Check out my brilliant former student and current friend Rabbi Talia Kaplan talking about Judaism and a fandom neither of us is ashamed to love. No guilt, just pleasure. #Survivor #JewSky
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Thanks to @sbrodriguez.bsky.social for inviting me to share some thoughts on one of the nominees for Best Animated Short at this year's Oscars for APRIL. Head over there to read my thoughts about Papillon, as well as a bunch of smart folks saying smart things!
www.aprilonline.org/jewish-diver...
I am always here for Dayton content!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social always reminds us that art is an important part of the resistance. I’m excited that my husband will be debuting his Peace de Resistance exhibition on Friday, March 6 from 5-10 PM at Brick City Artworks in Dayton, OH. (1)
Birth of a book! Order your copy today!
Being a professor in 2026 is authentically responding to a student's curiosity and attempts to connect what we're learning in class to the complexities of their own life, while always assuming that anything you say or write is being recorded and could be sent to politicians and/or other groups.
Yes, checking in from Cincy. We're the purplest of the Ohio cities, but there's been BIG turn out at all the protests over the last year, so I expect folks to show up.
Buying directly from Wayne State University Press cuts out the middle person and saves carbon and resources!
wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352595/
@bookshop.org does good work supporting local and independent booksellers!
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Heyo! Wit Happens is featured in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! We're so excited to get the word out since the book will be out in under a month! Pre-order links below!
@aarweb.bsky.social @csraac.bsky.social @relcfp.com @popandtheology.bsky.social Please share with your networks!
One week to go to apply to present at the Midwest AAR regional meeting in Cincinnati! Apply! Encourage your students to apply! Regionals are great first academic conferences!
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Check out the new ep of the @jwaonline.bsky.social podcast about the Jewish women of SNL! I had a blast recording it!
jwa.org/podcasts/can...
It is Citizen Kane compared to Death on the Nile.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
For those who are inclined to petitions, please sign this one, urging UC leadership to officially and publicly reject any strong-arm attempt to control higher ed!
#UCChooseIntegrity #RejectTheCompact #DefendDemocracy #AcademicFreedom
I, too, saw the OBC! I liked it a lot more than this season!
The WSUP spring/summer catalog is out, so #WitHappens is on the final approach to its 2/17/26 release date! Pre-order now (and please have your university library pre-order before money runs out for the year), and remember we're all happy to do in-person or Zoom events in the coming months!
#JewSky
It's finally @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social week! This is my first time at one of the BIG big Cons, so I am doing my introvert best to prepare, but I am excited and hope to see many folks (and even more amazing cosplay!) while I am there!
Kudos for our student paper for this write-up about the demonstration mourning all we have lost to SB1 and other attacks on higher ed.
Anyone around UC, please attend our memorial service for higher education Wednesday at 12:15.
The 2026 HBI Research Awards application is open!
HBI awards grants each year to support research & artistic projects centered on Jewish women’s & gender studies. Awards are made to graduate students, early career, & established researchers. Apply by Sept. 2, 2025 www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...
This blatant Cincinnati erasure shall not stand!
Coming in early 2026! Stay tuned for more info!
Call me an Xennial, but Ferngully all the way.
The shayna punim on this boychik!
From Ben's beard, to Natasha Lyonne's presence, to the black and white cookies from Maisie's, to the synagogue as the local gathering place, to the Hanukkah decorations on Yancey St. is is clear that Judaism is the only religion on Earth-828.
I will be taking no questions at this time.
Meet the 2025-2027 Young Scholars in American Religion Cohort! The members of this cohort were chosen for their commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration within the fields of American Religion. Learn more here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
NEW podcast episode: "The Rightwing Radicalization of White Christian Boys"
@angeladenker.bsky.social, author of Disciples of White Jesus, discusses why teen Christian males are moving further to the right & what to do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. therevealer.org/podcast/epis...
