Amen!

Yes! Personal statement is a bit of a misnomer—think of that genre as an intellectual/academic “where are you going, where have you been”

Do faculty who taught through occupations in other cities (e.g. Portland, Chicago, LA), or who have developed materials for supporting students through horrors like those happening in MN, have resources to recommend? Assignments, readings, extracurricular plans, &c? Please share if you can!

This thread really captures the state of the nation—full of hate and full of beauty. Let’s nurture the beauty, the art, the love.

“Antisemitism is not simply hatred. It is a metaphysics. It tries to turn Jews into a problem rather than a presence. It tries to make Jewish life conditional, revocable, temporary. A synagogue stands for the opposite: rootedness, memory, continuity, stubborn belonging. That is why it is targeted.“

Small pleasures must still be taken. Beat the bot today by 2. Wordle 1,669 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A reminder that justice and righteousness are not gone from the world. A beautiful piece by Avigail Sperber Tikkun Olam Within My Own Home open.substack.com/pub/mazl1948...

Appropriate staffing is key to patient safety and nurses being able to do their jobs.

In this age of illiteracy, this is a righteous hangover! May the coffee be hot and smooth, and may it be accompanied by favorite breakfast tasties!

Not surprised that Australian Shepherds are among this group of “gifted word learners.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/s...

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Seems pretty cool

I can’t wait to assign this!!

Very excited about this first online sighting of ENGLISH MAJORS AT WORK: CAREER AND LIFE PATHWAYS: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/english-majo...

This is a great article - check it out (as I will check out some of the material on this list that I hadn't come across yet - maybe some of it will end up in future notes of praise, too!)

Delighted to have my end-of-year piece over @lilithmagazine.bsky.social included. Thx for reading and sharing @americanstudier.bsky.social

“The health fair was organized by Remote Area Medical, a TN nonprofit founded to take volunteer medics to impoverished parts of S. America & Africa. But after seeing how desperate the needs were here in the US, it reoriented itself & today mostly serves Americans.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

Immediately ordered The Heart of a Stranger.

Happy New Year! May 2026 be a better year for all of us and for democracy.

An abundance of oys this year, but resistance demands that we chronicle the joys as well. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Carole King, @npr.org‘s Susan Stamberg of blessed memory, @booker.senate.gov are on my list along with some film and tv picks. lilith.org/2025/12/seve...

An abundance of oys this year, but resistance demands that we chronicle the joys as well. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Carole King, @npr.org‘s Susan Stamberg of blessed memory, @booker.senate.gov are on my list along with some film and tv picks. lilith.org/2025/12/seve...

Paternal grandfather sewed pocketbooks in NY’s garment district. Maternal grandfather worked in the Joyva factory. Professor whose work includes career pathways education. Those facts are related.

My own personal Hanukkah miracle this year: learned how to unwrap gelt with one hand (shattered my elbow and recovering from surgery)

Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

My annual Jewish feminist highlights is now live over @lilithmagazine.bsky.social lilith.org/2025/12/seve...

Both/And! Horatio Alger mythology should have no place in the contemporary academy.

Spend any time in the US healthcare system and you understand that we sideline the #humanities at our peril!

Folks, exercise the limited agency you have--get your flu and Covid vaccinations if you haven't already. Resistance takes many forms! Fall vaccination rates are down, flu takes off, the U.S. is not Denmark, ICE’s negative impact on health, and more! open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

So happy to be sharing this news. ENGLISH MAJORS AT WORK: CAREER AND LIFE PATHWAYS is officially in production @rutgersupress.bsky.social. Pub date is Oct. 13, 2026!

Crucial not only for inclusiveness but also for *modeling* inclusiveness. What students informally learn is okay is also what they'll do in future classrooms and workplaces.

Coming to Dallas on Monday!

Guilty as charged—lol!

World AIDS Day www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt-history

Take note, New York peeps! (and I know where I'm going first on my next trip to my beloved city)

May their memories be for a blessing.

View from the post-feast walk.

Cranberries are on the stove! Pro-tip: make a double batch and freeze some—cranberry sauce on latkes is delish!

Promoting my last book: MOVIE-MADE JEWS: AN AMERICAN TRADITION www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/movie-made-j...

Who's crying? I'm not crying! Seriously, I hope some of these kids grow up and run for public office.

And especially those who are most vulnerable and have the least cultural capital.

An early Shabbat Shalom.

”At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website.” One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Those of us who study domestic violence know that women are most in danger as they are leaving their abusers. That's not justification for staying; it's knowledge that can help facilitate a safer exit. Useful knowledge as we deal with national/nationalist forms of domestic violence.

Shabbat shalom!

Honored and grateful to @erikadreifus.bsky.social for including a link to my @therevealer.bsky.social review of Hurwitz’s AS A JEW in her weekly Machberet blog. Certainly a Jewish book to be celebrated, IMHO.

In praise of decency—even and especially now!

A top-notch economist and writer also has good culinary sense!

ICYMI: My review of Sarah Hurwitz's AS A JEW over @therevealer.bsky.social therevealer.org/wrestling-wi...

The many forms resistance takes.