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.
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Once again begging gentiles to be normal about Jewish names.
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Once again begging gentiles to be normal about Jewish names.
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You spelled your name wrong, @candice61.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM
You spelled your name wrong, @candice61.bsky.social
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Reminds me of the Yiddish insult:
“כאפט א רמז נאָך צוויי מָאל זאָגן אָפען”
khapt a remez nokh tsvey mol zogn ofn
“gets a hint after being told directly twice”
“כאפט א רמז נאָך צוויי מָאל זאָגן אָפען”
khapt a remez nokh tsvey mol zogn ofn
“gets a hint after being told directly twice”
Nobody stumps Yossi on the second guess
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Reminds me of the Yiddish insult:
“כאפט א רמז נאָך צוויי מָאל זאָגן אָפען”
khapt a remez nokh tsvey mol zogn ofn
“gets a hint after being told directly twice”
“כאפט א רמז נאָך צוויי מָאל זאָגן אָפען”
khapt a remez nokh tsvey mol zogn ofn
“gets a hint after being told directly twice”
I love a holistic approach
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I love a holistic approach
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*Cemach = צמח
A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
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A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
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21 January 1903 | A Polish Jew, Mieczysław Cenach, was born in Puławy. Tanner.
In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22724
He perished in the camp on 5 March 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22724
He perished in the camp on 5 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
*Cemach = צמח
A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
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A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
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I love the sefer-surname thing, if you haven't noticed
Specifically, the Tzemach (Cemach) family is descended from R. Tzvi Hirsh of Płońsk, R. Avraham Abele's great-great-grandson, author of צמח לאברהם Tzemach leAvraham (lit. sprout of Avraham)
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I love the sefer-surname thing, if you haven't noticed
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אַידיש ליד יעדען טאָג: ״לאָמיר זיך אַומקערען״ אַױפֿגעפֿירט פֿון לוי פֿאַלקוביץ
Yiddish Song of the Day: "Let's Return!" performed by Levi Falkowitz, by Yom Tov Ehrlich #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Ht...
Yiddish Song of the Day: "Let's Return!" performed by Levi Falkowitz, by Yom Tov Ehrlich #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Ht...
Lomir Zich - לאמיר זיך אומקערען
YouTube video by Levy Falkowitz - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:41 PM
אַידיש ליד יעדען טאָג: ״לאָמיר זיך אַומקערען״ אַױפֿגעפֿירט פֿון לוי פֿאַלקוביץ
Yiddish Song of the Day: "Let's Return!" performed by Levi Falkowitz, by Yom Tov Ehrlich #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Ht...
Yiddish Song of the Day: "Let's Return!" performed by Levi Falkowitz, by Yom Tov Ehrlich #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Ht...
Interesting, I know this one without the fourth element
(to those unfamiliar, this is a citation from bentshing/birkas haMazon - "Grace after meals")
(to those unfamiliar, this is a citation from bentshing/birkas haMazon - "Grace after meals")
new Yiddish word from class today: הכּל-בכּל-מכּל-פֿלעקל , hakl-bakl-mikl-flekl, the whole kit and kaboodle
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Interesting, I know this one without the fourth element
(to those unfamiliar, this is a citation from bentshing/birkas haMazon - "Grace after meals")
(to those unfamiliar, this is a citation from bentshing/birkas haMazon - "Grace after meals")
Stick along for the surprise (not so much) twist at the end
There’s a sub-type of antisemite that constantly claims they’re “Pro-Jew” but talks relentlessly about how Jews aren’t sufficiently antizionist to not being targets (and they’ll say this is sad but just the facts).
And ofc a global conspiracy of “Zionists including Christians” controls everything.
And ofc a global conspiracy of “Zionists including Christians” controls everything.
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Stick along for the surprise (not so much) twist at the end
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This is designed to be personally offensive to you specifically
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This is designed to be personally offensive to you specifically
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some English prepositions that are borrowed from Latin nouns in the ablative:
viā "by way (of)"
pāce "with all due respect (to)"
modulō "by a modulus (of)"
viā "by way (of)"
pāce "with all due respect (to)"
modulō "by a modulus (of)"
WORD FACT
Some trivia…
The Latin word for a road or pathway was “via”. This is the source of our preposition via, meaning “by way of”.
