Happy New Year! 🎉 🎆 🔵

Happy new year! 🎉 🎆 🔵

📷 My cover photo on the social networking sites: Carolyn Davis, CRWedding1001, Kansas City, Mo., 31 Dec. 2010, Flickr, 6 May 2011, under a Creative Commons license.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

Customers, Yuletide Decorations and a Mounted Head

📷 Customers, Yuletide decorations and a mounted moose (or deer?) head. 𐂂 #JacksonHeights #NYC #QueensLove #QNSLUV #moose #deer #taxidermy #taquería #MexicanCuisine #poblano #winter #Yule (at Taqueria Coatzingo)

📆 Dinner at Taquería Coatzingo, 76-05 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, 29 December 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TxcdGiNW02/

Remembering Queens Pride House’s “Night of Gratitude”

📷 Remembering Queens Pride House’s “Night of Gratitude,” December 2010. #QueensPrideHouse #volunteering #gratitude #award #JacksonHeights #NYC #gaynyc (at Queens Pride House)

📆 “Night of Gratitude” at Queens Pride House, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TvhX3KtWwS/

Glass Candle Holders of Various Shapes, Colors and Sizes

📷 Glass candle holders of various shapes, colors and sizes on the morning after Christmas. #Yule #CandleHolder #winter #Elmhurst #QNSLUV #QueensLove #glass #GlassColoringAndColorMarking #candle #terraza7 #terrazacafe #BoxingDay (at Terraza 7 Train Cafe)

📆 The morning after Christmas Day / Boxing Day morning at Terraza 7 Train Café, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, 26 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/Tufie9tW5f/

Okay, Yes, It Snowed Yesterday, but Don’t Get All Excited…

📷 Okay, yes, it snowed yesterday, but don’t get all excited; this picture is from 2009. ❄🚕❄ #snow #JacksonHeights #NYC #winter #taxi #Snapseed

📆 North American blizzard of 2009, 72^nd Street between 35^th and 37^th avenues, Jackson Heights, 20 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TqKgtoNW6G/

I Assume This Was Hung on the Doorframe to Repel Insects

📷 I assume this was hung on the doorframe to repel insects. #ChiliPepper #lime #InsectRepellent #JacksonHeights #NYC (at Apna Bazaar)

📆 Apna Bazar Cash & Carry, 72-20 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 24 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/Tn-93MtWy5/

The Jews Are Deliberately Polluting the Sacred Christmas Holiday!

📷 Incontrovertible proof that the Jews are deliberately polluting the sacred Christmas holiday with their dirty Jew symbols! Fight the war on Christmas! (🎅✡)

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All five images are under Creative Commons licenses:

• Marco Repola (istolethetv), antisemitic santa, Santacon, New York City, 13 Dec. 2008.
• Phillip Merritt (intheburg), IMG_4001, Williamsburg, Va., 7 Dec. 2008.
• Chanel Beck (TheChanel), MistleJew, 14 Dec. 2006.
• Will Scovill (Bedtime Champ), Our Holiday Decor, 27 Sept. 2005.
• Marco Repola (istolethetv), Jewdolph the blue-nosed reindeer!, Santacon, New York City, 13 Dec. 2008.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

Cheese Cake Plan

📷 The “Cheese Cake Plan” is the plan on which I want to be! 🍴 #signage #misspelling #Engrish #cheesecake #dessert #cheesecakeplan #cake (at Ichi Umi)

📆 My birthday dinner at Ichi Umi 一海, 6 East 32 Street, Murray Hill, Manhattan, 21 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TmcKaJtW0h/

Kisses at “Dance 208” 💏

📷 Kisses at “Dance 208.” 💏 #gaykiss #gaynyc #GreenwichVillage #Dance208 #NYC 😘 (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

📆 “Dance 208: Twinkle Holiday Dance” at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 18–19 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/Ti8YxltWxk/

Winter at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing. ❄

📷 Winter at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing. ❄ #NYC #Flushing #Yule #winter #QNSLUV #ChristmasLights (at Flushing, Queens, New York)

📆 Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, 20 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/ThJLIKtW2q/

Joyous “Night of Forty”

🌇 Have a joyous “Night of Forty” (Çillə gecəsi چیلله گئجه‌سی/Yəlda یلدا‎), the longest night of the year.

☞ Ali Moradi (digital mind), Happy Yalda Night, 19 Dec. 2010, Flickr, 21 Dec. 2010, under a Creative Commons license.

