day talking to NYC teachers about Jewish American Hidden Voices! First time I hold a printed copy in my hands!

This is a really remarkable piece of writing and in its particulars it describes so, so many people

Fantastic review of my colleague Jeremy Varon’s new book, OUR GRIEF IS NOT A CRY FOR WAR Can’t wait to hear him talk about it on Monday night! wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/less...

And more opinions (which don’t invalidate those of the first piece I shared!):

Sadistic

For the onslaught of NYC mayoral race coverage, especially re Jews, I’ve thought a few times that there’s little info re the opinions of Mamdani’s current constituents For this perspective, this feels worth reading: www.jta.org/2025/10/30/i...

So many own goals. Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product

And to the many DMing me in horror (not on this platform, lol) that I am posting positively re this... it is not my personal endorsement of his candidacy! I am just glad for positive attention to this excellent curricular resource, and yes, I am aware of how politics work, that it may be cynical!

Did not anticipate major attention to the Jewish American Hidden Voices curriculum I led thanks to a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social endorsement, but I'll take it It's an amazing curriculum that so many scholars and educators worked incredibly hard on! TY @forward.com forward.com/news/779257/...

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There's nothing new about right-wingers attacking schools. @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social @rickperlstein.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social have told the stories. But today is different. Now the call is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE. (The White House.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

Boring, insipid history lessons that engage no one and waste time are the most likely outcome of an environment in which teachers are too intimidated to “teach the controversy” Historical illiteracy is a much more likely outcome (always) than indoctrination

“The concern is that teachers will avoid certain topics altogether, or just revert to boring pedagogy, like reading the textbook the district approved,” she said. “That is not a good way to teach. The kids deserve better than that, and our democracy deserves better.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

Wayyyy deeper dive on High Point 👇

I’ve never heard of High Point University… it is perhaps totally fitting that this long profile on a successful, self-declared school for rich kids, says nothing re pedagogical philosophy (or mission- beyond GROW! Which they are. 3x enrollment growth) www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

I am thrilled to have written the chapter on education in this first historical assessment of the Biden presidency. A lineup of major historians in the TOC; now available for pre-order from Princeton UP press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

I am thrilled to have written the chapter on education in this first historical assessment of the Biden presidency. A lineup of major historians in the TOC; now available for pre-order from Princeton UP press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

What I would do for everyone who needs signed documents from me to use Docusign or something like it IDK how many hours I’ve lost to managing PDFs 😭😭😭

“But the fitness test has been the biggest nemesis to the new recruits. The 1.5-mile run, in particular, has toppled more trainees than any other requirement.” BLEAK if anti-immigrant obsession is what finally boosts public investment in fitness www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I love watching a lecture on YouTube by some academic talking passionately about their area and then reading the positive comments below from people all over the world working all kinds of jobs watching these lectures on lunch breaks or when they get home from work.

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It was such an honor to give the lecture that launched Pepperdine’s new Health Humanities minor! Very kind write up below 👇🏽

“It feels a little bit like this Army of Women who are never allowed to stop working on their fitness... The idea or the reality that we women who are already carrying so much are now carrying an extra burden to do all of that can sometimes feel, well, a little much.” 19thnews.org/2025/10/weig...

We talk about the fragmentation of social media, but I’ve never seen it quite like today Threads is a scroll of freed hostages united with their overjoyed families. Here, I scrolled a couple min and only saw one ref to this event, a think piece on the political use of the hostages. Wild.

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

What do I have to do to keep my feeds Diane Keaton content all the time?!

Great time talking with teachers and professors at Montclair State U re Jewish American Hidden Voices This was part of a fantastic program on fighting antisemitism in the classroom, and in remembrance of the Tree of Life shooting Thank you for inviting me

This is crazy and scary. Chitchat at the flu shot line at CVS today was, “least we can do is get our flu shot, now that the CDC is disappearing”

Leave it to some gross men to take the popularity of women’s sports in the most 🤮 direction www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Haven't been able to read the article, but I love this.

Just over here updating my slides for a book talk on FIT NATION. Wild in many ways that when I started this research, Michelle Obama felt like the future of fitness policy and culture... here we are

Can't wait to talk FIT NATION at Pepperdine! Join us IRL in Malibu on Tuesday for my public talk!

I remember not too long ago when I’d be annoyed if someone said, “Happy Yom Kippur” or I saw some Passover graphic w a menorah… Yesterday I got a very earnest “I hope you had a happy YK” from a woman I barely know, and was genuinely touched Amazing what 2 yrs of resurgent antisemitism will do’

I'm so excited to welcome @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social to campus next week to help launch our new minor! The lecture is open to the public, so feel free to join if you're in the area! You can buy her book while here, too.

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Walmart is so committed to making America healthy they won’t provide health insurance or a living wage to their employees but they will remove some food coloring from some of their products. Mission accomplished!

Heart-breaking to come home from standing-room-only services — which felt like a haven — and read about the brutal Yom Kippur attack in Manchester. Love and safety to all observing today.

Thank you so much to @outsidemag.bsky.social for asking me to weigh in on this new study about whether your personality type influences your workouts... www.outsideonline.com/health/train...

I am so excited to be heading to 🌴 Malibu 🌴 next week to spend time with students + faculty @ Pepperdine U and to give a public talk about my book, FIT NATION, as part of the launch of the new Health Humanities minor. If you’re in SoCal, I hope you’ll join us! library.pepperdine.edu/events/?trum...

there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level

Such a treat to see my PhD mentor Estelle Freedman tonight! I got to moderate a panel at a screening of her new documentary about folk singer Faith Petric. Check it out! singingforjustice.com

People are going to be drawing parallels between this and JFK’s “Soft American” comments on the military This is much worse, bc it’s all about “the look”… JFK at least had commitment to figurative ideals re intellectual and civic discipline

People are going to be drawing parallels between this and JFK’s “Soft American” comments on the military This is much worse, bc it’s all about “the look”… JFK at least had commitment to figurative ideals re intellectual and civic discipline

Good piece, bc it argues that the professoriate is more politically diverse than the haters paint us (good!), but that there are very real dynamics in academia that obscure that existing political variety (not good!) Definitely reflects my experience www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

I am by no means doing this parenting in the age of screens thing perfectly, but when I see kids who are not allowed any screens, social media, etc (usually w a smug parent in tow), I think of those kids who were forbidden McD’s growing up and then ate it every meal freshman year

Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Thank you to @thenewschool.bsky.social for covering the release of the Jewish American Hidden Voices curriculum! blogs.newschool.edu/news/2025/09...

And the admin is likely to try to deport him again once he’s out of the hospital.

Don’t worry, AI will fix it!

I stopped complaining about college students “who won’t read” bc it has seemed clear to me for a while that a significant number actually don’t know how, or at least with any interpretive skill I’m not sure how we address this in college, but it’s a serious issue! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...