My thought here is that Kelandry isn't Jewish. Why would anyone who respects Judaism/Jewish studies want to name something Torah? That's not a name for a person or a character. If the name Tovah were banned, I would understand the concern immediately.
This is incredibly out of touch and I hope they get a chance to learn more about the cultural aspects of what their interests have latched onto.
There's five books of the Torah. Surely there is a name of a prominent character in one of them that you enjoy and you could use for the dragon instead! Look up the Hebrew variation of those names if you want bonus points for authenticity.
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Surely there is a name of a prominent character in one of them that you enjoy and you could use for the dragon instead! Look up the Hebrew variation of those names if you want bonus points for authenticity.
Some Hebrew names are in the random name gen already, even. I had kites named Yaakov before, to use an example.
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coming from a Jewish family, kelandry treating Judaism in this manner deeply bothers me, even if it's their special interest and point of study. if they are Jewish, they should know better than to treat the sacred scroll of the Jewish people as something they can just name things after. maybe they come from a more relaxed, reform Judaism household, but I was raised like that and know better. I also know better that it's likely unintentional for certain religious things to be blocked while others aren't, and would just talk to staff like a reasonable person instead of publicly jumping to assume malice immediately.
iunno. this is behaviour I'd expect from a very VERY young Jewish person, or gentiles who aren't thinking before acting.
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AYRT (I think) and if I wasn't clear enough earlier, I'm also Jewish. This is just dumb. I can't even be mad because I'm pretty sure this is someone coming from a non-Jewish context who doesn't understand that the Torah is the work of dedicated, regular people who continued to preserve the message of the faith, generation after generation. I don't care for my faith being treated like it's in history only.
That's why I'm absolutely positive kelandry isn't Jewish. It's one thing to study history in school - it's quite another to treat your studies as all there is, while we walk among you.
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oh, no, i could tell you were speaking from some form of practicing experience tied to judaism.
as for even suggesting that kelandry MIGHT be jewish, that's just me trying to give any wiggle room in the (rare) event that they might be, since conversion/coming from a very loosely religious household is possible (had some of those folks in my confirmation group of all things) and leaves some room for ignorance. i'm in your camp in that it's absolutely far more likely the case they're just an academic, because of the specific ways in which they speak about judaism. they speak with no reverence or respect for the subject of their study, just academic attachment, and it reads like judaism is an ant colony on their desk to stare at.
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as a marine biologist in the works, i appreciate your imagery and find it more appropriate, because yeah this does feel like someone tapping on the glass.
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Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)This is incredibly out of touch and I hope they get a chance to learn more about the cultural aspects of what their interests have latched onto.
There's five books of the Torah. Surely there is a name of a prominent character in one of them that you enjoy and you could use for the dragon instead! Look up the Hebrew variation of those names if you want bonus points for authenticity.
Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)Some Hebrew names are in the random name gen already, even. I had kites named Yaakov before, to use an example.
Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)iunno. this is behaviour I'd expect from a very VERY young Jewish person, or gentiles who aren't thinking before acting.
Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)That's why I'm absolutely positive kelandry isn't Jewish. It's one thing to study history in school - it's quite another to treat your studies as all there is, while we walk among you.
Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)oh, no, i could tell you were speaking from some form of practicing experience tied to judaism.
as for even suggesting that kelandry MIGHT be jewish, that's just me trying to give any wiggle room in the (rare) event that they might be, since conversion/coming from a very loosely religious household is possible (had some of those folks in my confirmation group of all things) and leaves some room for ignorance. i'm in your camp in that it's absolutely far more likely the case they're just an academic, because of the specific ways in which they speak about judaism. they speak with no reverence or respect for the subject of their study, just academic attachment, and it reads like judaism is an ant colony on their desk to stare at.
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(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread - Naming Dragons after Religious Texts
(Anonymous) 2025-01-04 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)as a marine biologist in the works, i appreciate your imagery and find it more appropriate, because yeah this does feel like someone tapping on the glass.