Symeon

Borrowed from Latin Symeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sŭmeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.

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(biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

(biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Symeon.


hashgacha

Borrowed from Hebrew השגחה (“supervision”).

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Having been on the lookout for some specialty flours of late, I was told by a friend that all of King Arthur's commercial-grade flours are under hashgachah. However, only a few -- the ones commonly sold in stores -- seem to have any indications of a hechsher on their packaging, or in the catalogue.

2003 May 19, Lawrence Szenes-Strauss, “King Arthur Flour”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):

(Judaism) Rabbinic supervision of the process of the making of foodstuffs to certify it as kosher.


hashgacha pratis

(Judaism) Divine providence, especially in personal matters.


drash

en-verb

drash (third-person singular simple present drashes, present participle drashing, simple past and past participle drashed)

drashes (present singular third-person)
drashing (participle present)
drashed (participle past)
drashed (past)

This is a parsha that begs to be split. Like the split letter "vav" in a kosher sefer Torah in the word "shalom". Old Spearchucker gets his reward. There's a census of our ancestors. The laws of inheritance. The mo'adim, fixed holidays. Rather than reveal my level of incompetence by drashing in detail on the above, I'm going to do something easy, yet informative and entertaining. Look up words in the dictionary.

2007 July 5, in...@rambam.biz, “Parshat Pinchas: The Name Game”, in soc.culture.judaism.moderated (Usenet):

2010 July, Janice W. Fernheimer, “Talmidae Rhetoricae: Drashing Up Models and Methods for Jewish Rhetorical Studies”, in College English, volume 72, number 6:


vintage shout

en-noun

vintage shout (usually uncountable, plural vintage shouts)

Where aforetime was the vintage-shout in thankfulness for the ingathering, and anticipating gladness to come, there, in the source of their luxury, should be wailing, the forerunner of sorrow to come.

1860, Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets - With a Commentary, Explanatory and Practical, and Introductions to the Several Books · Volume 3, page 197:

and "The vintage shout," words long since set to express the simple music that accompanies life and labor in the field, are typical of its quiet, peaceful, cheerful, and innocent character.

1862, California State Board of Agriculture, Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, page 216:

literally, a vintage shout, derived from a root meaning to tramp, and alluding to the cry with which the treaders of the grapes used to animate their toil.

1903, Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, Frederic Henry Chase, John James Stewart Perowne, Reginald St. John Parry (contributors), The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Book of the prophet Jeremiah, together with the Lamentations, page 177:

so that where the vintage shout is not heard one assumes the occasion to be one of solitude and sorrow.

1925, Charles William Budden, Edward Hastings, 1 Kings - Malachi, page 30:

(biblical, dated, literary) A type of work song sung by grape-treaders.


Zion Don

From Zion + Don or blend of Zionist + Donald, in the context of his pro-Israel stance. Also chosen for its quasi-rhyme.

They realized that they have overused their Zion Don to the point where one more of these attacks and his base is going to abandon him entirely.

2019 April 1, D. Schlenk, “Mossad/CIA False Flag Warning”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):

Good, that’s where Zion Don belongs. I doubt, however, that Democrats have balls to do that. Also, the fact that they call prison a “niggerville” really says a lot about niggers.

2023 November 19, D. Ray, “Re: 8 NIGGERS ARRESTED IN VEGAS TEEN'S FATAL BEATING”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):

Trump supporters have also moved to the right of Trump himself: hence, accusations of Trump running a MIGA campaign (Make Israel Great Again) or even himself being a Zion Don can be found on Reddit and 4chan (Luddy 2021).

2024, Elizaveta Gaufman, Bharath Ganesh, The Trump Carnival - Populism, Transgression and the Far Right, page 59:

(US politics, derogatory, uncommon) Donald Trump.


the Three Weeks

(Judaism) A period from the seventeenth of Tammuz to the Tisha B'Av


Purim spiel

Borrowed from Yiddish פּורימשפּיל (purimshpil).

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A usually comic theatrical reenactment of the book of Esther.


evo-creo

(slang) Clipping of evolution-creationism.


HIAS

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
w:Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Acronym of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a Jewish American organization that provides aid to refugees. Founded under the name but now known officially as HIAS.


Judeo-Banderite

Since that time the T-shirt "Judeo-Banderite" has been worn by many Ukrainian Jews in defiance of Putin's propaganda.

2017, Olga Bertelsen (editor), Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine, The Challenge of Change:

In this phrase, which could also be translated as "Judeo-Banderite," the semantics are transformed from pejorative to affirmative.

2018, Marci Shore, The Ukrainian Night, An Intimate History of Revolution, page 272:

These terms were not, however, rejected but rather appropriated in a humorous way - with the famous public appearance of a Jewish-Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky on a T-shirt with the sign "Zhydo-banderovets" (Judeo-Banderite) and the Ukrainian coat of arms (a trident) styled as menorah.

2021, Mykola Riabchuk, At the Fence of Metternich's Garden, page 179:

The neologism zhydobanderivtsi (Judeo-Banderites) became popular as an ironic representation of the unity of ethnic Jews and nationalists in the struggle against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

2022, Georgiy Kasianov, Memory Crash, Politics of History in and Around Ukraine, 1980s–2010s, page 256:

(politics, derogatory, rare) A Ukrainian nationalist of Jewish descent.

жидобандеровец

a Ukrainian nationalist of Jewish descent


But two men who said they spoke with some of those who broke through the synagogue wall said the motive was to hasten an expansion of 770 — a move that they say the Lubavitcher movement’s leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the rebbe, called for more than three decades ago.

