The Case of Chana/Hanka (Helena) Czerniecka Podochowicz

 Her father was Karol (Chaim) Czerniecki; and her parental grandparents were Dominika (daughter of Antoni and Marianna/Mariam-Chana Fiedorowicz Wierzbinski) and Paweł (Sha’ul) Czerniecki. The parental grandparents followed a mixture of Sefardi and Ashkenazi naming customs; and there is reason to believe that they were genuinely Catholic Christian in religious outlook (with two of their children being Paulina and Nikodem by secular or non-Hebrew/non-Yiddish name). Pawel’s parents were Jan Jozef (Yochanahn Yosef; c. 1748-1837) and Krystyna Katarzyna (Chana Krase; c. 1781-1851).   Karol married Antonina Sawicka in 1891 (It seems like marriage-registration quotas even applied to Catholics of Jewish ethnicity in Russia-occupied Poland); and Karol’s brother Antoni went on to marry a cousin, “Katarzyna” Daniłowiczówna (b. October 26, 1838; forcibly baptized on December 29 1843, in the year after her father died).   “Katarzyna” gave her age as “17” when she married because of when she’d been forcibly baptized (as she would have turned 17 in 1860 had she really been born in that year); and her mother was Marianna (Mariam-Chanah) Krusinska Daniłowiczówa, a daughter of Tereza Surożenska Krusinska (later remarried Rutkowska). Tereza herself was a cousin of Chanah Krase Surożenska Czerniecka.   PS “Antoni” was often used as a secular name to calque “Jozef” or “Yosef”. At various times, the Czerniecki and connected (including Andrulewicz and Zdanowicz) families felt comfortable using Jewish names (e.g., Like Hanka, two of her cousin Yehudah’s/Julian’s/Ludwick’s sons used Yiddish names as nicknames—one was Jankie, and the other Susi.). When Antisemitism was prevalent or otherwise a very-real dread, even the family name was not spared, with “Czerniecki”/“Zernetzky” (and its variants) being spelled for the family to pretend that we connections to a certain Antisemitic Polish hetman. 

PS Thanks to (among other organizations and individuals ) Genetka and others for indexing records, etc.; and (notwithstanding unscrupulous people like Randy Schoenberg) JewishGen (PPS Randy, if you and your accomplices try anything, I will release the screenshots, emails, etc. I have no problem telling anyone you how victim blamed Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, doxxed multiple people; I am ashamed that Randy is a Munka-Horowitz, and Geni did confirm the connection. As far as I know, my Munka ancestors certainly would not have put up with Randy’s unscrupulous behavior just because of whom his paternal grandfather was).

Originally A Reply On Facebook—And Worth Reiterating If I’ve Already Discussed It

(Here, I was able to add links within the comment. I also demonstrated even and Non-Christian and even Anti-Christian/Anti-Messianic sources end up demonstrating exactly what the New Testament says). 

[So, when was Jesus born? I]nterestingly, the Talmud talks about the Messiah (even though the rabbis refused to acknowledge Jesus) as being born on the Fast Day in the Fifth Month (which the rabbis claim is Tisha b’Av instead of Asara b’Av). Given how cruel the Romans were in regards to Jews, it would unfortunately absolutely make sense that Mary and Joseph were forced to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem in the summer—and both were 20 years old at a minimum. Think about two 20-year-old Jews being forced to travel on an extremely-brutal summer day during times of fasting just because the Romans wanted to to inflict as much cruelty as possible. Mary and Joseph had likely just reached adulthood (as nobody under the age of 20 was excluded from entering the Promised Land— whereas only Joshua and Caleb were “20 years old and upward” and allowed to enter ‘Eretz Yisra’el). Mary also began adulthood pregnant and with most people believing that she had not been shomeret Torah.

Full Letter For FIG Missions (Written On A Voluntary and Non-Paid Basis)

 (PS I promise to never take payment for helping orphans and widows in Cameroon.)

