The Zionist revolution’s success is its blind spot: we’ve forgotten how extraordinary our reality is.
My new essay: "On the Weather and the Weight of a Sovereign Jewish Experience."
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Full text in English & Hebrew.👇
#Israel #Zionism #JewishIdentity
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"To say Ofer Idels’s analysis is daring diminishes its force."
📢The first review of my @CambridgeUP
book "Zionism: Emotions, Language and Experience" is out.
Deep thanks to Donna Robinson Divine for this thoughtful and generous reading.
#IsraelStudies #emotions #AcademicTwitter
Just arrived in the mail! My new book, "Embodying the Revolution" is here. If you're into sports, Hebrew culture, or how the "New Jew" was forged, this is for you. @rutgersupress.bsky.social #newbook #history
Excited to kick off this year’s Jewish Culture Forum with Josh Lambert online, Sept 18!
He’ll be diving into Jews, Nazis, and video games — a mix too fascinating to miss. Link and description below
events.ucalgary.ca/event/495836...
Excited to share that my book Embodying the Revolution will be out this October with Rutgers UP! It explores the surprising marginalization of sports in Israeli culture—and how Zionisim shaped the Jewish experience in interwar Palestine. (photo AI, link below)
This Tuesday (May 27) at 12 PM Calgary / 2 PM EST:
Join me and Dr. Roni Cohen for the kickoff of the Jewish Culture Forum!
We'll dive into medieval Jewish humor and parodic takes on the Talmud and Bible—long before modernity.
On Zoom, open to all. Reg link:
ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I really enjoyed reviewing Alianov-Rautenberg's "No Longer Ladies and Gentlemen," which explores German Jewish immigration to Palestine. It's beautifully written, full of rich anecdotes, but like many in the field, it often overlooks a historical shadow—or perhaps we should say light.
Today's the last day to download my book for free! You can read it anytime. If you're into history, Jewish culture, emotions, and more, you'll find it intriguing. Don't miss out! doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Some time ago, I watched an engaging evening with Simon Schama discussing Tolstoy vs. Dickens. The English novelist lost. However, I believe no one could have guessed his legacy would be tarnished so quickly....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLXp...
Universities are in crisis. We have forgotten that the only way to prepare for the future is to imagine the human in situations yet unknown and to explore the boundaries of the human condition. A focus on economic gain loses sight of all that might be possible.
Liberty as Independence - bit.ly/3zeGyK6
Want to do some law and emotions research and need to think through the conceptual questions it raises? Check out our article here! With Kate Rossmanith and Sharyn Roach Anleu!
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Massive away win for the little fella.
For anyone curious about the history of emotions and allied fields, here are some starter resources, accessible for students and professionals alike.
1. The public lecture series organised by NACHE/SIHEX in English and Spanish and freely available here: mars.gmu.edu/collections/...
The next issue of Emotions: History, Culture, Society has a forum on imagination and emotion with an intro by me! Keep an eye out for the rest of the articles as they appear! (Or subscribe and get it in the post).
brill.com/view/journal...
My book "Zionism: Emotions, Language, and Experience" is now available for free—not just for Jewish Studies scholars, but also for those interested in the history of emotions, postcritique, and historiography. Especially for researchers and grad students! doi.org/10.1017/9781...
For everyone who followed me today (thanks again, Rob!) and is interested in my work, it's available for free for the next few weeks. Right here: - doi.org/10.1017/9781...
all you #skystorians of #emotion need to know that @oferidels.bsky.social is here, and so is his new Cambridge Element, "Zionism: Emotions, Language and Experience", currently *free* to download. www.cambridge.org/core/books/z...
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