2024 September 1, Eliza Shapiro and Katherine Rosman, “Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests”, in The New York Times:

770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.


Jewish hereness

Semantic loan from Yiddish דאָיִקייט (doikeyt): דאָיִק (doik) (“here” or “local”) + ־קייט (-keyt) (“-ness”).

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Hereness isn’t just about place, but about people: centering our politics and spiritual project around those nearest to us, adopting neighborliness as political practice and intergenerationality as a matter of course. Hereness demands that we learn our local histories and resurrect hidden ones of our own. Hereness means we refuse to disappear into the interiority of our liturgy, and equally refuse to stop being Jews in public. Hereness forces us to consider critically our relationship with class and its ordering of our world. Hereness is weird and materialist and queer and fun and angry, and best of all it’s already happening.

2018 April 16, Jacob Plitman, “On an Emerging Diasporism”, in Jewish Currents:


diasporism

What do I mean by home? Not the nation state; not religious worship; not the deepest grief of a people marked by hatred. I mean a commitment to what is and is not mine; to the strangeness of others, to my strangeness to others; to common threads twisted with surprise. Diasporism takes root in the Jewish Socialist Labor Bund’s principle of doikayt — hereness — the right to be, and to fight for justice, wherever we are...Doikayt is about wanting to be citizens, to have rights, to not worry about being shipped off at any moment where someone else thinks you do or don’t belong…I name this commitment Diasporism.

2007 06, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism, →ISBN:


hatafat dam brit

en-noun

hatafat dam brit (plural hatafat dam brits)

hatafat dam brits (plural)
hatafat dam bris (alternative)

From Hebrew הַטָּפַת דַּם בְּרִית.

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הַטָּפַת דַּם בְּרִית

Hebrew הַטָּפַת דַּם בְּרִית

(Jewish law) An alternative to brit milah preformed for those who are born without foreskin or who convert after previously having been circumcised for an unrelated purpose, in which a droplet of blood is extracted from the penis using a knife or needle.


natla

(Judaism) A cup used for ritual handwashing.


Kabballah bracelet

en-noun

Kabballah bracelet (plural Kabballah bracelets)

(Judaism) A type of talisman made from a thin scarlet or crimson wool thread, traditionally worn on the left wrist.


chalaf

Borrowed from Yiddish חלף (khalaf), from Hebrew חַלָּף (khaláf).

When Mr. Katz came back around to face me, he held a slaughterer’s chalaf. My breath escaped in a thin whimper before I could stop myself.

2021, Aden Polydoros, The City Beautiful, Inkyard Press, →ISBN, page 301:

A knife used by Ashkenazi Jews in shehitah, the kosher slaughter of animals.


UJA

The UJA Federation of New York, meanwhile, thanked the governor Thursday for “always standing with the Jewish community and against antisemitism and hate in New York.”

2024 February 17, Zenebou Sylla, “New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologizes for using Canada-Hamas analogy in defending Israel”, in CNN:

United Jewish Appeal
w:United Jewish Appeal


AIJAC

w:Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

(politics) Acronym of Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, a pro-Israel lobby in Australia.


ZOA

It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term.

2017 November 16, Bret Stephens, “Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews”, in The New York Times:

Zionist Organization of America
w:Zionist Organization of America

Initialism of Zionist Organization of America.


AJC

The AJC urged Warner Bros. to add a disclaimer to the movie. The paper has hired Hollywood lawyer Martin Singer and sent a letter to the studio.

2019 December 10, Marianne Garvey, “‘Richard Jewell’ film under fire for depiction of journalist Kathy Scruggs”, in CNN:

Walker – a Republican frontrunner in the race for Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s seat who has racked up high-profile endorsements from both former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – released a statement to the AJC on his college trajectory.

2021 December 17, Rachel Janfaza, “Herschel Walker campaign deletes a false claim saying the Republican candidate for Senate graduated from college”, in CNN:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
w:Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Initialism of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


Ashkenormative

en-adj

Ashkenormative (comparative more Ashkenormative, superlative most Ashkenormative)

more Ashkenormative (comparative)
most Ashkenormative (superlative)

(Judaism) Of or pertaining to Ashkenormativity.


hakafah

Borrowed from Yiddish הקפֿה (hakófe), from Hebrew הַקָּפָה (hakafá).

(Judaism) A circular religious procession, traditionally practiced on Simchat Torah.


inyan

Borrowed from Hebrew עִנְיָן (inyán, “topic, matter”).

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(Judaism) A topic or subject matter, especially in the context of Jewish discussion.

Is there an inyan or chiyuv to bury the entire body together, or is it OK to have body parts buried in two separate locations?

2011 January 30, “Burying Amputated Limbs with Body”, in Ask The Rabbi - Dinonline:

(Judaism, by extension) A custom conceived to have arisen from such discussion.


Shacharit

(Judaism) Alternative letter-case form of shacharit


hashkafah

hashkafot (plural)
hashkafa (alternative)
hashkofe (alternative)

/hɑːʃkɑːˈfɑː/

(Judaism) A worldview, a philosophical outlook or orientation.


menahel

(Judaism) A principal, especially of a yeshiva or Jewish school.


metzizah b'peh

Borrowed from Hebrew מְצִיצָה בְּפֶה (metsitsah b'peh, literally “oral suction”).

מְצִיצָה בְּפֶה

(Judaism) A practice performed during a brit milah in which a mohel orally draws blood away from a male baby's circumcision wound.


Ziz

(Judaism) A giant bird resembling a griffin in Jewish mythology.


gaonate

(historical, Judaism) The role or status of Gaon.