Aviel Roshwald

@avielroshwald.bsky.social

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History Professor.

Comparative study of nationalism.

Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
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Aviel Roshwald is an American historian and professor of history at Georgetown University.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · Oct 10

I’m a history professor focusing on 20th-century Europe, with a particular interest in the comparative history of nationalism and of responses to Nazi aggression. My most recent book is Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Camb. Univ. Press, 2023).

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 3h

Another day, another stint in the beef-tallow queue, as America makes itself healthy again.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...

Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...

mississippitoday.org

Reposted by Will Jennings, James Connelly, Aviel Roshwald

Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social · 6h

I am here and trying to use Bluesky more! There are certainly far more Simpsons memes than on the other place. Do please add me to the relevant lists/starter packs etc

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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 14h

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

mississippitoday.org

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 14h

Don’t imagine for a moment that the conquest of Greenland would satiate him. This is the sort of insatiable hunger that can never be fed enough and that is ultimately self-destructive, but at incalculable cost to the nation and the world.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 14h

European Union preparing sanctions on US companies if President Trump rejects EU proposal to deploy European military force to Greenland as an alternative to US control.-Telegraph

Reposted by Will Jennings, Aviel Roshwald

AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, Daily Mail claims, citing sources.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 17h

I ruthlessly elbowed aside young and elderly alike as I fought my way to the beef-tallow shelf at the store today, and yet it was all gone by the time I reached it.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.

Beef Tallow Rises to the Top of the U.S. Food Pyramid

The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers, even as doctors have warned against it.

nyti.ms

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Amir Fraiberg @amirfraiberg.bsky.social · 18h

כתבה חמודה על היהודי היחיד בגרינלנד
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Greenland’s only Jew hears a familiar pattern in Trump’s annexation talk

Paul Cohen, Greenland’s only Jew, explains how Jewish history shapes his response to Trump’s renewed talk of annexing the island.

forward.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Kim L. Scheppele, Aviel Roshwald , and 2 more Anne Applebaum, Kim L. Scheppele, Aviel Roshwald, Francesco Nicoli, François Guesnet

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h

Masses are now marching through Tehran. Preliminary reports indicate the Iranian Tax Administration building is on fire.

Across multiple cities, disturbing updates are pouring in, wounded and killed numbers are rising fast. The regime is throwing everything it has at suppressing the uprising.

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald, François Guesnet

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h

👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 19h

Happening now: hundreds have gathered in downtown Chicago to rally against both ICE/Border Patrol violence and US intervention in Venezuela.

This is one of only multiple anti-ICE demonstrations planned in Chicago this weekend.

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 20h

If you want to go to a rally, do a search for #ICEOutForGood (with spaces not the hashtag) at the link below to find a location near you.

Be safe & peaceful & bring water, warm clothes, a mask (just in case) & a sign.
www.mobilize.us

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 20h

Mina is having a bad hair day.

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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 21h

More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.

#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 21h

We mostly do own-goals ‘round these parts.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 22h

Whole Foods in Rockville has lost power

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking: Two Things True at Same Time

Reports have now been confirmed that the two things were verified and synchronous. There is believed to be no precedent for this development. Please stay tuned.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t listen to random accounts or any account that is pushing this false narrative. This is an organic uprising by the Iranian people both out of decades of harsh repression. The Mosaad and the CIA are *not* behind this.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Protocol Update: The President is to be addressed as His Royal Madness henceforth.

Randahl Fink @randahl.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is clearly not well.

At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.

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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social · 1d

this is why I no longer permit my students to complain. digression is the essence of academic freedom

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 1d

One thing lost in the frame-by-frame analyses is the bigger picture: ICE escalated a routine, non-threatening encounter into a fatal confrontation.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

And my students complain that I sometimes digress during lecture.

Randahl Fink @randahl.bsky.social · 1d

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

You were bound to say that.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.

Beef Tallow Rises to the Top of the U.S. Food Pyramid

The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers, even as doctors have warned against it.

nyti.ms

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Minnesota’s Fraternal Order of Police opts for collaborationism.

Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.

You support murder.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Stay tuned for my forthcoming historical study, Incontestable Contingency, in which I show that, if not for certain things happening a certain way, things would have certainly turned out differently.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, Aviel Roshwald , and 1 more Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, Aviel Roshwald, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Randahl Fink @randahl.bsky.social · 1d

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d

Several lines of law enforcement officers have closed in around the anti-ICE protest centered around a downtown Minneapolis hotel. Follow updates here. bit.ly/3YxgqDW

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald

Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @aoc.bsky.social.

Hey so marching into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and leading with a chant saying “we support Hamas” is a disgusting and antisemitic thing to do.

Pretty basic!

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