History Fanfic / Goldstein

** Flitwick isn't as big an influence, and doesn't always understand Yehuda's needs as an Orthodox Jew, especially when those needs clash with school rules, but he is understanding and tries as hard as he can to find reasonable compromises.

* AllHallowsEve: Yehudah had never heard of Halloween before coming to Hogwarts and finds it completely incomprehensible, especially since nobody can even explain what exactly it's supposed to be celebrating.
-->Skeletons? ''No, this holiday would never make sense.''

* OutdatedByCanon: {{Implied}}. Since this story began, material beyond the books have stated that the Goldsteins are an old, prominent Wizarding family, which would contradict this fic's concept of him being a Muggle-born; in particular, WordOfGod says that Anthony Goldstein is a distant cousin of ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'''s Goldstein sisters. Of course, WordOfGod also says that all Muggle-borns have distant Wizarding ancestry, [[WildMassGuessing so maybe Yehudah's family is just from a forgotten branch]]?

* YouMeanXMas: Yehudah calls it this, because apparently just ''saying'' “Christmas” is weird to him.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Goldsteins’ seventh child is born during Yehudah’s first year (which yes, gets them compared to the Weasleys). Also, Terry is the oldest of five.

* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Before going to Hogwarts, Yehudah is wrongly worried that people are going to hate him for being Jewish. Of course, come his second year, he learns that quite a few people ''do'' hate him for being Muggle-born.

* OutdatedByCanon: More or less. Since this story began, material beyond the books have stated that the Goldsteins are an old, prominent Wizarding family, which would contradict this fic's concept of him being a Muggle-born; in particular, WordOfGod says that Anthony Goldstein is a distant cousin of ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'''s Goldstein sisters. Of course, WordOfGod also says that all Muggle-borns have distant Wizarding ancestry, so maybe Yehudah's family is just from a forgotten branch.

* AllHallowsEve: Yehudah had never heard of Halloween before coming to Hogwarts and finds it completely incomprehensible, especially since nobody can even explain what it's really about.

* OutdatedByCanon: More or less. Since this story began, material beyond the books have stated that the Goldsteins are an old, prominent Wizarding family, which would contradict this fic's concept of him being a Muggle-born; in particular, WordOfGod says that Anthony Goldstein is a distant cousin of ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'''s Goldstein sisters. Of course, WordOfGod also says that all Muggle-borns have distant Wizarding ancestry, so maybe Yehudah's family is just from a very distant, forgotten branch.

* YouMeanXMas: Yehudah calls it this at one point, because apparently just ''saying'' “Christmas” is weird to him.

* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: One of the main points of the story, especially as Yehudah navigates through his first year.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Terry, toward Benjamin...despite him being less than a year younger than him.

* GenderBlenderName: At one point Yehudah gets confused about the name “Dove” because it reminds him of ''Dov,'' a male Jewish name. He also assumes that “Basil” is a case of FloralThemeNaming and thus feminine.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: With TheReveal in the Year One epilogue, it seems that [[spoiler:Rabbi Zeller's daughter, Shoshana, is Rose Zeller, who gets sorted into Hufflepuff in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix.'' "Shoshana" is usually translated as "Rose," so it's presumably her legal name]].

* {{Alternate Universe}}: This fic was basically canon-compliant when it began in 2014, since the books never revealed much about Anthony Goldstein.[[note]]He’s listed a half-blood in J.K. Rowling’s ''Harry Potter and Me'' notes, but that also says that he’s a Hufflepuff.[[/note]] Since then, however, [[AllThereInTheManual Pottermore]], ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' and WordOfGod have established the Goldsteins as an old wizarding family, while he's a Muggle-born in the fic.

* DeathByChildbirth: {{Implied}} to be the case for Rabbi Zeller's wife, Baila Rochel.
* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Before going to Hogwarts, Yehudah is terrified that people are going to hate him for being Jewish...but nobody does. Of course, come his second year, he learns that quite a few people ''do'' hate him for being Muggle-born.

* VillainsOutShopping: {{Downplayed}}, by Draco Malfoy interacts with the Ravenclaws one or two times during the first year, and we see that he's not particularly antagonistic toward them. As a result, they're rather shocked by the open FantasticRacism that he displays when the Heir of Slytherin's first message appears.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Harry was raised by a small family that he doesn't like, is happy to be a wizard and sees Hogwarts as his true home. Yehudah is basically the opposite of all that.