Also available on Tumblr.

Some of the Sweets at the New York Bear Den Winter Holiday Party

📷 Some of the sweets—some of them homemade—at the New York Bear Den #winter holiday party. #NYBearDen #JacksonHeights #sweet #cookie #Yule #food #NYC #gaybear #bear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den winter holiday party at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 December 2012. (Photographs by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TccAxeNW2V/

Flagger at the LGBT Community Center’s “Twinkle Dance”

📷 Flagger at the LGBT community center’s “Twinkle Dance,” 2010. #FlaggingDance #gaycenter #LGBTCenterNYC #gaynyc #winter #GreenwichVillage (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

📆 “Dance 208: Twinkle Holiday Dance” at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 18–19 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TdZWWBNW2Q/

Xmas & Hanukkah Together Fireplace Decoration

📷 My current cover photo on the social networking Web sites: Lynn Friedman, Xmas & Hanukkah Together Fireplace Decoration, San Francisco, 29 Dec. 2011, under a Creative Commons license.

Also available on Tumblr.

Last modified 22 December 2012.

Bukharan Jews

🎨 Lev Evgrafovich Dmitriev‐Kavkazsky, Bukharan Jews, pencil on colored paper, dated 1875, in the public domain.

Also available on Tumblr.

Imposing Cambridge Court 🏢

📷 Imposing Cambridge Court. 🏢 #JacksonHeights #NYC #winter #QueensLove #QNSLUV (at Cambridge Court)

📆 Cambridge Court, 85^th Street between 37^th and Roosevelt avenues, Jackson Heights, 18 December 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TXlNZ7tWwJ/

Last modified 22 December 2012.

“She Did It, Officer!”: Glamorous Mannequin Lineup

📷 “She did it, officer!”: glamorous mannequin lineup. #JacksonHeights #NYC #sari #mannequin #vishal #SouthAsianEthnicGroups

📆 Vishal Sari Palace, 73-12A 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 17 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TWd1KhNWwF/

They Lit a Menora at the Community‐Wide LGBT Chanukah Party

📷 They lit a menora at the Community‐Wide LGBT Chanukah Party. #gayjew #gaynyc #JQY #CBST #UpperWestSide #gay #Jews #AmericanJews #winter #Hanukkah #Chanukah #menorah (at Congregation Rodeph Sholom)

📆 Community‐Wide LGBT Chanukah Party, organized by Jewish Queer “Youth” and various other groups, Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83 Street, Upper West Side, 15 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Also available on Tumblr.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TSWbhetW3r/

Volunteering for New York Bear Den in an Oriental Waistcoat

📷 Volunteering for New York Bear Den in an Oriental waistcoat. 🐻 #NYBearDen #gay #gaynyc #gaybear #bear #gayjew #NYC #JacksonHeights #winter #gpoy #me Image created with #Snapseed (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 12 December 2010. (Photograph by Chaz Antonelli.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TRdJmsNW1i/

Definitely Not Fast Food

📷 Definitely not fast food. “Cole slow.” 🍴 #ColeSlaw #supermarket #misspelling #NYC #JacksonHeights #QueensLove #QNSLUV #language #signage (at Met Food Market)

📆 Met Foodmarkets, 76-10 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 8 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TQDN4ytW6X/

Subway patterns. 🚇

📷 Subway patterns. 🚇 #NYCT #NYC #winter #pattern #subway #E #Ind

📆 The E train, New York City, 9 December 2012 (Ḥanukka). (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TO-brutW9W/

The Roosevelt Avenue El

📷 The Roosevelt Avenue el. #Woodside #NYCT #NYC #winter #QueensLove #el #MTA 🚇 (at MTA Subway - 61^st St/Woodside (7))

📆 Roosevelt Avenue and 62^nd Street, Woodside, 8 December 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook. 😐📖

http://www.instagram.com/p/TL35D9tWzS/

Bear Cookies at New York Bear Den

📷 Every New York Bear Den gathering, pâtissier Carlin brings homemade pastries, like these bear cookies with Yule‐colored buttons. 🎅🐻🍪 #NYBearDen #NYBD #pastry #cookie #bear #gaybear #NYC #JacksonHeights #gay #Yule #winter #PastryChef (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 12 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of this event can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/TJ-kRFtWw-/

The Menorat Hanukka in My Lobby

📷 The menorat Hanukka in my lobby, Jackson Heights. #NYC #Hanukkah #Chanukah #Jews #AmericanJews #חנוכה #חנוכיה #מנורה #hanukkiyya #menorah #JacksonHeights #winter

📆 My building, Jackson Heights, 10 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TJVQJXNW7m/

New York Bear Den Gave DVDs as Gifts

📷 At the winter holiday party, New York Bear Den gave DVDs as gifts to all in attendance! 🐻 🎅 #bear #nybearden #Yule #NYC #JacksonHeights #winter #gift #gaybear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den winter holiday party at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 December 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TCCSe1NW3o/

Happy, Oily and Greasy Hanukka!

