Sam Spinner
@samspinner.bsky.social
Yiddish, German, literature, art, monuments, museums.
My book about 4 of the above: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33157
Associate Professor @ Johns Hopkins.
My book about 4 of the above: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33157
Associate Professor @ Johns Hopkins.
Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
Moderately versatile.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Moderately versatile.
If you’re in the area and like cool books… featuring Dr. Mack Zalin of @jhulibraries.bsky.social and yours truly.
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you’re in the area and like cool books… featuring Dr. Mack Zalin of @jhulibraries.bsky.social and yours truly.
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
“Have mercy. Don’t be a nudnik.”
Ordering these immediately.
Ordering these immediately.
October 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Have mercy. Don’t be a nudnik.”
Ordering these immediately.
Ordering these immediately.
These post-it notes are perfect for when you need a reminder that you’ve already forgotten the thing you wanted to remember.
October 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
These post-it notes are perfect for when you need a reminder that you’ve already forgotten the thing you wanted to remember.
My fig tree runneth over.
August 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My fig tree runneth over.
Migraine and other Headaches in the...
Of course I clicked. I needed to find out what headaches have to do with Sonderkommando testimonies.
...in the Mesopotamian Incantation Bowls.
doi.org/10.1515/tc-2...
Of course I clicked. I needed to find out what headaches have to do with Sonderkommando testimonies.
...in the Mesopotamian Incantation Bowls.
doi.org/10.1515/tc-2...
August 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Migraine and other Headaches in the...
Of course I clicked. I needed to find out what headaches have to do with Sonderkommando testimonies.
...in the Mesopotamian Incantation Bowls.
doi.org/10.1515/tc-2...
Of course I clicked. I needed to find out what headaches have to do with Sonderkommando testimonies.
...in the Mesopotamian Incantation Bowls.
doi.org/10.1515/tc-2...
We all know about computers and data mining.
But did you know about humans and doodoo mining?
But did you know about humans and doodoo mining?
August 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We all know about computers and data mining.
But did you know about humans and doodoo mining?
But did you know about humans and doodoo mining?
“The Case of Mordecai vs. Haman:
A struggle for an independent judiciary
Before the Bar of Universal Justice
Based on a Unique Interpretation of the Book of Esther,” by Rabbi Dr. Solomon M. Neches, 1951.
A struggle for an independent judiciary
Before the Bar of Universal Justice
Based on a Unique Interpretation of the Book of Esther,” by Rabbi Dr. Solomon M. Neches, 1951.
July 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“The Case of Mordecai vs. Haman:
A struggle for an independent judiciary
Before the Bar of Universal Justice
Based on a Unique Interpretation of the Book of Esther,” by Rabbi Dr. Solomon M. Neches, 1951.
A struggle for an independent judiciary
Before the Bar of Universal Justice
Based on a Unique Interpretation of the Book of Esther,” by Rabbi Dr. Solomon M. Neches, 1951.
Turns out you can get books and Pokémon at the Yiddish Book Center. I got a few of each.
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Turns out you can get books and Pokémon at the Yiddish Book Center. I got a few of each.
I spent an amazing few days last week @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social talking to a group of middle and high school teachers from all kinds of schools around the country about Yiddish Holocaust poetry and how they can incorporate it into their teaching about the Holocaust.
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I spent an amazing few days last week @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social talking to a group of middle and high school teachers from all kinds of schools around the country about Yiddish Holocaust poetry and how they can incorporate it into their teaching about the Holocaust.
Great topic! Speaking of, check out ch 9 of Sven-Erik Rose’s new book. And the rest of it too…
July 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great topic! Speaking of, check out ch 9 of Sven-Erik Rose’s new book. And the rest of it too…
If you want to get the inside dope on the Tour de France, can’t beat this show:
July 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you want to get the inside dope on the Tour de France, can’t beat this show:
Museum rules:
- Do not take pictures of pictures.
- Do not sit on chairs.
- Do not take pictures of pictures.
- Do not sit on chairs.
June 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Museum rules:
- Do not take pictures of pictures.
- Do not sit on chairs.
- Do not take pictures of pictures.
- Do not sit on chairs.
Yes definitely self help books (more and more of which are being translated and adapted into Yiddish). But also everything:
June 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Yes definitely self help books (more and more of which are being translated and adapted into Yiddish). But also everything:
Hi Playmobil,
Who is we? I am a Maple Leafs fan from Hamilton, Ontario. You are a German toy company with American headquarters in New Jersey. I am not happy about the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup. Why are you?