A place where three roads met was a “trivium” (tri meaning “three”, and -vium being a derived form of via).
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Some trivia…
The Latin word for a road or pathway was “via”. This is the source of our preposition via, meaning “by way of”.
A place where three roads met was a “trivium” (tri meaning “three”, and -vium being a derived form of via).
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January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
some English prepositions that are borrowed from Latin nouns in the ablative:
viā "by way (of)"
pāce "with all due respect (to)"
modulō "by a modulus (of)"
viā "by way (of)"
pāce "with all due respect (to)"
modulō "by a modulus (of)"
Native Hawaiian adaptation of BHI "original Hebrew tribe" stuff with Kabbalah and blood type crankery? Yeah why not. It takes all kinds.
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Native Hawaiian adaptation of BHI "original Hebrew tribe" stuff with Kabbalah and blood type crankery? Yeah why not. It takes all kinds.
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And Alex?
That's Reb Sender-Chaim Tvies-Shor (Tevuot Shor, תבואות שור) to you.
...
There's also a branch that corrupted it to ‘Zwischer’
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That's Reb Sender-Chaim Tvies-Shor (Tevuot Shor, תבואות שור) to you.
...
There's also a branch that corrupted it to ‘Zwischer’
3/3
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And Alex?
That's Reb Sender-Chaim Tvies-Shor (Tevuot Shor, תבואות שור) to you.
...
There's also a branch that corrupted it to ‘Zwischer’
3/3
That's Reb Sender-Chaim Tvies-Shor (Tevuot Shor, תבואות שור) to you.
...
There's also a branch that corrupted it to ‘Zwischer’
3/3
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They *loved* these in Brody. Orchudisch, Lewisch, Netzach, Chacham-Tzvi (didn't catch on as a legal surname, but the derived Chachamowicz did), and of course the classic Rokach.
An honourable mention to the Warsaw/Plonsk Cemach family, of similar derivation
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An honourable mention to the Warsaw/Plonsk Cemach family, of similar derivation
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August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
They *loved* these in Brody. Orchudisch, Lewisch, Netzach, Chacham-Tzvi (didn't catch on as a legal surname, but the derived Chachamowicz did), and of course the classic Rokach.
An honourable mention to the Warsaw/Plonsk Cemach family, of similar derivation
2/3
An honourable mention to the Warsaw/Plonsk Cemach family, of similar derivation
2/3
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Transplanting another thread of Brody #RareSurname thread (not all rare TBH), with Hebrew examples of this sort 👇:
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What would “Alex Twisser” of Brody have been known as to his peers?
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What would “Alex Twisser” of Brody have been known as to his peers?
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OMG I just found the greatest #RareSurname. It's so badly corrupted in later sources that its meaning is obscured...
I present TERSUHOF, a Jewish family of Zbarazh.
Figure that one out!
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Is ‘Thorisahow’ any better?
(♻️ < 🐦, 5 Feb 2023)
I present TERSUHOF, a Jewish family of Zbarazh.
Figure that one out!
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Is ‘Thorisahow’ any better?
(♻️ < 🐦, 5 Feb 2023)
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Transplanting another thread of Brody #RareSurname thread (not all rare TBH), with Hebrew examples of this sort 👇:
[lightly edited for change of context]
What would “Alex Twisser” of Brody have been known as to his peers?
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What would “Alex Twisser” of Brody have been known as to his peers?
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I love the sefer-surname thing, if you haven't noticed
Specifically, the Tzemach (Cemach) family is descended from R. Tzvi Hirsh of Płońsk, R. Avraham Abele's great-great-grandson, author of צמח לאברהם Tzemach leAvraham (lit. sprout of Avraham)
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I love the sefer-surname thing, if you haven't noticed
*Cemach = צמח
A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
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A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
1/2
21 January 1903 | A Polish Jew, Mieczysław Cenach, was born in Puławy. Tanner.
In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22724
He perished in the camp on 5 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942.
No. 22724
He perished in the camp on 5 March 1942.