📷 Happy, oily and greasy (first {now third} day of) Hanukka! #menorah #Hanukkah #Chanukah #Midtown #MidtownManhattan #חנוכה #חנכיה #מנורה #hanukkiyya #NYC (at New York Marriott Marquis)

📆 Socializing with members of Exotic Jews at the New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, Midtown Manhattan, 24 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/TAp4_KtW3r/

We Carry All Kind Fruits

📷 Lemon Farm has replaced Green Corner but I miss their old slogan, “We carry all kind fruits.” #signage #NYC #JacksonHeights #GreenCorner #LemonFarm #winter #fruit #grocery #grammar #Engrish (at Green Corner Deli Store)

📆 Green Corner, formerly Fruitel Farm, currently Lemon Farm, 77-19 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 7 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/S94sC3tW4r/

Last modified 13 December 2012.

Volunteering at New York Bear Den

📷 Volunteering at New York Bear Den. 🐻 #gpoy #NYBearDen #JacksonHeights #gaybear #bear #gaynyc #NYC #NYBD

📆 New York Bear Den at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 6 December 2009. (Photograph by Chaz Antonelli.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/S8IsZttW0h/

Shrine of Sorts

📷 Shrine of sorts at Thakali Kitchen, Jackson Heights. ☸ #Buddha #shrine #NYC #JacksonHeights #ThakaliKitchen #Thakali #NonResidentNepali #QueensLove #Buddhism #NepaliPeople (at Mustang Thakali Kitchen)

📆 Thakali Kitchen, 74-14 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 7 December 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/S43HTjNW96/

Last modified 13 December 2012.

The Upcoming New York Bear Den Winter Holiday Party

New York Bear Den will have their monthly gathering on Sunday and it’ll be the annual winter holiday party with a gift exchange. If you are a “bear” or are a man who is attracted to bears, or if you are uncertain but feel you might benefit from an environment in which you can socialize with friendly gay men who are not so hung up on body issues, I encourage visiting us. The details are on the Facebook event page and the Meetup event page. 🐻

📷 In the photograph: New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 12 December 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

Christmas Tree in Transit

📷 Christmas tree in transit, 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights. 🎄 #ChristmasTree #Yule #JacksonHeights #NYC #winter #cooperation

☞ 37^th Avenue and 80^th Street, Jackson Heights, 7 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Other photographs of mine from this day can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/SzM4iKNW_S/

Elves at the Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee Holiday Party

📷 Elves at the Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee holiday party, 2008. 🎅 #QLGPC #QueensPride #ClubAtlantis #gay #JacksonHeights #NYC #latino #gaylatino #GNJH

☞ Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee holiday party at Club Atlantis, 76-19 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, 13 December 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

The rest of my photographs of this event can be viewed on Facebook.

http://www.instagram.com/p/Sw2rXctW1-/

Ceiling of Clouds in Corona

📷 Ceiling of clouds in Corona. ☁☁ #Corona #queenslove #painting #cloud #VillaChina #NYC #JHFG #photography

☞ Roosevelt Avenue Street Food Crawl at Nueva Villa China, 39-10 103rd Street, Corona, 29 November 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SrQCYlNW3Z/

Jewish History They Didn’t Teach in Sunday School

📷 Seeing a presentation “Jewish History They Didn’t Teach in Sunday School.” #HumanisticJudaism #JewishAtheism #secularjudaismnyc #NYC #UpperWestSide #CityCongregation #Jews #AmericanJews #Humanisticjew #SAJNYC #thesaj #IISHJ #rabbi

☞ Presentation by Rabbi Adam Chalom, “Jewish History They Didn’t Teach in Sunday School,” the City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 West 86 Street, Upper West Side, 29 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SonqBHNW-E/

Fun and Frolic at the FurBall

📷 Fun and frolic at the FurBall, Greenwich Village. #FurBall #gaybear #gaycenter #GreenwichVillage #kiss #gaykiss #NYC #gayhug #lgbtcenternyc #gaynyc # (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

