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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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. 😐📖

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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.

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.)

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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.)

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