PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoCelebrating an LGBT-friendly synagogue, New York, USA, 1973lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageCelebrating an LGBT-friendly synagogue, New York, USA, 1973lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCheradeninelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoThey support gay rights and fine wine and spirits, we can forgive the spelling misteake. Beth, Beit, Beis, all mean ‘home’ they probably changed it to be more inline with modern pronunciation/spelling, though I didn’t see anything to that effect.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoHuh - I had no idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Hebrew_toponyms#B
They support gay rights and fine wine and spirits, we can forgive the spelling misteake.
Beth, Beit, Beis, all mean ‘home’ they probably changed it to be more inline with modern pronunciation/spelling, though I didn’t see anything to that effect.
Huh - I had no idea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Hebrew_toponyms#B