Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes the custom in most orthodox communities today is a version of Good Moed until shmini ateres. 220
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The rabbi in question is a very well known Bukharian rabbi in Queens. 120
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bukharian Jews in Queens typically speak Russian. 130
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026From the archives but still applicable: It is important to learn how to cross streets safely. 082
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 15/05/2026110 years ago today, the Yidishes Tageblatt announced the passing of a beloved writer with the perfect headline (image via LOC) 0338
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I recently had to explain to a 28 year old native NYer that she has been caring for a Holocaust survivor for years. She didn't know. She told me her schooling "glossed over" the Holocaust... Centenarian Jew from Hungary... She didn't know what that meant. 010
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 10/11/2025The Rocketmoney CEO, Haroon Mokhtarzada is a huge Mamdani fan(look at his account in the other place) which makes theur Tucker sponsorship even weirder. Thanks for bringing attention to this. 030
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The message people with visual disabilities receive when you don't use alt text is that you aren't interested in access and jobs for all. 110
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025But how would a blind or low vision person know that without alt text? Alt-text is bare minimum access. 110
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 30/10/2025My understanding is the approval process for most of these projects has different stages which take at minimum 2-3 years. 2 year part, is unchanged with prop 2-4, it would simply eliminate 45 days and take away local leaders ability to negotiate for investment in their local communities 010
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Mamdani also genuinely has no understanding of the community. Just to star, he has one major language missing from his volunteer page(you get one guess) which is telling considering languages like Tibetan, Fujinese and Hebrew are included! That's a big gap to not even comprehend you're missing. 110
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Until yesterday BP mosdos was saying rank Adrienne Adams #1. She's pretty left but not daydreaming. 120
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 18/06/2025See I don't think Mamdani is antisemitic but I'm not electing a shnook who has very similar platform to Deblasio and even less ability to implement it. I've also told this to all six!!! of his volunteers who have showed up at my door and no one has a good response! 110
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I was gonna say this might be too niche for the wider bluesky audience lol. So true though 010
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Alice Duer Miller's 1915 introduction of her book "Are Women People? a book of rhymes for suffrage times". 040
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Disclaimer: As I rule I typically don't do Hungarians. I wouldn't be particularly surprised in general though. Do you have reason to believe the family is Jewish other than an ambiguous name? @caitlinhollander.bsky.social thoughts? 120
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 08/04/2025An American classic: 1928 Yiddish advertisement for kosher l'Pesach Maxwell House Coffee. This was four years before Maxwell perfected their Passover marketing with the now ubiquitous Maxwell House Haggadah. 0193
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 31/03/2025So you're saying there's still hope then? I thought my 2020 request went into the "to be burned" pile. 100
Reposted by Chaya Sara LibraryThing @librarything.com · 02/03/2025Today is National Read Across America Day! Established by the National Education Association in 1998, in order to get kids excited about reading, the day also marks the birthday of phenomenal wordsmith Dr. Seuss. Which Seussian titles have you read and enjoyed? 💙📚 www.librarything.com/author/seussdr 254
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I'll add another to the many articles that have been linked to debunk this. mishpacha.com/the-myth-of-...mishpacha.comThe Myth of the Misplaced Name - Mishpacha MagazineFew threads are as colorful as the story of immigrants’ names being changed at Ellis Island 010
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Agreed you would think most files are pretty extensive! 010
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Top of page two for me. Maybe they only tell people if they are in complex track because of the longer expected wait? 110
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 16/02/2025For me it was buried in the letter amidst the boilerplate. Seemed to indicate they were dividing all requests into two different tracks based on complexity and for better or worse mine is complex so it will take longer. 100
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I received the same letter today on one out of five of my requests. Was your request put in the simple or complex track? 110
Reposted by Chaya Sara Michael Waas @mdwaas.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Happy to share that a rare Ottoman Empire Census with surnames for the Jewish community of Izmir that I located has been indexed and published on JewishGen. There will be more to come!groups.jewishgen.orgNew Records Added: 1247 AH Izmir Census (1831-1832)The new topic will begin with this message. Subject of the new topic: 1114
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 29/01/2025There's space heater gemachs, guest linen gemachs, there's a gemach for mezuzahs, bridal headpiece gemach, shower chairs, tablecloth gemach, serving platters, the lists are endless. 100
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 29/01/2025As others have said, totally real. Gemachs can be EXTREMELY niche. I've donated to and utilized a number of them. On the more niche side, for my wedding I utilized a wedding sneaker gemach which loaned out these but cute/comfy white sneakers with platform heels to be worn under a wedding dress. 100
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 25/12/2024I was gonna say there's no way everyone actually closes! 200
Reposted by Chaya Sara Reclaim The Records @reclaimtherecords.org · 25/12/2024~*~ FREE FILES FOR FESTIVUS! ~*~ We can finally announce that we sued the VA and WE WON! And it's probably the largest public and free data set of deceased American veterans! And now it's online and free and downloadable and searchable AND FOIA-ABLE!!! mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...mailchi.mpReclaim The RecordsWe’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be... 39033
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Submitted three right after seeing this post. Thank you guys!!! 000
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 25/12/2024For those unaware, the majority of living US Holocaust survivors live in NY(13k?). 95% of those living in NY live in the NYC area and 70% of those live in Brooklyn. The highest concentration live in my neighborhood-I have had 2 survivors living below and above me for 7 years. 000
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Sorry just seeing this now. Not really. Originally(I think) this was more where "Bath Beach" is today. 010
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 17/12/20241889 was clearly the time to buy property in Bensonhurst by the Sea, New Utrecht. 120
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 03/12/2024And the current administration is shockingly siding with Hungary? Bizarre. 000
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I mean, I hear you but in this case the justices actually don't seem to be that split on typical lines. 🤷 The fact Kavanaugh and Alito seem to be in disagreement here is fascinating. 100
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 03/12/2024In 1945, a Jewish soldier describes himself as a Glitz-vak... 082
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 03/12/2024We can't say for sure, because it wasn't under our watch, but it loooks like he was a deserting alien seaman. 040
Chaya Sara @toldosandtea.bsky.social · 01/12/2024People often joke that Chayei Sarah is about me. To this, I reply, 'Unfortunately, I was a week late, so I had to become a genealogist.' 130
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INTRODUCTION
Father, what is the legislature?
A representative body elected by the people of the state.
Are women people?
No, my son, criminals, lunatics and women are not people.
Do legislators legislate for nothing?
Oh, no; they are paid a salary.
By whom?
By the people.
Are women people?
Of course, my son, just as much as men are.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l7kptbaysvpkhyn5zc4wq6ti/bafkreidroxhzdf3wuozbedaglzeqf5yufanmg53imcuzsv2fhbry77vvfm)
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