Avinoam J. Stillman
@ashkenazthree.bsky.social
Historian (early modern Jews)
Publisher (Blima Books)
Freelance Ritualist
Publisher (Blima Books)
Freelance Ritualist
Brunch dreams
pomelo grapefruits, painted by elsie e. lower, 1911
July 7, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Brunch dreams
Golders Green = Brookline + Brooklyn
June 30, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Golders Green = Brookline + Brooklyn
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whoa when did spotify get Neil young back???
June 19, 2024 at 10:28 PM
whoa when did spotify get Neil young back???
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Read the first press coverage I know of about Halachic Left, a loose organization/support group I'm proud to be a part of:
www.jta.org/2024/06/04/n...
www.jta.org/2024/06/04/n...
A new group is a safe space for observant Jews who oppose Israel’s war in Gaza - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Anti-Israel sentiment is not openly discussed in Orthodox communities. Halachic Left wants that to change.
www.jta.org
June 5, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Read the first press coverage I know of about Halachic Left, a loose organization/support group I'm proud to be a part of:
www.jta.org/2024/06/04/n...
www.jta.org/2024/06/04/n...
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Save the link! 7PM tonight, a celebration of the music of Frank London, who is battling blood cancer.
Spirit Stronger Than Blood: A “Fare-Well” Celebration of the Music of Frank London
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June 3, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Save the link! 7PM tonight, a celebration of the music of Frank London, who is battling blood cancer.
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Wishing the great Frank London happiness, comfort, and swift, full recovery on this, his 66th birthday. Celebrate his life and work on Monday, June 3, at Roulette, in person or streaming live.
A Celebration of Frank London’s Music Will Be Missing One Thing: Him
The trumpeter, composer and bandleader who helped revitalize klezmer is battling cancer. But his work hasn’t slowed, and his longtime associates are rallying around him.
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Wishing the great Frank London happiness, comfort, and swift, full recovery on this, his 66th birthday. Celebrate his life and work on Monday, June 3, at Roulette, in person or streaming live.
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Open access! Shaul Magid in HTR on Judeo-pessimism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core
Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory - Volume 117 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
May 16, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Open access! Shaul Magid in HTR on Judeo-pessimism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
An incredible lesson in history, in clarity, in morality, today and everyday.
The Nakba. Walid Khalidi
The Nakba: Sixty Years of Dispossession, Sixty Years of Resistance Keynote: Walid Khalidi (Co-founder of the Institute of Palestine Studies) From 1947 to 1897: From Partition to Basle. 21 & 22 Feb 2009, conference The Nakba at he Brunei Gallery - SOAS - University of London. Palestine Society: http://www.thenakba.co.uk/ Source: Stuart Platt's Channel on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/26132299
youtu.be
May 15, 2024 at 12:41 PM
An incredible lesson in history, in clarity, in morality, today and everyday.
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i don't care if it doesn't fit your conception of decolonization, all i want in this world is for israelis and palestinians to live together in equality and peace in a democratic society and i curse everyone who has forestalled that possibility
May 15, 2024 at 12:31 PM
i don't care if it doesn't fit your conception of decolonization, all i want in this world is for israelis and palestinians to live together in equality and peace in a democratic society and i curse everyone who has forestalled that possibility
Proofs day (forthcoming)
May 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Proofs day (forthcoming)
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The return of Neil Young to Spotify is a great gift to my coping mechanisms
April 28, 2024 at 10:34 AM
The return of Neil Young to Spotify is a great gift to my coping mechanisms
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What a beauty of an #earlymodern #Schreibkalender (writing calendar) featuring a Christ, a Jew and a Muslim looking into the stars. Printed in red and black, in 1729 Nuremberg, and made by the almanac maker Gottfried Kirch:
"Christen- Jüden- und Türcken-Calender, Auf das Jahr Christi Verb. 1730"
"Christen- Jüden- und Türcken-Calender, Auf das Jahr Christi Verb. 1730"
April 21, 2024 at 8:38 AM
What a beauty of an #earlymodern #Schreibkalender (writing calendar) featuring a Christ, a Jew and a Muslim looking into the stars. Printed in red and black, in 1729 Nuremberg, and made by the almanac maker Gottfried Kirch:
"Christen- Jüden- und Türcken-Calender, Auf das Jahr Christi Verb. 1730"
"Christen- Jüden- und Türcken-Calender, Auf das Jahr Christi Verb. 1730"
Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah was set to speak in Berlin today at the much maligned Palestina Kongress - he was banned from entering Germany.
April 12, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah was set to speak in Berlin today at the much maligned Palestina Kongress - he was banned from entering Germany.
In Minneapolis for the first time, the excitement I feel is surprising me as I have zero associations or expectations for this city
April 9, 2024 at 4:56 PM
In Minneapolis for the first time, the excitement I feel is surprising me as I have zero associations or expectations for this city
Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, an important scholar of Zionist settler-colonialism and a friend and colleague (we have a small book project together), was harassed and detained by El Al on her way from Newark to Tel Aviv. Another infuriating incident of individual indignity during a time of genocide.
A4E letter of complaint to El Al Israel Airlines for discrimination
On 3/29/2024, we wrote an urgent complain to El Al Israel Airlines, regarding the discrimination of Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury. The letter is below. We will post the official reply upon its arrival.El A...
en.academia4equality.com
April 4, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, an important scholar of Zionist settler-colonialism and a friend and colleague (we have a small book project together), was harassed and detained by El Al on her way from Newark to Tel Aviv. Another infuriating incident of individual indignity during a time of genocide.