Niche:
I want a story about an Ashkenazi man that was named Shimon, who marries an Ethiopian woman called Yerus, and they have 2 kids (alem).
Just for the end scene he come to to be her mom shouting at him:
"SHIMALE! Hagar'chi Yerus Alem dhana?" (Shima'le! Are Yerus and Alem safe?)
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Yeh this is so niche only like 4 ppl would ever get it. But I find it funny.
Explanations:
1. The jewish name Shim'on שמעון often gets nicknamed to Shima'le שימעל'ה in Ashkenazi more-religuos subcultures. (Mizrahi are more likely to short this to Shimi).
2. Ethiopian jews: So like, in Ethiopia, when storks flew over the village people would come out to see and ask/sing
"shimela, shimela, āgerachin yerusalēm dehina?" - "Stork, stork, is our land Jerusalem well?"
Written something like this, iirc: ሽመላ ሽመላ, አገራችን የሩሳሌም ደህና?
From what I heard, there was a common belief that all storks come from Jerusalem.
Partly true as storks are a migratory species, which means they do fly over (and land to rest in) Israel, which includes Jerusalem and many of the area.
Anyway I just. Always think about it. And think it's funny.
