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.

10 January 2013

Winter Clothing

📷 Winter clothing. #gaynyc #gayjew #MountainJew #gaybear #bear #gayatheist #gpoy #me #selfportrait #gayqafqaz #Fəs #tarbush #طربوش #טרבוש (at Filldor Court)

📆 My apartment, Jackson Heights, 23 January 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UM2bZstW4A/

05 January 2013

Turhan Bey Was Half Jewish

📷 Was I aware before he died in September that Turhan Bey was half Jewish? (👳✡)

☞ Unknown photographer, photograph of Turhan Bey labeled J‐S27, pre‐1950, believed to be in the public domain. (See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turhan_Bey_1.jpg.)

(Also available on Tumblr.)

Winter Walk Riverside Park

📷 My cover photo on the social networking sites: Dave Bledsoe, Winter Walk Riverside Park, 8 Jan. 2010, under a Creative Commons license.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

Bears Are Really Friendly

📷 I’m looking forward to the New York Bear Den gathering on the thirteenth. Bears are really friendly. #NYBearDen #JacksonHeights #gaynyc #gaybear #bear #gaykiss #winter (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den (and Bob’s birthday) at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 January 2011. (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/UEnmQbtW0z/

Chandelier Viewed from Below

📷 #Chandelier viewed from below, 2009. #perspective #JacksonHeights (at Delhi Heights)

📆 Delhi Heights, 37-66 74^th Street, Jackson Heights, 8 January 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/T-tc2ctW-N/

02 January 2013

Hanging Balls, One Lower Than the Other

📷 Hanging balls, one lower than the other, 2010. _🔵^🔵 #JacksonHeights #ChristmasOrnament #ChristmasWreath #Yule #diner #clock #NewYearsDay #wreathball (at Jackson House Diner)

📆 Jackson House Restaurant, 82-14 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 1 January 2010. (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/T8aOTaNW7d/

A New Year Means by Definition a New Month…

📷 A new year means by definition a new month, so that means another New York Bear Den gathering is upcoming. Look at the gorgeous #cheesecake someone brought in 2011. #food #dessert #cake #nybearden #gaybear #newyear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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

This idea of a “New Year’s cheesecake” is apparently not a new one although it was new to me. See also

Veronica Chan, Instagram, 31 Dec. 2012.
Veronica Chan, Instagram, 1 Jan. 2013.
“Countdown Cheesecake Recipe,” Taste of Home, n.d., reproduced from Quick Cooking, November–December 2002, 59.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/T79lxhNW4t/

The Spirit of 76th: the 76th Street Eagle 𐇮

📷 The spirit of 76^th: the 76^th Street eagle. 𐇮 #JacksonHeights #NYC #patriotism #eagle #winter #tree #QueensLove #QNSLUV (at Jackson Heights, NY)

📆 34-02 76^th Street, Jackson Heights, 10 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/Tz9JS-tW6G/

31 December 2012

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/

30 December 2012

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/

26 December 2012

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/

24 December 2012

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/

22 December 2012

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/

“Who writes this stuff?”

Elyaqim Mosheh Adam (a.k.a. Mark) is a gay Jewish–New Yorker who promotes his photography, videography and writing here, and who may be reasonably expected to write on any combination of the following:

• Gay/Queer, including ursine, topics;
• Jewish, Near Eastern, North African, Central and South Asian, and Caucasian topics;
• Linguistics, particularly as relevant to the populations mentioned above;
• Centrist topics;
• Atheist, Humanist, Naturalist or Bright topics;
• History, with the understanding that the topic includes his own personal experiences, however mundane they may be, in and occasionally out of his beloved native city.

Only rarely does he actually write in the third person.

{The old description: Still trying to strike a balance between a mere cataloging of my experiences, rarely done in a timely manner, and writings about subjects that interest me (linguistics, history etc.).}

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