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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 1d

What we are reading! Finished “Wild Dark Shore” over the first part of succot and can’t recommend it enough. Perfect for people who like a thriller and are interested in the environment or animals or Oz. T Swift book based on the Harvard poet’s class
#pugbooktok #charlottemcconaghy #StephanieBurt

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 2d

Day of the Dead at Princeton University! Hosted by the Effron Center for the Study of America @princeton.edu

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 2d

The next meeting of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry's Jewish Studies Colloquium will feature Ehud Krinis of Ben Gurion University of the Negev presenting the paper “Through the Sufi Curtain: Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart and the Islamic Zuhd Tradition.”
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ehud Krinis presents "Through the Sufi Curtain: Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart and the Islamic Zuhd Tradition" at the Jewish Studies Colloquium. Aft...

On Tuesday, October 21, the Tauber Institute welcomes Ehud Krinis (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) presenting the paper "Through the Sufi Curtain: Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart and the Is...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 2d

Excited for this volume!

Maternal Sacrifices. A New Gaze at Sacrificial Patterns in Jewish Cultures, edited by Elisa Carandina, Henoch (46/2, 2024). This thematic issue explores maternal sacrifice from multiple perspectives offering new insights into Jewish cultures across different periods.

Henoch Journal

Henoch publishes on the history of Judaism broadly conceived, inclusive of the Second Temple, rabbinic and medieval periods, Christian origins, and Jewish-Christian relations until the Early Modern Ag...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 4d

Two more exquisite books I highly recommend. Both cover brutal topics but have incredible character development and amazing writing. The Correspondent reminded me of Elizabeth Strout’s work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #deathofus #thecorrespondent

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 4d

Some awesome books we have read in the past week. Katabasis is a wickedly funny academic spoof. Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation is a Jewish American novel that traces women in a family over three generations. If you like the work of Allegra Goodman, you may like Yahm’s book. #sarahyahm #katabasis

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 5d

The succah is up! Tomorrow the spouse is supposed to string the lights and get the cushions for the outdoor chairs set up while I am at work. Meanwhile shopping is done, dishwasher is running so I can set up the crockpot in the am, and dough for challah rolls is in the bread machine. 🍋🍞🍗

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 8d

Review of Michael Hoberman's "Imagining Early American Jews" in the The Wall Street Journal by Stuart Halpern
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‘Imagining Early American Jews’ Review: Liberty Proclaimed

The story of a short-lived Jewish homeland in upstate New York offers a window on how Jews have understood their place in America.

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 9d

Check out this forthcoming symposium on the Jews of Florida!

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 10d

Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University invite applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, with an anticipated start date of August 2nd, 2026.

Yeshiva University | Details - Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 10d

Today's fantastic artifact: Adeline’s Portal by glass artist Beth Lipman that "presents domestic objects as surrogates for stories and mortals forgotten, alluding to the idiom, “Skeletons in the Closet.”

includes a glass version of Adeline Moses's sampler (1798) chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/3094...

Adeline’s Portal — Beth Lipman

CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: Adeline’s Portal

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 11d

The American Academy for Jewish Research invites submissions for the Salo Wittmayer Baron Book Prize. The Baron Book Prize ($3,000) is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding first book in Jewish studies.

Deadline: January 31, 2026. The winner will be notified in late spring 2026.

Baron Book Prize – AAJR

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 12d

Check out this amazing upcoming conference on Maritime Connections: Jews Across the Indian Ocean at the O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi NCR, India
16-18.2.2026

Submission deadline: 31.10.2025. Call for papers
mrtmsummit.com/call-for-pap...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 12d

Jewish studies postdoctoral fellowship at @universityofleeds.bsky.social on post-Holocaust material and visual cultures! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies

Are you a dynamic person holding a recent doctoral degree with strong research and teaching interests in post-Holocaust visualities/materialities? Does your research and teaching demonstrate a sustain...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 12d

Andrew Silow-Carroll on Pamela Nadell's new book!

Why a historian thinks Jews are living through a ‘high tide’ of American antisemitism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Pamela Nadell writes a history of Jew hatred, from colonial times to the aftermath of Oct. 7.

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 12d

In awe of Darcel Deneau, creator of this beautiful #mosaic.
The dimensions are amazing. Also the colors! www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 12d

Amusing find of the day. This "Woolie of a shepherd wearing 'Joseph's Coat of Many Colors' holding a lamb. English c. 1850." Leatherwood Antiques. id34108.securedata.net/leatherwooda...

I love how he tucks the sheep under his arm and also the pipe in his mouth.

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Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 22d

NEW YORK READERS: Excited to say that as of later today there should be signed copies of PRESS 1 FOR INVASION - with a special extraterrestrial signature! - in both branches of @bookculture.com in Morningside Heights - perfect for some weekend reading with the kids!

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 13d

Favorite book of the week and one of the best graphic novels I have read in a long time. Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 18d

L’Shana Tova! A very happy new year to everyone. May the coming be year be filled with blessings and only good news, and may you only know the sweetness and happiness a pug feels when he is about to eat a slice of apple. 🍎 🍯 🍏

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 19d

@adamshear.bsky.social thank you for sharing this!

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 19d

2 of the books we read over Shabbat. One true love was fine, but I HIGHLY recommend “Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance” by Alison Espach (the same author as The Wedding People). Laugh out loud funny but also about real issues. Beautifully written. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 20d

Another great Tablet sampler with the Ten Commandments, by Elizabeth Coventry, 1727

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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 20d

Loving this 19thC Ten Commandments Sampler made by Canadian Mary Jessie Wolhaupter Watters (b. 1838) with genealogy and cat! Her father (shown here) was a private in the Civil War.
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Images of Parents: www.findagrave.com/memorial/293...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 20d

YIVO’s annual fellowships for 2026-2027 are now open for application. More information and the online application form can be found here: yivo.org/List-of-Fell...

Please note that some of the fellowship awards have increased.

List of Fellowships | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

List of available YIVO fellowships.

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