Who is we? I am a Maple Leafs fan from Hamilton, Ontario. You are a German toy company with American headquarters in New Jersey. I am not happy about the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup. Why are you?
June 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hi Playmobil,
Who is we? I am a Maple Leafs fan from Hamilton, Ontario. You are a German toy company with American headquarters in New Jersey. I am not happy about the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup. Why are you?
Who is we? I am a Maple Leafs fan from Hamilton, Ontario. You are a German toy company with American headquarters in New Jersey. I am not happy about the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup. Why are you?
P'tcha or galareta (also known as "calves' foot jelly") is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish. It is a kind of aspic prepared from calves' feet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%27tcha
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%27tcha
June 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
P'tcha or galareta (also known as "calves' foot jelly") is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish. It is a kind of aspic prepared from calves' feet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%27tcha
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%27tcha
Newsweek insists on the archaic singular to refer to Lisa Murkowski.
June 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Newsweek insists on the archaic singular to refer to Lisa Murkowski.
The @nytimes.com style guide recommends using the plural in reference to Lisa Murkowski.
June 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The @nytimes.com style guide recommends using the plural in reference to Lisa Murkowski.
The Universal Yiddish Library has launched: www.universalyiddishlibrary.org.
It's going to be a long afternoon.
It's going to be a long afternoon.
June 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Universal Yiddish Library has launched: www.universalyiddishlibrary.org.
It's going to be a long afternoon.
It's going to be a long afternoon.
SO: Why not just make them at home?
Me: Then they wouldn’t be heimish.
Me: Then they wouldn’t be heimish.
May 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
SO: Why not just make them at home?
Me: Then they wouldn’t be heimish.
Me: Then they wouldn’t be heimish.
Two poetry books from New York: one by Ida, one for Ada.
“In halb-shotn,” (In semi-shadow), Ida (Edith) Glasser-Andrews, 1922.
“Adas liderbukh,” (Ada’s book of poems), Ephraim Auerbach, 1934.
“In halb-shotn,” (In semi-shadow), Ida (Edith) Glasser-Andrews, 1922.
“Adas liderbukh,” (Ada’s book of poems), Ephraim Auerbach, 1934.
May 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Two poetry books from New York: one by Ida, one for Ada.
“In halb-shotn,” (In semi-shadow), Ida (Edith) Glasser-Andrews, 1922.
“Adas liderbukh,” (Ada’s book of poems), Ephraim Auerbach, 1934.
“In halb-shotn,” (In semi-shadow), Ida (Edith) Glasser-Andrews, 1922.
“Adas liderbukh,” (Ada’s book of poems), Ephraim Auerbach, 1934.
Fresh in, Yiddish books from early-1970s Montreal. A veritable potpourri, rtl:
1) “In mayn gefalnkeyt,” M. M. Shaffir, 1975. Poems.
2) “Di mishpokhe in Kanada un Dos hoyzgezind fun Profesor Sidney Goldstein,” Sh. Shtern, 1975. Novellas.
3) “Midrash Rabbah Shir Hashirim” trans. Sh. Dunsky, 1973.
1) “In mayn gefalnkeyt,” M. M. Shaffir, 1975. Poems.
2) “Di mishpokhe in Kanada un Dos hoyzgezind fun Profesor Sidney Goldstein,” Sh. Shtern, 1975. Novellas.
3) “Midrash Rabbah Shir Hashirim” trans. Sh. Dunsky, 1973.
May 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fresh in, Yiddish books from early-1970s Montreal. A veritable potpourri, rtl:
1) “In mayn gefalnkeyt,” M. M. Shaffir, 1975. Poems.
2) “Di mishpokhe in Kanada un Dos hoyzgezind fun Profesor Sidney Goldstein,” Sh. Shtern, 1975. Novellas.
3) “Midrash Rabbah Shir Hashirim” trans. Sh. Dunsky, 1973.
1) “In mayn gefalnkeyt,” M. M. Shaffir, 1975. Poems.
2) “Di mishpokhe in Kanada un Dos hoyzgezind fun Profesor Sidney Goldstein,” Sh. Shtern, 1975. Novellas.
3) “Midrash Rabbah Shir Hashirim” trans. Sh. Dunsky, 1973.
The Life Cycle of Leaven.
Stage 1: moments after Passover.
Stage 1: moments after Passover.
April 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Life Cycle of Leaven.
Stage 1: moments after Passover.
Stage 1: moments after Passover.
I have four questions about this talking Haggadah:
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I have four questions about this talking Haggadah:
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?
- Why?