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Max Iorsh
@iorsh@kishkush.net  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A new Hebrew-related Unicode proposal... I hate being a gatekeeper, and I know nothing about the Babylonian Messorah, but a private proposal without any significant affiliation looks like a safe bet to have even more Unicode mess, like the one we are already having with the combining classes of Tiberian cantillation marks. Just saying... 🙃

https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/25268-babylonian-proposal.pdf

#Unicode #Hebrew

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Alex Akselrod boosted
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@dukepaaron@babka.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

"When some of #Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic #Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching from Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav on which it is based.

They were also alluding to their status as inmates on #RikersIsland, #NewYorkCity’s largest #jail.

“Everybody there knows that they are separated from the rest of their lives by an actual very narrow bridge,” Simring said.

So when it came time to name the jail’s new #siddur — perhaps the first ever #Jewish prayer book compiled expressly for the use in a correctional facility — the choice was obvious. “The Very Narrow Bridge: A Rikers Island Siddur” entered use earlier this summer."

https://www.jta.org/2025/08/11/religion/new-on-rikers-island-a-jewish-prayerbook-designed-with-incarcerated-congregants-in-mind

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@dukepaaron@babka.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

"When some of #Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic #Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching from Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav on which it is based.

They were also alluding to their status as inmates on #RikersIsland, #NewYorkCity’s largest #jail.

“Everybody there knows that they are separated from the rest of their lives by an actual very narrow bridge,” Simring said.

So when it came time to name the jail’s new #siddur — perhaps the first ever #Jewish prayer book compiled expressly for the use in a correctional facility — the choice was obvious. “The Very Narrow Bridge: A Rikers Island Siddur” entered use earlier this summer."

https://www.jta.org/2025/08/11/religion/new-on-rikers-island-a-jewish-prayerbook-designed-with-incarcerated-congregants-in-mind

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Paride Dan
@paride5745@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
#introduction time. I am #Italian, living in Berlin, I’m a Cloud PO for a German consulting firm. I like to play #guitar in my spare time, and watch #racing (F1, WEC).
At home I currently use GhostBSD on my personal thinkpad, Linux Mint on the family/living room mini-pc, and stock SteamOS on my Steam Deck. First Linux distro: Mandrake 7.1; first BSD: FreeBSD 4.7. Played with pretty much every OS I could find, from Slackware to Plan9.

I speak #Italian, #English, some #German and basic #Hebrew.

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