☞ FurBall at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 13–14 November 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SlWantNW78/

“Exotic” Friends and I

📷 Some “exotic” friends and I in Midtown Manhattan. #exojews #Midtown #NYC #EdSullivanTheater #autumn #MidtownManhattan #gpoy #Jews #ExoticJews (at Ed Sullivan Theatre)

☞ Exotic Jews by the Ed Sullivan Theater, 1697 Broadway, Midtown Manhattan, 24 November 2012. (Photograph by Isxaq Agadi.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SkKIHANW1_/

Previously

• “Yuletide Lights in Midtown Manhattan,” 30 Nov. 2012.

Momos/Mantılar

📷 Momos/mantılar in Namaste Tashi Delek Dumpling Palace, Jackson Heights. #momo #mantı #JacksonHeights #food #TibetanCuisine #sauce #dumpling #queenslove #NTDDP

☞ Namaste Tashi Delek Dumpling Palace in the rear of Merit Kabab & Dumpling Palace মেরিট কাবাব রেস্টুরেন্ট, 37-67 74^th Street, Jackson Heights, 4 October 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/Sio0QJNW38/

Yuletide Lights in Midtown Manhattan

📷 Yuletide lights in Midtown Manhattan as viewed from within a moving vehicle. #Yule #Thanksgiving #Midtown #Manhattan #autumn #ChristmasLights #MidtownManhattan

☞ Possibly West 55 Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues, Midtown Manhattan, 24 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SgZeXFNW8A/

Halal Turkey পাওয়া যায়

📷 “Halal turkey পাওয়া যায়.” A Bangladeshi Thanksgiving can be had in Jackson Heights. #signage #Bengali #JacksonHeights #Thanksgiving #autumn #NYC #queenslove (at Titash Supermarket)

☞ Titash Supermarket, 71-06 35^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 18 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/STztSUNW2q/

Previously

• “Gorgeous Autumn Colors in My Neighborhood,” 30 Nov. 2012.
• “Ethical Humanist Society Banner,” 30 Nov. 2012.

Colorful Shawl

📷 Colorful shawl seen on 37^th Avenue in Jackson Heights. #shawl #JacksonHeights #fashion #clothing #NYC #autumn #queenslove #SouthAsianEthnicGroups

☞ 37^th Avenue between 72^nd and 73^rd streets, Jackson Heights, 20 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SSzstttWwd/

Pastry Bakery 天天西饼

📷 One of the places I tried last night with friends was Pastry Bakery 天天西饼 in Elmhurst. #Elmhurst #bakery #NYC #queenslove #food

☞ Jeffrey Tastes’ “Halalathon” at Pastry Bakery 天天西饼, 82^nd Street between Roosevelt Avenue and Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, 19 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SQO3NxNW6_/

Gorgeous Autumn Colors in My Neighborhood

📷 I have been grooving on the gorgeous autumn colors in my neighborhood of late. 🍁🌳 #autumn #JacksonHeights #NYC #tree

☞ 77^th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34^th Avenue alongside Travers Park, Jackson Heights, 18 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SNmSq-tW2g/

Previously

• “Ethical Humanist Society Banner,” 30 Nov.

My Duck Lips

😗 Blowing a kiss to the camera just looks like duck lips.

📆 Ayah’s and Aaron’s birthdays with the Exotic Jews at Tiberias, 45 East 34 Street, Murray Hill, Manhattan, 10 November 2012. (Photograph by Eli Bildirici.)

Ethical Humanist Society Banner

📷 With the Ethical Humanist Society of Queens. #EthicalHumanistSocietyOfQueens #JacksonHeights #GardenSchool #NYC #Humanism #EthicalMovement #autumn #phoneography (at Garden School)

☞ Ethical Humanist Society of Queens banner at the Garden School, 33-16 79^th Street, Jackson Heights, 18 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/SLXKifNWxy/

Mughlai Buffet

📷 Does opening an Instagram account mean that I’ll be posting food pictures even more frequently? #MughlaiCuisine #JacksonHeights #NYC (at Tawa Tandoor)

☞ Tawa Tandoor, 37-50 74^th Street, Jackson Heights, 12 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/R8bMwmtWy7/

Carlin’s cupcakes

Carlin’s cornflake cupcakes at the New York Bear Den gathering. #bear #NYBD #cupcake

☞ New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 11 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Lou Rispoli murdered in Sunnyside

📷 Lou Rispoli, a gay man greatly involved in the community and a friend of friends, was murdered last month in Sunnyside. I am glad to have met him in 2008.

