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Nick and I are returning to our east european roots bc we buy pickles from the farmers market from the magical pickle lady and we're going to save the pickle juice in a jar and do shots of it bc it's freaking good for you
Shtetl Swag Competition Round 1
Masterpost
ROUND 1:
1. The Golem of Prague vs. The Tavernkeeper WINNER: GOLEM
2. Lemml (Indecent) vs. The Little Goat WINNER: LITTLE GOAT
3. The Rabbi vs. Fruma Sarah WINNER: THE RABBI
4. Leah (The Dybbuk) vs. The Shadchan WINNER: LEAH
5. Sheydim vs. Manke (God of Vengeance) WINNER: MANKE
6. Menachem Mendel vs. Tevye WINNER: TEVYE
7. The Wooden Shul vs. Mirke (Hereville) WINNER: THE WOODEN SHUL
8. Miryem Mandelstam (Spinning Silver) vs. The Klezmer WINNER: THE KLEZMER
9. Dybbukim vs. The Shnorer WINNER: DYBBUKIM
10. Yentl vs. Asa Heshel (The Family Moskat) WINNER: YENTL
11. Little Ash vs. The Feldsher WINNER: THE FELDSHER
12. Joseph’s Grandfather (Something From Nothing) vs. The Zogerke WINNER: THE ZOGERKE
13. Hershel of Ostropol vs. The Klogerin WINNER: HERSHEL
14. The Shammes vs. Anon’s Great-Grandma Babushka Riva WINNER: BABUSHKA RIVA
15. Shomer Dapim vs. The Wise Men of Chelm WINNER: THE WISE MEN OF CHELM
16. And They Were Chrevrusas vs. Shretlech WINNER: THE CHEVRUSAS
Shtetl Swag Competition Lineup
The lineup is ready!! The polls will drop either tomorrow night (Wednesday 2/22) or Saturday night (2/25)! The bracket and matchups will be posted between now and then :) Slight change -- Round 1 will only be 32 contestants, not 64.
BEINGS FROM FOLKLORE:
The Golem of Prague Dybbukim Shretlech Sheydim Shomer Dapim SHTETL ARCHETYPES:
The Shnorer The Feldsher The Zogerke The Rabbi The Klezmer The Shammes The Klogerin The Shadchan The Chevrusas The Tavernkeeper The Wooden Shul The Little Goat CHARACTERS:
Manke (God of Vengeance) Yentl/Anshl (Yentl) Tevye (Fiddler) Fruma Sarah (Fiddler) Leah (The Dybbuk) Mirka (Hereville) The Wise Men of Chelm Hershel of Ostropol (Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins) Little Ash (When the Angels Left the Old Country) Menachem Mendel (The Adventures of Menachem Mendel) Miryem Mandelstam (Spinning Silver) Lemml (Indecent) Asa Heshel (The Family Moskvat) Grandpa (Something From Nothing) Babushka Riva (Real Life)
Announcing the Shtetl Swag Competition!
This will be a bracket featuring the following types of characters and concepts:
Shtetl archetypes/the types of people who'd live in a shtetl
Characters from Yiddish plays or other media set in the Pale of Settlement
Creatures or beings from Jewish folklore
You can nominate a character or creature here! Nominations will close Tuesday night, February 14th.
If anyone wants to submit pictures of your tu b’shevat activities we’d love to see them! (Especially any seders! :D )
I made a little something to replace the sticky note I used to keep my challah recipe on the kitchen wall.
Carding and spinning wool!
Chickies :)