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I hit a sort of genealogical jackpot this week! A few weeks ago, Jeremy located two people I’d never heard of, who were both related to me in the same way, presumably from my mother’s paternal grandmother. I didn’t think too much about it at the time, aside from doing a perfunctory search for information.

This week I decided to look into it more, so I tracked down a family tree with one of the people on it (both of them were actually on it, they’re siblings). When I started looking at that tree, I noticed that someone with my ggma’s name and two of her children’s names was on it. Bingo!

There still needs to be some independent verification, but I was able to contact a third-cousin from that line, and she said that she had been told they had relatives (my family) in Pittsburgh. So — so far, the DNA evidence and the available trees all match up!

The downside was discovering that not all that part of the family left Ukraine, and it looks like quite a few were killed during the Holocaust. As far as I know, only this one branch of that family, and my ggma, actually left for the New World.

Esther keeps reminding me I need to do similar research for ''her'' side of the family. “It’s complicated”, I tell her!

Various and sundry:
* Politics is [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-715040 where ex-IDF chiefs of staff] go to fade away. We’ve got a whole new crop signing up to fade away this fall.
* From “Cracked”, of all places, in ''2016'': [https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about How half of America] lost its #$@#$ mind. An interesting read, still germane.
* Solana on [https://www.piratewires.com/p/debt-babies “debt babies”].
* Dvorak opines on the [https://dvorak.substack.com/p/joe-biden-impeachment-coming impeachment of POTUS]. Considering the lack of guts perpetually exhibited by the Rs, I don’t see it happening, ever.
* Hyundai engineers make a [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/08/hyundai-uses-example-keys-for-encryption-system.html very dumb cryptography mistake], one which should result in them getting fired and blackballed.
* Dr Hossenfelder on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xsg9iK5yo renewable energy storage]. What to do when there’s no sun or wind?

The JPost [https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-715385 manages to write] seemingly serious articles which are based upon nothing. In this particular one, they are surprised that an “Orthodox” man manages to work in hi-tech. News flash, JPost: there are a helluva lot of us! Apparently the “Jerusalem” Post staff didn’t do a walkabout amongst Jerusalem’s hi-tech firms.

We’ve got ''very'' hot weather (37C+) for ''shabbat'', and the heat-wave is supposed to last well into next week. I anticipate an “in-''shabbat''” this week featuring cold drinks.

Our menu this ''shabbat'' is simple:<br>
homemade ''pita'',
[https://deliciouslymediterranean.com/zaatar-chicken/ ''zaʿatar'' chicken],
[https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/sumac-roasted-potatoes/ sumac potatoes],
roasted vegetables,
various ''salatim'',
and chocolate-chip bars.<br>

Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''!

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