☞ Lou Rispoli at a Thanksgiving gathering at Mark’s place, Upper West Side, 30 November 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

See Andy Humm, “Beloved Gay Leader Savagely Attacked in Sunnyside Dies,” Gay City News, 25 Oct. 2012.

Past Heads of Years

Just in time for sundown and thus the end of the holiday, here is a list of my past Roʼsh hash‐Shana–themed micro‐content which I compiled on my hard disc and thought worthy of sharing. Because Google eliminated their micro‐blogging service Jaiku, this list had to be cobbled from various sources. Some of the accompanying links lead to holiday videos.

5769 (2008), preserved nowhere but on Facebook as far as I know

• שנה טובה!‏ 🔗‏ ‎—29 Sept. (Facebook)
• …wishes all a כתיבה וחתימה טובה. May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. —29 Sept. (Facebook)

5770 (2009), published on Jaiku, preserved on FriendFeed

• …awaits the Jewish New Year by listening to a Yiddish cover version of a popular Hebrew song about the coming year. 🔗 —17 Sept. (FriendFeed)
• …feels if you do not have access to a shofar (ram’s horn) you should improvise. Happy New Year. 🔗 —17 Sept. (FriendFeed)
• …now awaits the Jewish New Year by listening to a Turkish cover version of the same popular Hebrew song about the coming year. 🔗 —18 Sept. (FriendFeed)

5771 (2010), published on Jaiku, preserved on Google Buzz

• …wishes all a sweet new year, but tonight will not be eating the traditional foods depicted in the video. 🔗 —8 Sept. (Buzz)
• ☼ At my location, sunset will be 19:16. Sometimes, waiting for sunset for a holiday to begin can be a drag. 🔗 —8 Sept. (Buzz)
• ‏✡ לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו.‏ 🔗‏ ‎—8 Sept. (Buzz)
• …is celebrating the Jewish new year by listening to a Sefaraddi‐Israeli Gipsy Kings knockoff band. 🔗 —9 Sept. (Buzz)

5772 (2011), published on Google+

• …thinks it perfectly appropriate to celebrate the Jewish new year with a cover version of “Gold Digger.” 🎶⚞✡ 🔗 —27 Sept. (Google+)
• 📺 ‏„שנה טובה.”‏ An appearance by the late Ofra Haza on the children’s television series Parpar Neḥmad. (🍎🍯) ♬ 🔗 —28 Sept. (Google+)
• 🎵 What could be more exotic than the Zulu song “Mbube” (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) adapted with a Hebrew lyric? 🔗 —28 Sept. (Google+)
• 🎉 A happy, healthy and sweet year 5772 to all! לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו. שנה טובה ומתוקה.‏ Roş Haşana Bayramı kutlu olsun. 🍎🍯 🔗 —29 Sept. (Google+)

5773 (2012), published on Google+

• ♫ It’s too theistic for me at parts, but the Ein Prat Fountainheads did release a really cute music video for Roʼsh hash‐Shana (ראש השנה) last year. 🍎🍯 📹 🔗 —16 Sept. (Google+)
• 😞 I always think to have traditional foods after the holiday has begun, so I doubt I’ll find lekex (לעקעך)/​revani/​basbusa (بسبوسة) in my area. 🔗 —17 Sept. (Google+)

Shana Ṭoba שנה טובה

📷 Roʼsh hash‐Shana ראש השנה, the Jewish new year, will soon be here. 📅

My new cover photo on the social networking sites: Chany Crystal, Shana Tova, 29 Sept. 2006, Flickr, under a Creative Commons license.

Window in a Square

My new cover photo on the social networking sites: Maria Hobl, Window in a Square, photograph shot in Agadir, Morocco, 29 Mar. 2011. Flickr, 14 Apr. 2011, under a Creative Commons license.

Sona and Mandi

Sona Mandi, 37-44 74^th Street, Jackson Heights, 3 September 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

سونا منڈی

Sona is a common Indo‐Aryan word for ‘gold’. Compare Urdu سونا, Panjabi ਸੋਨਾ sōnā, Hindi सोना sonā. Mandi is a market, as in Urdu منڈی manḍī. So Sona Mandi is a gold market. Both words are used in other store names here in Jackson Heights, New York.