		Nicole Czarnecki, volunteer for Faith In God Charity Missions 862.294.9326 info@figcharitymissions.org
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Dear Fellow YouTube Users and YouTube Audience:  The Scriptures tell us that faith without works (James 2, especially verse 26) is the opposite a living and an active faith (Romans 12:1-2, Hebrews 4:12), and that one is to go out and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:16-20). They also tell us that one cannot believe in the Gospel if he or she has not heard it, and that whatever we do “the least of these” (Matthew 25:31-46) is what we do to Jesus Himself. “All nations” includes Cameroon, and “the least of these” includes the Cameroonian family whose members are particularly-disadvantaged widows and orphans. In fact, Cameroonian orphans and widows are among—per the Scriptures—the widows and orphans of whom a genuine Christian seeks the wellbeing (James 1:27). In Ashkenazi Jewish tradition, we have the following condolence which we speak to a bereaved Jew: “May God comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.” As you may be able to tell, I myself am a Jewish believer in Jesus and believe that “Zion and Jerusalem” include grafted-in Cameroonians and other people whom Jesus has chosen among the nations (as, although they physically remain gentiles, they are spiritually among the people of Israel. Romans 9-11). I therefore believe in comforting firstly and foremostly the particularly-disadvantaged Cameroonian widows and orphans whom have placed their faith in Christ. After all, the Scriptures command us to do good to especially fellow believers (Galatians 6:9-10), and doing good to the most-needing widows and orphans among Cameroonian Christians is comforting them. To simply console them is not enough—what good indeed is wishing them warm and well fed without helping them to be such (James 2:14-17)? To gentiles, we condole them with a sentiment like, “May God comfort you among all mourners.” Those gentiles include particularly-disadvantaged Cameroonian widows and orphans whom have either not yet been grafted in to Israel or not even heard that a Root (Romans 11) sustains even the branches which reach into the valley of the shadow of death (Job 29:11-25, Jeremiah 17:7-8, Psalm 23:4). To not have our sentiment be as empty as the clanging of cymbals (1 Corinthians 13:1-3), we must comfort them (Romans 12:15) by both preaching the Gospel to them and by practicing what we preach in meeting their needs. The founder and CEO of Faith in God Charity Missions, Terrence, personally knows the plight of the particularly-disadvantaged Cameroonian widows and orphans whom had yet to place their faith in Christ and have since done so. He himself became a paternal orphan at the age of five, and witnessed as his mother endured the plight of a widow. He subsequently came to the knowledge of and put his faith in Christ at the age of fourteen (Matthew 19:14), and he later founded Faith in God (FIG) Charity Missions to help Cameroonian widows and orphans never have to endure what his mother and he endured. In light of this, Terrence founded FIG Charity Missions to assist the particularly-disadvantagedCameroonian widow and orphan in: 1.      Coming to and/or growing in a saving knowledge and faith in Jesus Christ. 2.      Providing for themselves and their families. 3.      Receiving the education, vocational training, and other resources (including food) that they need to be as self sufficient as possible (as none of us are self sufficient in any way without fist being dependent on Jesus Christ).    In Terrence’s own words, “Through comprehensive support programs including food distribution, skills training, educational assistance, and evangelism, we aim to empower vulnerable communities, promote justice, and create sustainable opportunities for a better future.” (Faith In God Charity Missions Website, “Our Mission”, https://www.figcharitymissions.org/about-us) Given this, I ask you to faithfully and prayerfully consider donating to and/or otherwise working with FIG Charity Missions. Please give whatever God compels you to give (2 Corinthians 9:6-15)—for instance, simply an offering of prayer on behalf of FIG Charity Missions, financial assistance to FIG, or volunteer services. Thank you for your time, attention, and faithful and prayerful consideration of assistance to FIG Charity Missions, and comfort and consolation to the Cameroonian widows and orphans whom FIG seeks to help. May God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ bless and keep you.
Nicole Czarnecki  Volunteer  Faith In God Charity Missions December 13, 2024

 

 

If You Know the Story Behind This Picture, You Know It. If You Don’t…

 

