Yiddishkeit Code
a.k.a. Hebrew Geek Code, HGC
Author: Robert D. Kaiser
Tags: #religion
The Hebrew Geek Code / Yiddishkeit Code is intended for Jewish people to describe their lives and faith.
Though the code debuted as the “Hebrew Geek Code” or “HGC”, a post in 1996 discusses the need to rename the code:
By the way, I’m looking for a NEW NAME for this. The term ‘Geek Code’ is copyrighted, and the present name could be construed as a copyright infringement. So if anyone has a suggestion, please e-mail me!
The code was posted with a new name in August 1996; Yiddishkeit translates roughly to “Jewishness”.
It is presumed that the Yiddishkeit code is not to be distinguished from the Hebrew Geek Code; however, the list At least 80 signature codes lists them both separately.
It is a little hard to tell what the “latest” or “main” version of Yiddishkeit Code is; the version labeled “9/15/99” has the latest label, but the author reposted the version labeled “10/7/97” well through the 2010s. The blog post from merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com is dated 4/14/2019 but it is unclear whether version has the same author or corresponds to another dated version.
Example
S+ Fa1 TM ng+ M K+ T t AT++ SY+=/SY+++ Te+ SC P+ FO++= D+ Tz++ E+ L- Am hc I+
Details
Inspired (2):
Found on:
- alt.humor.jewish (newsgroup)
- rec.humor.jewish (newsgroup)
- soc.culture.israel (newsgroup)
- soc.culture.jewish (newsgroup)
Linked from:
- At least 80 signature codes (more info)
- bdaverin's Exhausted Signature File Code Collection (archived 2003-02-04, more info)
- Goth.Code Homepage (archived 1999-11-17, more info)
- Robin Powell's Code List (more info)
- Orion Scribner's Directory of Geek Codes (archived 2016-06-24, more info)
Added to sig.codes:
2025-02-15
Known versions
Hebrew Geek Code 1.0 ():
- Date: (Cited in initial release of Catholic Geek Code)
Hebrew Geek Code 2.1 ():
- Specification: comp.lang.pascal (canonical)
- Specification: jewishjokes.tripod.com (mirror)
Hebrew 'Geek Code' 2.5 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.jewish (canonical, ) - Discusses need for new name
- Specification: hops.cs.jhu.edu (mirror, archived 2007-05-28)
Yiddishkeit Code 8/22/96 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.jewish (canonical)
Yiddishkeit Code 9/25/96 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.jewish (canonical)
Yiddishkeit Code 9/30/96 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.jewish (canonical)
- Specification: soc.culture.israel (canonical, )
Yiddishkeit Code 10/7/97 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.israel (canonical)
- Specification: www.netfunny.com (mirror)
- Specification: alt.fan.cecil-adams (mirror, )
- Specification: rec.humor.funny.reruns (mirror, )
- Specification: rec.humor.funny.reruns (mirror, )
- Specification: rec.humor.funny.reruns (mirror, )
- Specification: rec.humor.funny.reruns (mirror, )
- Specification: rec.humor.funny.reruns (mirror, )
Yiddishkeit Code 12/5/97 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.jewish (canonical)
Yiddishkeit Code 9/15/99 ():
- Specification: soc.culture.jewish (canonical)
Yiddishkeit Code:
Timeline
| Details | Date | Detail | Relationship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hebrew Geek Code 1.0 | ||||||
Catholic Geek Code 0.1 (inspired) | Catholic Geek Code 0.1 | inspired | ||||
Catholic Geek Code 0.2 (inspired) | Catholic Geek Code 0.2 | inspired | ||||
Hebrew Geek Code 2.1 | ||||||
Hebrew 'Geek Code' 2.5 | ||||||
Yiddishkeit Code 8/22/96 | ||||||
Yiddishkeit Code 9/25/96 | ||||||
Yiddishkeit Code 9/30/96 | ||||||
Hamster Code 1.0 (inspired) | Hamster Code 1.0 | inspired | ||||
Hamster Code 1.2 (inspired) | Hamster Code 1.2 | inspired | ||||
Hamster Code 1.3 (inspired) | Hamster Code 1.3 | inspired | ||||
Yiddishkeit Code 10/7/97 | ||||||
Yiddishkeit Code 12/5/97 | ||||||
Yiddishkeit Code 9/15/99 | ||||||
Yiddishkeit Code | ||||||