One week to go to apply to present at the Midwest AAR regional meeting in Cincinnati! Apply! Encourage your students to apply! Regionals are great first academic conferences! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Check out the new ep of the @jwaonline.bsky.social podcast about the Jewish women of SNL! I had a blast recording it! jwa.org/podcasts/can...

A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong. My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.

For those who are inclined to petitions, please sign this one, urging UC leadership to officially and publicly reject any strong-arm attempt to control higher ed! #UCChooseIntegrity #RejectTheCompact #DefendDemocracy #AcademicFreedom

The WSUP spring/summer catalog is out, so #WitHappens is on the final approach to its 2/17/26 release date! Pre-order now (and please have your university library pre-order before money runs out for the year), and remember we're all happy to do in-person or Zoom events in the coming months! #JewSky

It's finally @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social week! This is my first time at one of the BIG big Cons, so I am doing my introvert best to prepare, but I am excited and hope to see many folks (and even more amazing cosplay!) while I am there!

Kudos for our student paper for this write-up about the demonstration mourning all we have lost to SB1 and other attacks on higher ed.

Anyone around UC, please attend our memorial service for higher education Wednesday at 12:15.

Got interviewed by @marisakabas.bsky.social, check it out!

The 2026 HBI Research Awards application is open! HBI awards grants each year to support research & artistic projects centered on Jewish women’s & gender studies. Awards are made to graduate students, early career, & established researchers. Apply by Sept. 2, 2025 www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...

This blatant Cincinnati erasure shall not stand!

Coming in early 2026! Stay tuned for more info!

From Ben's beard, to Natasha Lyonne's presence, to the black and white cookies from Maisie's, to the synagogue as the local gathering place, to the Hanukkah decorations on Yancey St. is is clear that Judaism is the only religion on Earth-828. I will be taking no questions at this time.

Meet the 2025-2027 Young Scholars in American Religion Cohort! The members of this cohort were chosen for their commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration within the fields of American Religion. Learn more here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

NEW podcast episode: "The Rightwing Radicalization of White Christian Boys" @angeladenker.bsky.social, author of Disciples of White Jesus, discusses why teen Christian males are moving further to the right & what to do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. therevealer.org/podcast/epis...

Today is D-Day, or Death Day for Ohio higher ed as SB1 goes into effect. The president of UC had the gall to email us all a list of changes and pretend they are good things.

Hey #JewSky folks, spread the word! I am editing a new section for BRINA about Jews in North America, and will be commissioning articles on a bunch of topics. Contact me if you have an idea, or send people my way! www.theologyandreligiononline.com/bloomsbury-r...

Not what you meant, but it made me giggle so I went with it.

Today's the day! Come see @miriameve.bsky.social and me hang out! Everyone needs a Jewish comics womanel in their lives!

Come see us!

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

🚨Stop Everything🚨….not sure if this is making the rounds here yet but this is University of Cincinnati music theater student Erin Morton and she’s blowing up over on TikTok for her stunning rendition of Radiohead’s "Creep"🔥….full tears going 🥹

The Feinstein Center at Temple University announces its annual summer fellowship to support research in the American Jewish experience. Predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars studying any area of American Jewish life are eligible for the grant of up to $4,000.

Hey #JewSky of southwest Ohio, spread the word about a talk I am giving next Monday at @universityofdayton.bsky.social! This talk, in particular, is focused on the fact that even when things look bleak, there's always a way to find hope.

"You've been chosen," the spirit said. "What?" "Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer." "Me?" "Yes." "Alone?" "We chose everyone." #CrossRepost

Day 1 of a cold, snowy Midwest AAR is in the books! Looking forward to a packed program tomorrow. Midwest, midbest! Best regional conference in all the land!

Abstracts due March 9! popularcultureandtheology.com/2025/02/03/c...

Meet the panelists & host for the upcoming Religion & episode, Religion & Obsolescence: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America. We are so excited to have this panel of amazing scholars and authors. Register for the episode here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...

Good times in Cincy today! But since the protest was "not unlawful" they got to just load up their U-Haul and head off to wherever their next stop is.

The special issue on "Trans Lives and Religion" features articles by @raymoishe.bsky.social, @gillianfrank.bsky.social, @justinsabia-tanis.bsky.social, & several others. The issue is a great resource for anyone interested in trans people & religion and how to support trans people today.

Mark your calendars! Friday, March 7, 1–3pm 3230 Campus Recreation Center Join us for a staged reading of the #TurnawayPlay, followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers. Co-sponsors UC Sociology, CCM Acting & UC WGSS

Cool zoom event! Join @jennycaplan.bsky.social, Associate Prof. and Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati, on Monday, Feb 10, 2025 at 7 PM eastern for a discussion on "Jews in Space on Screen!" Moderated by Amy Weiss. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It's the line at the bottom, pausing affinity groups and networking groups that feels especially insidious. You cannot even gather together while at work. Divide and conquer at its finest.

Mark and Ruth Luckens International Prize in Jewish Thought and Culture: awarded to the best unpublished original essay that is also suitable for oral presentation to a general audience and is written by a grad student or recent Ph.D. (no earlier than 2022) who does not have a TT position. $500

Excellent

The AAR CFP is up, and we would love to see proposals from both new and familiar faces. NOTE: THE STUDY OF JUDAISM UNIT IS NOW THE JEWISH STUDIES UNIT. Don't panic if you look under the old name and don't see anything! www.aarweb.org/AARMBR/Event... @relcfp.com

So here's what's cool about my job: Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

Today I learned that in this, the year of our lord two thousand and twenty five, we still have classrooms on this campus that do not have any instructional technology in them. No projector. No screen. No speakers. Nothing. So anyway let's see if I can find a new classroom.

Next year I am on sabbatical, and we are searching for a 1 year VAP replacement in Judaism at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

And this is why my syllabuses this semester frame generative AI use as a question of environmental ethics, not just academic ethics. Just because it's free doesn't mean it's without cost. California is burning while every single AI prompt uses 16oz of water.

Coming this July! I am really looking forward to seeing this book out in the world. Pre-order here: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477331804/

It's pretty funny that Demi Moore's Globes speech was basically "It took me forty years of working to find my way to a feeling of self-worth" and Richard Gadd and Brady Corbet got up and said "Make the stuff I want to make and give me more power." Or maybe it's not funny at all.

millennial Christmas Carol but when the ghost of Christmas past takes you back you can’t learn anything bc you’re too busy cringing at your ultra low rise jeans and the ghost of Christmas present can’t speak bc you keep saying “I don’t look like that” (there’s no future ghost bc there’s no future)

Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers is the #1 new release in Jewish Literary Criticism! Please encourage your library to purchase a copy, or pick up the ebook, which is priced for normal humans (unlike the hardcover).

you know what, this is actually a great time to tell you my favorite DS9 story. 🧵

SO VERY EXCITED to share this NEH Summer Institute website on Jewish print culture!! #nehgrant @nehgov.bsky.social @barbaramann.bsky.social #bookhistory 📜 artsci.case.edu/neh/

Loved this absolutely fantastic essay by @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social on the spiritual heart of Muppet Christmas Carol. therevealer.org/muppet-relig...