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Have you ever been in a book
not knowingly
acknowledgements
character based on you
someone's biography references you
artist/photography
master's publication
local newspaper
public figure/known celebrity
scientific journal
co-authorship
your own book/autobiography
telephone book
Did you know you can access tumblr on a heart monitor if you try hard enough
Honestly, all this doubting is ridiculous. You don’t know how Jews do our record-keeping.
Jewish communities across the world developed a meticulous system, anchored in Jewish law, with layers of verification that long predate modern passports.
We've crossed checked communities for millennium.
When Jews marry, the community does not simply “take one’s word for it.” Community leaders correspond with the individual’s home community to confirm lineage and standing.
Identity is visible in communal life from the beginning. At birth, the child’s name is announced in the synagogue. At coming of age (libsu tephillim/bar miṣva), the father’s name and tribal status, whether Cohen, Levi, or Israelite, are proclaimed at ʿaliyoth, the public law readings held throughout the week. At burial, tombstones inscribed in Hebrew preserve the same details. Every lifecycle event is public, witnessed, and documented, making a person’s lineage a matter of record.
The backbone of this system is the kethuba, the marriage contract mandated by Jewish law. A marriage is valid only if signed by two upright witnesses, men of good standing in the community who are neither relatives, gamblers, nor men of poor character (MT Ishuth 4:7). Without witnesses, a betrothal has no legal standing. With them, the marriage enters the communal record. Their signatures affirm both the couple’s consent and their Jewish identity. Preserved across generations, kethuboth form a living archive of continuity.
Every beth din (Jewish court) kept ledgers of marriages, divorces, conversions, and communal enactments. Under Ottoman rule, Jews also maintained official defter registers of circumcisions and burials, similar to church baptismal books. Tombstones often recorded lineage with formulae such as “X son of Y haCohen,” sometimes with surnames once they came into use, aligning with synagogue records and Jewish legal documents. At the empire-wide level, the office of the Ḥakham Bashi certified giyur (naturalization), marriages, and divorces, giving them recognition in both Jewish law and the state system.
When doubts arose, the requirements became stricter. For priestly families, lineage had to be traced back 8 generations. For Levites and Israelites, 10 generations (MT Issure Biʿa 19). Families known for arrogance, cruelty, or quarrelsomeness were treated with suspicion. No stranger could establish his own presumption of Jewishness; he had to produce documentary or testimonial proof, confirmed by a beth din.
Even today, rabbinical courts follow the same logic. If someone lacks communal standing, they must provide kethuboth, tombstone inscriptions, communal letters, or vetted oral testimony before recognition is granted.
For millennia, Jews have preserved rigorous systems of law, record-keeping, and witness testimony. This chain of verification has safeguarded the integrity of Jewish identity long before modern states ever conceived of passports.
@ChouaIsaac
lil comics i made for a poster project last term about improper records retention ! bonus under the cut just because it requires a bit more explanation
Black History Month - Genealogy at Connecticut State Library
the scriptorium brothers art under the impression i am unable to hear them from mine desk, and often discuss such topics as:
- which saints art the most desirable
- taking bets on which herb in @monkbrother-thomas's garden shall grow tallest
- much bickering over which shall be @sisterclaennis ‘s “monk of the month”
- whether @brother-aethelstan qualifies as a “dilf” (i am unsure what this term refers to, but it seems to involve fatherhood)
- one incident which nearly came to blows over the proper way to depict an Elyphant for an illuminated bestiary
50 chests and 5 eggs today
[Posting for record keeping and info.]
March 6th the brand ItemLabel released their Series 6 OuiOuis. For randomly selected orders made on release day, the company distributed 100 Ruby Peepy.
March 13th, I was one of the few who received one.
My Ruby Peepy sold for $600 + 1 robot ouioui. This is simply a recording of what I personally took for it after asking $200 or Best Offer within the ItemLabel Trading discord group.
