Elyaqim Mosheh Adam • אליקים משה אדם

Gay Jewish–New Yorker and libertarian‐leaning classic liberal with some center‐right conservative views who is publishing on ▴ gay and ursine topics ▴ the public domain and freely licensed creative works ▴ Near Eastern, Central Asian, North African and Caucasian topics ▴ linguistics, particularly as relevant to the above populations ▴ Humanist, naturalist or Bright topics ▴ history, understood to include my own personal experiences in and occasionally out of my beloved native city.

28 August 2025

Popeye Eats Spinach from a Can, 1932.

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Popeye eats spinach directly from a can on 21 May 1932. But he eats it with a utensil, likely a fork, possibly a can‐opener. ☞ “I didn’t get...
06 April 2021

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Illustrations for “ What Is Home Without a Golf Course? ,” by Elene Foster, New York Tribune , vol. 79, no. 26614, 28 Sept. 1919 . (In the p...
18 September 2019

Rusticus in Luna

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The earliest literary appearance of the familiar character of the Man in the Moon, the man punished by being eternally banished on the moon,...
28 June 2019

Jackson Heights, 1921

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The four illustrations from “ Twenty‐six Garden Apartment Houses Costing $3,000,000 to Be Built at Jackson Heights ,” The New York Time...
25 April 2019

Preparing for the Passing Over of the Angel of Death

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“Preparing for the Passing Over of the Angel of Death,” illustration by C. M. Burd for With the Children on Sundays: Through Eye‐Gat...
17 March 2019

Hippopotamus

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“ THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. —One of the largest and most formidable animals known to natural history is the Hippopotamus or River Horse. Its short...
18 February 2019

Goodbye, Cookie ⚱️🍪👀🐈

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Goodbye, Cookie. ⚱️🍪👀🐈 23 July 2016. 11 Feb. 2012. 11 Feb. 2012. 7 May 2017. 7 May 2017. 7 May 2...
15 June 2018

June: “Don’t Spoil a Good Dream”

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“ Don’t Spoil a Good Dream ,” illustration by Frank Mack, calendar, South Pacific Base Command headquarters, US Army, 1945. (In the publ...
03 February 2017

Punching Nazis and Burning University Campuses → Attacking Jews

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I am extremely disheartened, if not frightened, by how many of my supposedly progressive online contacts on social media have lately been c...
24 December 2016

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“ The Feast of Dedication as Celebrated in an English Synagogue ,” uncredited illustration in “Historical Sketch of the Jews Since Thei...
07 June 2016

Vote Hilary

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Vote for a Democrat. Vote Hilary. Hilary A. Herbert . (Photograph by Charles Milton Bell , in the public domain.) ( Wikimedia...
01 April 2016

In Loving Memory of Joe Doyle

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📷 In loving memory of Joe Doyle , a well‐known member of the community, who died on 22 March. 😢 (All photographs by Elyaqim Mosheh Ad...
24 March 2016

Purim and Anti‐Semitism

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🖼 The legend central to the holiday of Purim depicts a situation wherein allegations of anti‐Semitism are taken seriously and not cate...
03 March 2016

Looking Serious in a Playful Winter Hat

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🌬📷 By some ways of reckoning it, winter is over, but the weather here is certainly still wintery. Here are some of my recent photos s...
11 February 2016

Swollen Bear Is Swollen

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My keratocystic odontogenic tumor was finally cut out of me earlier this week, and now I have a large gap where it used to be that need...
09 February 2016

My Surgery Is Nigh

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The time has finally come when the keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) about which I have been complaining for more than a year will ...
29 January 2016

After the Blizzard

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Snow on 72 nd Street between 35 th and 37 th avenues after the blizzard , Jackson Heights, 24 January 2016. (Photograph by Elyaqim...
27 January 2016

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After some of my friends requested information on my health and others expressed some confusion over it, I offer this health update. • ...
24 January 2016

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🌳 A picture of an almond tree in the Land of Israel, in honor of the Jewish New Year of the Trees (ראש השנה לאילנות‎). Uncredit...
04 January 2016

Taken in by the Propaganda

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The only thing that marred my otherwise wonderful extended New Year’s/Perihelion weekend was hearing in conversation that two different inte...
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