - a term most of them consider offensive - varied widely by country (Palestine being the near best-case scenario, Yemen the extreme opposite). There were Zionist Mizrahim as well, there were anti-Zionist Ashkenazim; the only accurate takeaway here...
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "jewish" (1044×)
2. "jews" (899×)
3. "hebrew" (398×)
4. "seen" (369×)
5. "least" (364×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "jewish" (1044×)
2. "jews" (899×)
3. "hebrew" (398×)
4. "seen" (369×)
5. "least" (364×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "jewish" (1044×)
2. "jews" (899×)
3. "hebrew" (398×)
4. "seen" (369×)
5. "least" (364×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "jewish" (1044×)
2. "jews" (899×)
3. "hebrew" (398×)
4. "seen" (369×)
5. "least" (364×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
Sometimes you get your talking points scrambled and they become un-antisemitic
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sometimes you get your talking points scrambled and they become un-antisemitic
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YOU GUYS! IT'S FINALLY ONLINE!
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
YOU GUYS! IT'S FINALLY ONLINE!
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
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Visit www.NewYorkDeathIndex.com to search the first ever public NYS death index for 1973 - 2017. Place of death also available starting in 1957 so you can order genealogy copies (death >50 years ago) from a local municipality and skip the 5 year NYS DOH wait. (NYC is separate and not included)
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Visit www.NewYorkDeathIndex.com to search the first ever public NYS death index for 1973 - 2017. Place of death also available starting in 1957 so you can order genealogy copies (death >50 years ago) from a local municipality and skip the 5 year NYS DOH wait. (NYC is separate and not included)
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They don't make these anymore, they're all out of stock
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
They don't make these anymore, they're all out of stock
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In early Old English, there's a handful of cases of the verb 'do' appearing as "dōm", bearing an archaic first-person singular ending (-m).
This -m is ancient and found across Indo-European languages (e.g. Latin sum, Czech jsem). In English, it's long lost from 'I do', but still survives in 'I am'.
This -m is ancient and found across Indo-European languages (e.g. Latin sum, Czech jsem). In English, it's long lost from 'I do', but still survives in 'I am'.
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In early Old English, there's a handful of cases of the verb 'do' appearing as "dōm", bearing an archaic first-person singular ending (-m).
This -m is ancient and found across Indo-European languages (e.g. Latin sum, Czech jsem). In English, it's long lost from 'I do', but still survives in 'I am'.
This -m is ancient and found across Indo-European languages (e.g. Latin sum, Czech jsem). In English, it's long lost from 'I do', but still survives in 'I am'.
cw antisemitism but darkly funny, it gets worse/better when you scroll up the thread
@dolorosasantos.bsky.social for my records
@dolorosasantos.bsky.social for my records
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
cw antisemitism but darkly funny, it gets worse/better when you scroll up the thread
@dolorosasantos.bsky.social for my records
@dolorosasantos.bsky.social for my records
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The rate was 48 groschen per 100 Lithuanian Schock (= kopa groszy, 60 groschen), or 48/6000 = 0.8% (jewelry exempt); going up to 1% for matchmaking over a distance exceeding 20 "parsah" (not sure which parsah is meant here - halachic? or a rough equivalent?) if and only if the shadchan had expenses.
In early modern Lithuania, shadchanim took a fixed percentage of wedding gifts (with a higher rate for matches arranged over a set long distance, as it is assumed that they incur travel expenses negotiating)
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The rate was 48 groschen per 100 Lithuanian Schock (= kopa groszy, 60 groschen), or 48/6000 = 0.8% (jewelry exempt); going up to 1% for matchmaking over a distance exceeding 20 "parsah" (not sure which parsah is meant here - halachic? or a rough equivalent?) if and only if the shadchan had expenses.
“The creation of Hebrew from its archaic shards” huh
Oh it's a 🦘
Oh it's a 🦘
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“The creation of Hebrew from its archaic shards” huh
Oh it's a 🦘
Oh it's a 🦘
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(trade secret: Americans are much easier, because the sort of records that bridge the gap between now and the >70 years ago era when genealogical database coverage gets good are uniquely accessible in the US. This is much much harder in Canada or most of Europe)
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(trade secret: Americans are much easier, because the sort of records that bridge the gap between now and the >70 years ago era when genealogical database coverage gets good are uniquely accessible in the US. This is much much harder in Canada or most of Europe)
David Tevye, of course
For the record, fun fact: Steven Witkoff's earliest traceable patrilineal ancestor (Witkiewicz) was named ‘Tewia’, that is ‘Tevye’
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
David Tevye, of course
Now I understand how the “Drumpf” thing so quickly became part of the same problem it was intended to mock
“Witkoff is Russian” is the new “Mileikowsky”
Americans, you barely understand your own country's geography and language, just shut up.
Americans, you barely understand your own country's geography and language, just shut up.
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Now I understand how the “Drumpf” thing so quickly became part of the same problem it was intended to mock
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You are clearly the type of person who doesn't understand how this was evil and embarrassing on *two* levels.
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You are clearly the type of person who doesn't understand how this was evil and embarrassing on *two* levels.
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Growing up, I knew an old man, a German Jew who fled to the UK after the Nazis came to power. When WWII began he, with hundreds like him, were briefly placed in detention camps with Germans in the UK suspected of Nazi ties.
This was recognized as very embarrassing to the UK shortly after.
This was recognized as very embarrassing to the UK shortly after.
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Growing up, I knew an old man, a German Jew who fled to the UK after the Nazis came to power. When WWII began he, with hundreds like him, were briefly placed in detention camps with Germans in the UK suspected of Nazi ties.
This was recognized as very embarrassing to the UK shortly after.
This was recognized as very embarrassing to the UK shortly after.
I've already poked around a bit, but some of my grandclient's ancestors are in the 1785 evidence file batch, the one with the surname adoptions - before they changed to a fabric-themed surname in 1788, their dyer ancestor used the surname "Ferb"!
#LvivFamilyEvidenceFiles
#LvivFamilyEvidenceFiles
And my reward? Having finally worked my way around an incredibly thorny mix-up with a NYC marriage record with the wrong mother's name (a tall order to prove), there's now an uninterrupted path to phase 2 - which involve my beloved #LvivFamilyEvidenceFiles
Wahoo!
Wahoo!
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I've already poked around a bit, but some of my grandclient's ancestors are in the 1785 evidence file batch, the one with the surname adoptions - before they changed to a fabric-themed surname in 1788, their dyer ancestor used the surname "Ferb"!
#LvivFamilyEvidenceFiles
#LvivFamilyEvidenceFiles
Simply incurable. Fix your melting pot, please; focus less on the melting and more on the cracks in the vessel.
“Witkoff is Russian” is the new “Mileikowsky”
Americans, you barely understand your own country's geography and language, just shut up.
Americans, you barely understand your own country's geography and language, just shut up.
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Simply incurable. Fix your melting pot, please; focus less on the melting and more on the cracks in the vessel.
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No, he is a fully American anus
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
No, he is a fully American anus
No self-awareness at all
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
No self-awareness at all
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I am an American (and a Canadian, dual citizen of the non-conspiracy type). Just not a “hur dur furin name” simple-minded American
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am an American (and a Canadian, dual citizen of the non-conspiracy type). Just not a “hur dur furin name” simple-minded American
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