nickidewbear's definitions

Karaite

One who is a Jew who subscribes only to the Tanakh ("Old Testament"), and to few or none of the various Talmudim, midrashim, gemerot, or other Pharisaical additions to the Jewish Scriptures.

Karaites will subscribe only to the various Pharisaical additions to Tanakh as optional and as long as they don't contradict or otherwise go against Tanakh.

by Nickidewbear January 9, 2013

Hell on wheels

Figurative for a hard-driven person with a mean streak.

An infamous nun in the Seton Keough community in Baltimore County, Maryland was actually called "Hell on Wheels"-- because of her name (Sister Helen Mercedes, which was obviously to pun) and her reputation for cruelty toward students at Seton Keough High School (which was two separate schools while "Hell on Wheels" was there).

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

TS:NE

“Too short: need elaboration”. Alternative: “TS:NC”—“Too short: need clarification”.

“Pakistan:India is Palestine:Israel.

“ TS:NE (Too short: need elaboration): n other words, Pakistan is occupied India which the British government had no business partitioning—just like it had no business dividing “Mandatory Palestine” when Israel had a millennia-long presence of Jews.”

by Nickidewbear October 1, 2021

Jews For Jesus

Messianic Jews, Jewish Christians, etc.

The term comes from a Messianic Jewish organization founded by the late Moishe (ne Martin, 1932-2010) and Celia Starr Rosen. Called "Jews for Jesus", the organization is a 501(c)3 Messianic Jewish ministry which is often targeted for vile persecution by groups such as the Antimissionary organization Jews for Judaism.

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

Badass Jew

Self-explanatory.

If you still don't get what "Badass Jew" means, though, think about The Bear Jew or real-life badass Jews such as Doctor Ruth (a Holocaust survivor and a Haganah member).

by Nickidewbear July 23, 2017

Koenigstein

A German and Ashkenazic Jewish variant of "Koenig" or "King"; and in some cases, "Koenig" may well be a variant of "Kohein"-- given that the German "Koenig" means "King" and koheinim (priests) were the head caste in Ancient Israel.

Woody Allen was born as a "Koenig", but not a "Koenigstein".

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011

Antimissionary

Also "Counter Missionary", "Antimissionary" denotes an individual Non-Messianic Jew or gentile (i.e., a Jew or gentile who is not a Christian) who will delibarately go out of his or her way to persecute Christians-- in particular, Jewish Christians.

An infamous Antimissionary organization is Jews for Judaism, supported by websites such as JewFAQ.

by Nickidewbear August 22, 2011