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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 2d

“What Shall We Tell the Children?” My take…. www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/rec...

Recovering Yiddish Answers to the Enduring Question, “What Shall We Tell the Children?”

When we think of the forces that shaped modern Jewry, we tend to talk about the Jewish Enlightenment and secularization, migration patterns, economic arrangements, shifting borders, and the perpetu

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 2d

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 2d

An insightful review of a hopeful book, posted in a hopeful day. www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/modern-...

Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature

Children’s literature is never a peripheral segment of culture.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 3d

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One thing the pirates couldn't steal (a Simchat Torah parable)

Originally a Hebrew rabbinic tale, its Yiddish translation appeared in various textbooks of the Yiddish afternoon schools

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrating this week’s release of MODERN JEWISH WORLDMAKING THROUGH YIDDISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE by sharing some key ideas and “sparkling sentences” from throughout the book. @princetonupress.bsky.social @emorycollege.bsky.social

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 5d

Go for chol hamoed. Then come back in a couple weeks for this! www.grolierclub.org/default.aspx...

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 10d

One of my favorite stories from Project 5785. A sukkah on the pampa=vulnerability…+ resilience. forward.com/yiddish-worl...

‘A Sukkah on the Argentine grasslands’ (short story)

A farmer describes what Sukkos was like for his family when they immigrated from Russia and didn’t even have a house yet.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 12d

Dos iz mir geven a mekhaye farn yontef.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 12d

Please join me for a book event in your city or an online mini-course from anywhere!

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve heard versions of the tale attributed to a few different figures, which makes sense. TY for sharing this one. A gut gebentsht yor!

Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 14d

Revisiting Project 5785 with a story for Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre can’t start without the rabbi—but where is he?
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‘The Rabbi Who Was Late to Kol Nidre’ (folktale)

The editor of the story took pains to minimize the conflict between child care and the dictates of Jewish law.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 18d

I hope you connect with my excellent colleague Didem Uca!

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 23d

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 23d

Talking with Rachel Gordan about my new book and SO MUCH more was delightful: nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

When dissertations do not become tenure books & research becomes NYT Op-eds with Miriam Udel

We’re talking with Emory Professor Miriam Udel about lessons from a career full of writing highs and challenges, beginning with the realization that the dissertation will not become the first book. We...

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 23d

In case you missed my Project 5785, the holidays are coming back round on the guitar, starting with Rosh Hashana: forward.com/yiddish-worl...

‘A Sweet Year’ (A Rosh Hashanah story)

Sign up for the Yiddish Brief, a bissel of all things Yiddish, brought to you weekly by our Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter.Translated by Miriam Udel. Read the original Yiddish version. Way high up a...

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · 23d

Offered in a similar spirit: forward.com/yiddish-worl...

‘A Sweet Year’ (A Rosh Hashanah story)

Sign up for the Yiddish Brief, a bissel of all things Yiddish, brought to you weekly by our Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter.Translated by Miriam Udel. Read the original Yiddish version. Way high up a...

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Sep 8

Such a banger.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Aug 28

No, I meant Ch 8 of this: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature

How modern Yiddish children’s literature gave expression to emerging forms of Jewish identity

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Aug 28

Der shenster nomen? Yer gonna love my Ch. 8.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m contemplating trying to Mike Mulligan the whole ChatGPT sitch by inviting my 1st years to show in class what they can do w it in relation to a specific text & then hopefully showing we can do better/subtler w close reading & human literary analysis. Am I delulu?

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sentences like that plunge me into an untranslatable anomie.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Jul 17

First known order! I hope you have it in time to savor in your sukkah, Haim.

Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · Jul 17

... and just ordered!! Looking forward to your new publication. Yashar koach.

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Jul 17

Are you perchance reading Moyshe Shifris’s story about the alef-beyz attacking poor Mikhele?

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Jul 17

“Yiddish children’s literature seems fun, but why does it actually matter?” Now there’s a book you can pre-order to find out: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @princetonupress.bsky.social

Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature

How modern Yiddish children’s literature gave expression to emerging forms of Jewish identity

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Miriam Udel @miriamudel.bsky.social · Jul 11

If I “heart” this, does it convey that “I too am appalled”?

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