* MuggleBornOfMages: One of Terry’s younger brothers, Leo. Oddly the usual angst about this is {{Averted}}, as the family just treats this as him taking after their {{Muggle}} father.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Not in the fic, but {{Lampshaded}} for the source material--Ravenclaw characters question why Harry is allowed to join the Quidditch team as a first year, and Yehudah thinks that it's unfair of Dumbledore to suddenly make Gryffindor beat Slytherin in the House Cup at the last minute.
* {{Ret Con}}: As {{Lampshaded}} in the author’s notes, an early chapter establishes that Michael has a Muggle father, but Mr. Boot is a wizard when he actually shows up.
* TheReveal: In the epilogue of Book 1, we learn that [[spoiler:Rabbi Zeller’s daughter Shoshana is a witch]].
** If you're familiar with Jewish names and have an anal-retentive knowledge of Harry Potter trivia, it shouldn't surprise you- [[spoiler:the name Shoshana is often translated to mean Rose and Rose Zeller is the name of a girl who gets sorted into Hufflepuff in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']].

* EasterEgg: If you're familiar with Jewish names and have an anal-retentive knowledge of Harry Potter trivia, it shouldn't surprise you that [[spoiler:Rabbi Zeller's daughter Shoshana is a witch- the name Shoshana is often translated to mean Rose and Rose Zeller is the name of a girl who gets sorted into Hufflepuff in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']].

* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: And Hebrew. The author started putting a glossary at the end of each chapter to help readers understand it all.

* EasterEgg: If you're familiar with Jewish names and have an anal-retentive knowledge of Harry Potter trivia, it shouldn't surprise you that [[spoiler: Rabbi Zeller's daughter Shoshana is a witch- the name Shoshana is often translated to mean Rose and Rose Zeller is the name of a girl who gets sorted into Hufflepuff in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''].

[[OCStandIn Yehudah Goldstein]] (legal name: Anthony) is an [[UsefulNotes/Judaism Orthodox Jew]] living in the Golders Green area of London. On his eleventh birthday, he gets a visit from [[SternTeacher Minerva McGonagall]], who is both a ''goy''[[notes]]Gentile[[/notes]] and a witch, telling him that he has been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This will be quite an adjustment for someone who's never even spent much time around non-Jews before.

* {{Alternate Universe}}: This fic was basically canon-compliant when it began in 2014, since the books never revealed much about Anthony Goldstein.[[note]]He’s listed a half-blood in J.K. Rowling’s ''Harry Potter and Me'' note, but that also says that he’s a Hufflepuff, so clearly things changed.[[/note]] Since then, however, [[AllThereInTheManual Pottermore]], ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' and WordOfGod have established the Goldsteins as an old wizarding family, as opposed to Anthony being Muggle-born.

* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: One of the main points of the story (especially during the first year, when Yehudah is figuring out how to get by at Hogwarts).

* TeachersOutOfSchool: At the end of his first year, Yehudah has to wait an extra day before going home, and thus winds up eating dinner with all of the Hogwarts professors, which he finds mildly surreal.

* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: And Hebrew. The author started putting a glossary at the end of each chapter to help readers with all the Jewish phrases.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10847788/1/Goldstein Goldstein]] is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6157127/Laazov Laazov]].

* {{Alternate Universe}}: This fic was basically canon-compliant when it began in 2014, since the books never revealed much about Anthony Goldstein.[[note]]He’s listed a half-blood in J.K. Rowling’s ‘’Harry Potter and Me’’ note, but that also says that he’s a Hufflepuff, so clearly things changed.[[/note]] Since then, however, [[AllThereInTheManual Pottermore]], ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' and WordOfGod have established the Goldsteins as an old wizarding family, as opposed to Anthony being Muggle-born.

* GenderBlenderName: At one point Yehudah gets confused about the name “Dove” because it reminds him of ‘‘Dov,’’ a male Jewish name. He also assumes that “Basil” is a case of FloralThemeNaming and thus feminine.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Not in the fic, but rather {{Lampshaded}} for the source material--Ravenclaw characters question why Harry was allowed to join the Quidditch team as a first year, and Yehudah thinks that it was unfair of Dumbledore to suddenly make Gryffindor win the House Cup at the last minute.
* {{Ret Con}}: As {{Lampshaded}} in the author’s notes, an early chapter establishes that Michael has a Muggle father, but he’s a wizard when he actually shows up.

* TokenReligiousTeammate: Aside from Yehudah, we see a bit of how other religious students at Hogwarts get by, particularly with Terry and the

* {{Alternate Universe}}: This fic was basically canon-compliant when it began in 2014, since the books never revealed much about Anthony Goldstein.[[note]]He’s listed a half-blood in J.K. Rowling’s ‘’Harry Potter and Me’’ note, but that also says that he’s a Hufflepuff, so clearly things changed.[[/note]] Since then, however, [[AllThereInTheManual Pottermore]], ‘’Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem’’ and WordOfGod have established the Goldsteins as an old wizarding family, as opposed to Anthony being Muggle-born.

* InnocentBigot: Yehudah himself is a {{Downplayed}} example, as growing up in a close-knit Orthodox Jewish community has left him with a natural uneasiness around ‘’goyim.’’ In particular, he instinctively sees Terry’s outspoken Catholicism as something threatening.

* YouMeanXMas: Yehudah calls it this at one point, because apparently just ‘’saying’’ “Christmas” is weird to him.