---
📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
*Cemach = צמח
A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
1/2
A surname I'm familiar with, and one that actually existed (unlike Cenach), and comparison with 3 records at Yad Vashem confirms it was Mieczysław's surname.
HaLevi Tzemach: the surname of a major branch of the male-line descendants of Rabbi Avraham Abele haLevi of Gombin (Gąbin)
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I guess they did have an idea
Do you have any idea who the people in that picture are
January 20, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I guess they did have an idea
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To explain the expression, שאלה (shayle, shaale, however you chose to pronounce it in Hebrew-via-Yiddish), ‘question’, strongly connotes a ‘is this chicken [etc.] kosher?’ question to a rabbi
But instead of the chicken not being kosher, the question - the act of asking - is so bad it's anathema
But instead of the chicken not being kosher, the question - the act of asking - is so bad it's anathema
This is an example of what we say in Yiddish - די שאלה איז טריפה, the very question is unkosher
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM
To explain the expression, שאלה (shayle, shaale, however you chose to pronounce it in Hebrew-via-Yiddish), ‘question’, strongly connotes a ‘is this chicken [etc.] kosher?’ question to a rabbi
But instead of the chicken not being kosher, the question - the act of asking - is so bad it's anathema
But instead of the chicken not being kosher, the question - the act of asking - is so bad it's anathema
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My apologies to Bulgaria, but -kh- in verb endings is scary
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 AM
My apologies to Bulgaria, but -kh- in verb endings is scary
This is a jocular literal translation of a Yiddish idiom, btw
ס'אי'מיר גוט
s'i'mir gut - it's good [sarcastically] for me, = oh no what now
ס'אי'מיר גוט
s'i'mir gut - it's good [sarcastically] for me, = oh no what now
“by definition”
It is me good
It is me good
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
This is a jocular literal translation of a Yiddish idiom, btw
ס'אי'מיר גוט
s'i'mir gut - it's good [sarcastically] for me, = oh no what now
ס'אי'מיר גוט
s'i'mir gut - it's good [sarcastically] for me, = oh no what now
cw antisemitism
I am impressed by this very hamfisted attempt at making deicide libel current
I am impressed by this very hamfisted attempt at making deicide libel current
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
cw antisemitism
I am impressed by this very hamfisted attempt at making deicide libel current
I am impressed by this very hamfisted attempt at making deicide libel current
We need to confiscate words
(context is not at all malicious, but that's not how words and facts work!)
(context is not at all malicious, but that's not how words and facts work!)
January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
We need to confiscate words
(context is not at all malicious, but that's not how words and facts work!)
(context is not at all malicious, but that's not how words and facts work!)
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Uh oh, @arsalliaquat.bsky.social, guess who found you?
The Jew
My achievement is making people who sound like Henry Ford digital outcasts, for the record
The Jew
My achievement is making people who sound like Henry Ford digital outcasts, for the record
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Uh oh, @arsalliaquat.bsky.social, guess who found you?
The Jew
My achievement is making people who sound like Henry Ford digital outcasts, for the record
The Jew
My achievement is making people who sound like Henry Ford digital outcasts, for the record
What fascinating framing
(less fascinating if you know that Oliveira is a content creator for white nationalists and was on the anti-Somali hatemongering beat before Nick Shirley)
(less fascinating if you know that Oliveira is a content creator for white nationalists and was on the anti-Somali hatemongering beat before Nick Shirley)
HASIDIC JEWS: BIG FAMILIES, GOVT WELFARE
Content creator Tyler Oliveira explores the lives of the Hasidic Jewish community of Kiryas Joel, known for being heavily reliant on welfare while sustaining large families and emphasizing intra-racial and intra-ethnic marriages
Content creator Tyler Oliveira explores the lives of the Hasidic Jewish community of Kiryas Joel, known for being heavily reliant on welfare while sustaining large families and emphasizing intra-racial and intra-ethnic marriages
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
What fascinating framing
(less fascinating if you know that Oliveira is a content creator for white nationalists and was on the anti-Somali hatemongering beat before Nick Shirley)
(less fascinating if you know that Oliveira is a content creator for white nationalists and was on the anti-Somali hatemongering beat before Nick Shirley)