I saw this picture of a Pennsylvanian relative on Ancestry. One reason that I saved it was to colorize it, etc. Another reason, and a more-compelling reason: no immigration of this man to Pennsylvania, no Pennsylvania staples as you might know them. If you’ve ever heard of a brand called “Bobby T’s” and another one called “Chokola Beverage Company”, you’re now putting a face to their names. Why? The man known as “Felix Czarniecki” took incredible risks immigrating from Russia-occupied Poland (and if you know even an inkling of the real story—which I did not until I began doing serious digging into my family history—you will appreciate why he took those risks. His brother Julian was my paternal grandfather’s paternal grandfather, and Julian would join Felix in 1904—with Julian’s son Tony joining him in 1908). 

Felix’s daughter Lillie (originally Nellie**) would go on to marry John Trudnak—and he sadly did not get to walk her down the aisle, as he passed away in 1928 (just under six years after Julian, his younger brother, passed away in a coal-mining accident). He did, as far as I know, get to walk his daughter Katherine down the aisle—and she became the bride of the widower Simon Chokola (and Simon had three more children by her—and how they kept it together when one of those children died in infancy, I will never know). 

The apparent story by itself would be perhaps compelling—if you even knew that Felix existed and immigrated to Pennsylvania (which I originally did not— and I certainly had no idea that Tony in fact came over here when he was a child to join his father and his uncle, whom were already over here). If you knew even an inkling of the actual story, you would be amazed at the truly-all-American account of a man whose descendants include the original “Bobby T” and many of the Chokolas today. By the way, I’ve never seen a picture of his brother and his in-law sister whom are my ancestors—let alone pictures of  Felix’s and Julian‘s parents. The estrangement (one of the risks) got so bad, that we would throw away pictures that a family friend brought back once we were done passing them around (My granduncle Tony, of blessed memory, told me this.). Felix also named two of his daughters “Katherine“—Katherine and Jennifer Catherine (later Joan)—for his mother, as if she were already dead (We are mixed Ashkenazi and Sefardi Jewish on that side, although he used Ashkenazi naming custom in those instances— and as I said, the estrangement got bad. For starters, his mother was forcibly baptized when she herself was five years old — and she did not appreciate that her sons chose to generally hide their Jewish heritage.)

(**Her mother, Josephine “Veronica” Czarnecki née Supronowicz, apparently had Jewish heritage from the Jewish Diaspora in Ukraine, and used “Nellie“ for Nechama. Lillie’s in-law sister Mary Trudnak subsequently was my paternal grandfather’s mother, by the way. Unfortunately, Felix never got to see Mary become his in-law niece, either, as Mary and Tony married in 1934.).

Originally On Medium: God Blames Women For Men’s Sins?

 …Oh no. Wait. 

God blamed the men for their sins. I thought about this when someone on Twitter (X) not too long ago had recently pointed out that the book of Hosea warned us that the women who are prostitutes will not be punished because of the men whom are entering them. In other words, the women will not be punished for their sins because the men are actively enabling and aggravating those sins.

Similarly was the sin of Tamar: because her in-law father did not give her her in-law brother Shelah to secure her levirate right, she needed to prostitute herself and uncover the nakedness of her husbands’ father. Remember that both brothers of Shelah died before him, and that the middle son of Judah at the time died because he attempted to get around fulfilling his levirate duty. Thus (as Torah tells us) did her in-law father say of her, “She is more righteous than I.”

Similarly in only its shared vein is the sin of Moses in regard to circumcision. When יהוה sought to kill Moses, יהוה sought to kill Moses and therefore put the blame on Moses. Thus does Torah tell us that Zipporah circumcised her son and told her husband, “You are a husband of blood to me” as she threw the foreskin at his feet. 

In other words, Zipporah was not blamed for not having her son circumcised on the eighth day. Moses was blamed for not having Zipporah’s son circumcised on the eighth day, although Zipporah clearly had to rectify her husband’s wrong because her husband took no action whatsoever to rectify his wrong.

What is the lesson here for men, then?

