We had a lovely time at the Skirball Cultural Center last night, and I highly recommend reading @bachwards.bsky.social’s prize-winning essay! www.skirball.org/2023-24-reci...

Alona Bach@bachwards.bsky.social · 2y ago

LA-based folks, join me and Sophia Shoulson on December 3 to talk about the intersections of technology and American Judaism in the early 20th century—ft. typesetting, electric lights, timers, printing infrastructure, Yiddish, modernit(ies), and more. 📚💡 www.skirball.org/programs/how...

The Shoulson Press is back to haunt me

The Onion did the “so-and-so has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever” meme but for real

The Onion@theonion.com · 2y ago

Via our parent company @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social CEO @brycetetraeder.bsky.social: theonion.com/heres-why-i-...

This is how you write a syllabus, yeah?

This text was about correcting more typos in Yiddish OCLC records and getting to choose between multiple existing call numbers for a new volume in the library’s collection

LA-based folks, join me and Sophia Shoulson on December 3 to talk about the intersections of technology and American Judaism in the early 20th century—ft. typesetting, electric lights, timers, printing infrastructure, Yiddish, modernit(ies), and more. 📚💡 www.skirball.org/programs/how...

attending humanities talks like... cc @sophielizbear.bsky.social

דער ערשטער פּאַנעל פֿון #פֿאַרבינדונגען24 איז „ייִדיש מחוץ ייִדיש,“ װאָס מע װעט האַלטן אויף ייִדיש! מיט רעדנערס איישע בײַריך (קאָלומביע־אוניװערסיטעט), קריינע באָרד (טאָראָנטאָער אוניװערסיטעט), און יאָװיטאַ פּאַנטשיק (תּל־אָבֿיבֿער אוניװערסיטעט). www.farbindungen.com

Introducing! מיר שטעלן פֿאָר! The first panel of #Farbindungen24 is "Yidish mekhuts yidish," conducted in Yiddish! Featuring Eyshe Beirich (Columbia University), Carolyn Beard (University of Toronto), and Jowita Pańczyk (Tel-Aviv University). To register- www.farbindungen.com

#Farbindungen24 schedule drop!

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference@farbindungen.bsky.social · 3y ago

It's finally here! We're incredibly excited to announce the full schedule for #Farbindungen24. There is an absolutely incredible line-up of papers and speakers, don't forget to register to get to hear it all! See the schedule below! (1/4) bit.ly/registerfarbindungen24

Totally understandable typo but I’m still enjoying the implications

i will never be able to stop thinking about HENRY KISSINGER IS DOOD

Heard someone refer to the “Cybertruck” as a “sport-futility vehicle,” and that one is gonna take.

About to go ask a 9-year-old for feedback on my AJS paper, wish me luck

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Farbindungen proposals due Nov 19! I’m going to be very annoying about this in the next few days!!

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference@farbindungen.bsky.social · 3y ago

Paper and workshop proposals for #Farbindungen24 are due in one week, on Sunday November 19th! Please reach out to us if you have any questions. The call for papers and the submission portal can be found here: farbindungen.com/2024

On a rainy Friday in late October 2022, twenty-three boxes of books arrived unannounced at the Yiddish Book Center... Charlotte walked into bibliographer David Mazower’s office. She said to him: “I don’t want to be an alarmist, but you have to come see what just arrived.” ingeveb.org/blog/norma-f...

One big א to remind you that there's just one week left to send us your proposals on all things Yiddish + silences, beginnings, and/or partnerships!

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference@farbindungen.bsky.social · 3y ago

Paper and workshop proposals for #Farbindungen24 are due in one week, on Sunday November 19th! Please reach out to us if you have any questions. The call for papers and the submission portal can be found here: farbindungen.com/2024

Still a week left to submit to #Farbindungen24!

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference@farbindungen.bsky.social · 3y ago

Paper and workshop proposals for #Farbindungen24 are due in one week, on Sunday November 19th! Please reach out to us if you have any questions. The call for papers and the submission portal can be found here: farbindungen.com/2024

Paper and workshop proposals for #Farbindungen24 are due in one week, on Sunday November 19th! Please reach out to us if you have any questions. The call for papers and the submission portal can be found here: farbindungen.com/2024

REMINDER - Our third and final proposal writing workshop begins in an hour, at 1pm EST on Zoom. If you have signed up, we look forward to seeing you there, and if you are newly interested, please take a look at the link below! www.farbindungen.com/2024

Reminder that this workshop is on Sunday and there’s still time to register!

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference@farbindungen.bsky.social · 3y ago

Our third and final proposal-writing workshop is this coming Sunday, November 5th! Click the link below to sign up, and we can't wait to see you there! www.farbindungen.com/2024

'We refuse the false choice between Jewish safety and Palestinian freedom; between Jewish identity and ending the oppression of Palestinians. In fact, we believe the rights of Jews and Palestinians go hand-in-hand.'

A Dangerous Conflation

We are Jewish writers, artists, and activists who wish to disavow the widespread narrative that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic. Israel and its defenders have long used this rhetoric...

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Our third and final proposal-writing workshop is this coming Sunday, November 5th! Click the link below to sign up, and we can't wait to see you there! www.farbindungen.com/2024

Are you interested in proposing a paper or workshop in Yiddish? Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions you might have about the process! We love doing Yiddish studies in Yiddish, and want to help and support you in this endeavour!

Probably my biggest bugbear is when people brag online about being able to fold fitted sheets, but their videos make it clear that they think the strategy begins and ends with nesting the corners

Due to budget cuts, history has been forced to occur simultaneously as tragedy and farce this week

Nothing could have prepared me for the epistemological crisis that was walking into the dentist office to discover that the four flavor options for kids’ toothpaste were 1) mild 2) mint 3) SPEARmint and 4) ~fruitastic~

9-year-old: *menacingly, while gently stroking my hair* Now you’re MY little guy