Rachel Greenblatt

Bottom right: in the bottom, right corner of the scroll there's a Nazi stamp indicating this megillah (Book of Esther) was looted by Nazi forces.

Bottom left: A printed Book of Esther in scroll form, with copper plate illustrations viewing Anita Hill as Esther. 1991.

Top right: a scroll from the Jewish municipal council of Jerusalem expressing gratitude to Louis Brandeis on the occasion of his visit in 1919.

Top left: Book of Esther in French with illustrations by Arthur Szyk

Unfortunately the Book of Esther provides lots of food for thought these days. But pulling treasures from the 16th through the 21st centuries was a salve for a sore soul. With prayers for a joyful #Purim. #JewishHistory #BookHistory

I'm so fortunate I was able to be present from afar for this fascinating discussion! Many thanks for all the effort that goes into making the hybrid format possible.

For this fantastic @stanfordpress.bsky.social sale, I highly recommend this one ; - ) ! www.sup.org/books/jewish... on #EarlyModern #JewishHistory, communal #memory, #materialculture, #prague and more! @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @contingent-mag.bsky.social

www.cia.gov/stories/stor... #databases #libraries #misinformation #disinfomation our federal govt at work hiding information. ISO of sunlight, the best disinfectant ⛅

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. 2/2

WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, 1/2

This is going to be AWESOME - and it's soon (Thurs 29 Jan 12:30 pm EST) #jewishstudies #talmud #wgs #wgss @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @jwaonline.bsky.social @seforimchatter.bsky.social

Open Access ebook - download full book library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... or download chapter by chapter www.vr-elibrary.de/isbn/9783412...

About time. Still, better late than never. Thank you Mr. President.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Toledoan here. He went there to help in the campaign against the amazing, dedicated, results-producing Congresswoman of Ohio's 9th district, @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social She could use your support. Democracy needs all of us. secure.actblue.com/donate/marcy...

The University of Vienna
@univie.ac.at invites applications for at least 40 fully funded, 4-year doctoral positions. I am one of the potential supervisors. If you have an exciting, innovative PhD project on modern #JewishHistory, please feel free to apply: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Women Wrote: Glikl in Context | In geveb Placing Glikl's writing alongside writings by other contemporary women in central Europe reveals what characterized their shared literary and cultural context.

My work on #Glikl & additional #WomenWhoWrote (yes, #WomenWrote) grew out of *To Tell Their Children*, where I sought out ways women used written and #materialculture to preserve & tell about their own pasts--including Beila Perlhefter, 1 of the stars of "Women Wrote: Glikl in Context"

@womenknowhistory.bsky.social @contingent-mag.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social

To Tell Their Children | Stanford University Press This book offers an examination of Jewish communal memory in Prague in the century and a half stretching from its position as cosmopolitan capital of the Holy Roman Empire (1583-1611) through Catholic...

What's a historian to do when the present is unbearable? How about post a shameless plug for #herbook about the past? Your chance to think with the #Jews of #EarlyModern #Prague about their #memory, their #history; with careful attention to #gender all along the way. www.sup.org/books/jewish...

Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan. The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.

No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.

If you're at #ajs, come check out @jewishlibraries.bsky.social panel on #careers in #librariesn right now! (8:45 - 10 Sunday Dec 14). Hear from @mmargolis.bsky.social , Alison J, Yelena L and Mack Z - moderated by Director of Capital Jewish #Museum! Marquis 3

In the AI age, we need librarians more than ever! Librarians are information literacy experts. Plus all the stuff in this blurb! @dhjewish.bsky.social #libraries #librarians #JewishBooks @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social @jewishbook.bsky.social

Interesting. Would it be ok to copy this image & share, with attribution, with folks following AI developments in our Library and Center for Teaching and Learning? I'd love to hear how it goes.

This volume of Lithuanian Historical Studies includes an article, "The Yiddish Nation as an Imagined Community," on use of LLMs on #YIVO archival materials for study of pre-war E European #Yiddish - based #Jewish identity. Looks fascinating @dhjewish.bsky.social @mmargolis.bsky.social

NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...

Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Hey there #JewishLife on #HigherEd campus folks. IMHO, Jewish communities need to support Jewish life at public institutions of higher education. Hillel at @umassamherst.bsky.social is stellar. Give 2day & if they reach 150 donors, there's a bonus. All gifts matched to 20k.
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Public land grant universities with a mission to serve the residents of their respective states are the great economic equalizers. So of course Republicans and billionaires want to destroy them. 😖

The Sound of Səgd (ስግድ): Reclaiming Language, Memory, and Belonging When I arrived in Israel from Ethiopia as a little girl, I learned quickly that language can build a home and it can unmake one.

You Səgd (ስግድ) reading for this year. You're welcome ; - ). And all the real thanks to the remarkable Shula Mola.