(Emphasis and explanation mine)

“If you look at a woman with lust, you have committed adultery with her in your heart.” 

Even though Tamar sinned out of desperation, and Judah looked at her with lost in his heart. In the same way, even if a woman provokes or entices, the man is responsible for what he does. This is also why Solomon ultimately puts the onus on his son to not sin when a woman does actually provoke or entice with malice. Solomon learned from the sins of his father Judah (even though he would certainly have sins of his own). This is also why יהוה moved Hosea to prophesy against the men whom exploited women by encouraging them to prostitute themselves (cf. Hosea 4:14).

This is additionally why, in between Judah’s and Solomon’s respective generations, Moses was punished when one of his sons was yet to be circumcised: “To whom much is given, much is required” (cf. Luke 12:48).

Moses was the head of the household, and much was required of him because much was given to him. Yet, Zipporah did what was required of Moses because Moses did not do as was given to him.

In other words, whether through sexual sin, or non-sexual sin, a man is required to answer for his sins instead of blame the woman when he sins — even if the woman herself sins, and especially when the woman does not sin.

Of course, there are cases in which the reverse is absolutely true — as was the case of the wife of Potiphar and Joseph. In the case of the wife of Potiphar and Joseph, the Egyptian wife of Potiphar had power over the Hebrew Joseph, whose boss was the Egyptian Potiphar. Also being single, Joseph as a Hebrew slave of Potiphar had less status than the free-by-comparison and married wife of Joseph’s Egyptian enslaver. Even then, Joseph did not use the discriminations against him based on his ethnicity, marital status, and lack of freedom to sin with Potiphar’s wife.

There are other examples. Nonetheless, here is the sum of the examples: leader must serve and take responsibility for his sins instead of put them on his wife and/or other women. When the man sins (excepting those very-rare cases in which he possesses even less power than Joseph, and the woman truly causes him to stumble), the man must take responsibility for his sins (and those very-rare cases in which he possesses even less power than Joseph usually involve a physical or another disability — or an equivalent factor — that deprives him of all power and therefore all culpability).

Anger Against gentiles Whom Support Israel?…From Within Israel?

(Mostly Originally Part of a Facebook Reply)

I blocked both people whom put the angry emoji on a post that both Jews and gentiles should celebrate Chanukah to support ‘Am Yisra’el this year. Who are they to get angry when Tanakh itself tells us that gentiles will come to the light that shines over Israel¹? If anyone is upset that gentiles would celebrate Chanukah to partly support Israel, they ultimately have anger against the God of Israel—and Korah and his God-defying band of rebels learned the hard way when they similarly rebelled against Moses and Aaron. After all, Chanukah is a reminder that the Greco-Syrian armies could not thwart the plans that יהוה צבאות had for ‘Am Yisra’el; and Chanukah is therefore ultimately an acknowledgment of יהוה.

¹ I of course believe the light that shines over Israel to be that of Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Mary and the adopted son of Joseph. I understand that not everyone does; and Anti Messianics (“antimissionaries”/“countermissionaries”) can stay away from any discussion about it with me. I’m not proselytizing (forcing or recruiting) you into believing what I believe; and you stay away if you can’t agree to disagree. 

To My Family Whom Is Ashamed To Be Jewish

 I won’t disclose exactly who I have in mind, though I have even plenty of closer relatives of mind; and I have the following to say: 

Deal with that if we are descended from the same Jewish ancestors (regardless of if they had to hide their Jewish ethnicity**, and regardless of their individual beliefs), I am part of our common families—although I am most certainly ashamed to be related to you if you are ashamed to be a part of ‘Am Yisra’el. 

By the way, God didn’t ask any of us; and Mordechai had to remind Esther of that millennia ago: 

“13 Then Mordecai bade them to return answer unto Esther: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish; and who knoweth whether thou art not come to royal estate for such a time as this?'”

**Which can skew DNA results due to self reporting—including lack thereof. It shows how little you know, and mixed-blooded Jews frequently have to deal with this.