Yitz Landes
@yitzl.bsky.social
Book History, medieval Hebrew manuscripts, TV, and the New York Knickerbockers
It’s always a pleasure to work with the JRB team. And this issue is chock full of great stuff—it’s an honor to be included in this lineup.
September 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s always a pleasure to work with the JRB team. And this issue is chock full of great stuff—it’s an honor to be included in this lineup.
Also can we have more Times articles that end with plugs for postdoc support
September 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Also can we have more Times articles that end with plugs for postdoc support
Happy to share my just-published Oxford Bibliography on "Early Transmission of Rabbinic Literature." It was helpful for me to think through this topic, and I hope that the resulting annotated bibliography will be helpful to others!
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August 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy to share my just-published Oxford Bibliography on "Early Transmission of Rabbinic Literature." It was helpful for me to think through this topic, and I hope that the resulting annotated bibliography will be helpful to others!
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
Can’t say that Apple TV’s adaptation of Foundation is very good. But all the faults are worth it if the show helps get folks to Stop. Asking. Us. About. Gloves.
August 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Can’t say that Apple TV’s adaptation of Foundation is very good. But all the faults are worth it if the show helps get folks to Stop. Asking. Us. About. Gloves.
The transformation of Chief Rabbi Hertz in 1913 to Chief Rabbi Hertz "in the late 1920s" is like the transformation of Obi Wan Kenobi from Episodes III to IV
July 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The transformation of Chief Rabbi Hertz in 1913 to Chief Rabbi Hertz "in the late 1920s" is like the transformation of Obi Wan Kenobi from Episodes III to IV
Back in the office for the first time in a few weeks, and SUPER excited to see that these two new books were waiting for me!
June 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Back in the office for the first time in a few weeks, and SUPER excited to see that these two new books were waiting for me!
“Spring of 2025 saw two of the most surprising turns in the recent history of the Catholic Church: the election of a Pope from the United States, and a deep playoff run by the New York Knicks, led by a coterie of Villanova alumni. In this AAR paper, I will…”
May 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“Spring of 2025 saw two of the most surprising turns in the recent history of the Catholic Church: the election of a Pope from the United States, and a deep playoff run by the New York Knicks, led by a coterie of Villanova alumni. In this AAR paper, I will…”
May the 4th Be With You
May 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
May the 4th Be With You
Happy 85th birthday to the legendary TipTop Shoes.
What better way to celebrate than with these two new Adidas collabs—designed by my kid brother!! (The “Smellproof” bagging is his as well)
What better way to celebrate than with these two new Adidas collabs—designed by my kid brother!! (The “Smellproof” bagging is his as well)
April 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy 85th birthday to the legendary TipTop Shoes.
What better way to celebrate than with these two new Adidas collabs—designed by my kid brother!! (The “Smellproof” bagging is his as well)
What better way to celebrate than with these two new Adidas collabs—designed by my kid brother!! (The “Smellproof” bagging is his as well)
Happy Passover / Trade War
April 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Passover / Trade War
Always love seeing Schechter’s bookplate.
Note: the Ben Sira quote, the Priestly Hands
Note: the Ben Sira quote, the Priestly Hands
April 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Always love seeing Schechter’s bookplate.
Note: the Ben Sira quote, the Priestly Hands
Note: the Ben Sira quote, the Priestly Hands
It’s like the Dow, but upside down
April 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It’s like the Dow, but upside down
April 1st—aka *today*!—is publication day for Richard Kreitner’s “Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery.”
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
April 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
April 1st—aka *today*!—is publication day for Richard Kreitner’s “Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery.”
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
And for this week’s reading, on the Red Heifer
March 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And for this week’s reading, on the Red Heifer
A 13th-14th c. Mahzor bound in an Esther scroll (UoT Friedberg MS 5-016)
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A 13th-14th c. Mahzor bound in an Esther scroll (UoT Friedberg MS 5-016)
Fellow New Yorkers: looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at this rally—note the new location!
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fellow New Yorkers: looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at this rally—note the new location!
They gave out Brunson-celly shaped foam hands at this Knicks/Hawks game. So obviously Knicks fans went and chopped off the index finger.
February 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
They gave out Brunson-celly shaped foam hands at this Knicks/Hawks game. So obviously Knicks fans went and chopped off the index finger.
Honestly can’t tell if this is some kind of joke.
“Torah and Touch(ing)”?? With all the Modern Orthodox love for Trump, still can’t imagine that’s something the institution/its ppl would want to be associated with. Or did they not realize this is the meaning, adding yet another level of indictment…
“Torah and Touch(ing)”?? With all the Modern Orthodox love for Trump, still can’t imagine that’s something the institution/its ppl would want to be associated with. Or did they not realize this is the meaning, adding yet another level of indictment…
January 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Honestly can’t tell if this is some kind of joke.
“Torah and Touch(ing)”?? With all the Modern Orthodox love for Trump, still can’t imagine that’s something the institution/its ppl would want to be associated with. Or did they not realize this is the meaning, adding yet another level of indictment…
“Torah and Touch(ing)”?? With all the Modern Orthodox love for Trump, still can’t imagine that’s something the institution/its ppl would want to be associated with. Or did they not realize this is the meaning, adding yet another level of indictment…
Gotta love the US Congress, where “generational change” means going from Boomers I to Boomers II
December 5, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Gotta love the US Congress, where “generational change” means going from Boomers I to Boomers II
“The Medieval Scriptorium” by saracharles.bsky.social.
Extremely learned, erudite, and entertaining. I find myself learning so much from this book and I can’t wait to assign it in class.
Extremely learned, erudite, and entertaining. I find myself learning so much from this book and I can’t wait to assign it in class.
November 17, 2024 at 9:11 PM
“The Medieval Scriptorium” by saracharles.bsky.social.
Extremely learned, erudite, and entertaining. I find myself learning so much from this book and I can’t wait to assign it in class.
Extremely learned, erudite, and entertaining. I find myself learning so much from this book and I can’t wait to assign it in class.