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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 2d

Lol and oy 😢

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 2d

Lol 🤦🏻‍♂️

Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 7d

What I'm saying is: thank you 💜

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 7d

And now you, of course, in all your queer glory (in all senses), light the sky up for those of us who maybe *have* been defeated by the academy, and who also know as you do, that the academy needs to be burned down, but not in the way that its current attackers think!

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 7d

But more importantly, I remember that visit, it was one of my first invitation invitations, and I was pretty nervous... when we use the Time Machine to go back in the past, let me know that you a fellow queer are there?

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 7d

And would find a way to unnecessarily but also very necessarily make queerness part of the story... even at the Shabbat table of my rather conservative parents. 😆.

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 7d

Oh my gods! 😳😳😳 whaaa!!! I did not know this 🥲. (I did have a blue stripe, a manga-like blue lowlight 😂). But I'm super touched and grateful to you for sharing this. My youngest sibling used to call my ostentatious queerness, my "lesbian toothbrush." I could be talking about brushing my teeth 1/

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 15d

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Aderaba Podcast @aderaba.bsky.social · 20d

Gilah Kletenik and Rafael Neis are at it again, in Ep. 5 "Jewish Studies, Naturally." For the full episode, visit the link in bio or click on the link below.

#jewishstudies #aderaba #podcast #nature @postrafelite.bsky.social

youtu.be/p6yp7m-Ob2E?...

Jewish Studies, Naturally

YouTube video by Aderaba

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 27d

Did a tiny hike with these lovely people before listening to a fantastic summary of law and policy in today's ever shifting world.

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 27d

#USPATH feels so good to be in a trans majority space talking about the issues

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 27d

Am I the only one who pronounces it as Bloo-skee?

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Aderaba Podcast @aderaba.bsky.social · 29d

Season 1, Episode 4: "What's Wrong with the West" just dropped!

Come for the insightful analysis and critique of contemporary investment in a so-called "Western" tradition currently ascendent in right-wing circles, including by specific Jewish groups.

beacons.ai/aderaba
@postrafelite.bsky.social

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Aderaba Podcast @aderaba.bsky.social · Sep 21

Season 1, Ep 2 of ADERABA: What’s Bad about Being in the Image of God?

Hosts Gilah Kletenik & Rafe Neis unpack how this idea shaped Jewish & Christian thought—its dangers, its hierarchies, and its potential for rethinking human dignity & ecology today.

#aderaba #talmud #philosophy #theology

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 22

You can now read and download the Introduction to my new book Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt - to be published in January. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Aderaba Podcast @aderaba.bsky.social · Sep 21

Season 1, Ep 3 of ADERABA: Why Halakhah is NOT Law

We unpack the history and politics of reducing halakhah to “Jewish law,” its Christian inflections, and its impact on Jewish legal thought today. Heated (and personal!) lawyer–rabbi debate inside.
#halakhah #jewishstudies #judaism #law #philosophy

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Sep 20

Jews and stomach problems have apparently been a theme for a while. (from Berakhot 55a)

"With regard to what Rav Yehuda said in praise of one who prolongs his time in the bathroom, the Gemara asks: Is that a virtue? Wasn’t it taught in a baraita: Ten things bring a person to suffer from hemorrhoids: One who eats the leaves of bulrushes, grape leaves, tendrils of grapevines, the palate and tongue of an animal, as well as any other part of the animal which is not smooth and which has protrusions, the spine of a fish, a salty fish that is not fully cooked, and one who drinks wine dregs, and one who wipes himself with lime and clay, the materials from which earthenware is made, and one who wipes himself with a stone with which another person wiped himself. And some say: One who suspends himself too much in the bathroom as well. This proves that prolonging one’s time in the bathroom is harmful."

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · Sep 20

Lit had a paper called "'Their Backs toward the Temple, and Their Faces toward the East:' The Temple and Toilet Practices in Rabbinic Palestine and Babylonia" 🤣

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Christopher B. Zeichmann @cbzeichmann.bsky.social · Sep 2

More self-promotion: a lecture I gave earlier this year about radical forms of democracy in antiquity (and the lessons they might offer us) can now be seen on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iluz... #democracy #anarchism #canpol #antiquity

Radical Antiquity: Ancient Lessons for Modern Democracy

YouTube video by Knox College

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Diskette Press @ MQTZF @diskettepress.bsky.social · Sep 14

there is an hour and a half of SPX left so make sure you find all of the clues to discover the true meaning of zines

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onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 13

what we’ve seen from the right is the most insane case of cancel culture i’ve ever witnessed. the left has never even done close to a fraction of a fraction of what they want to do now

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thank you for reading 💜 and also for getting what the book is about 🥹

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Apr 8

Rafael Neis offers a response to panelists, highlighting the unique position of both author and artist.

Author Response | Neis, When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

“I view my book not only as a celebration of resemblance and its nonsensical relations, but also an interruption of an exceptionalized and recurring image: that of God. The play of resemblances that…

www.ancientjewreview.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 13

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts

At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.

www.nbcnews.com

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · Sep 12

Spoiler: what do Augustine, Hitler, Augustine, Obama and (Mike) Pence have in common?

Gilah Kletenik and I argue about the value of the idea that humans are in the divine image.

Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · Sep 12

Episode 2 of ADERABA out today!

WHAT IS BAD ABOUT BEING IN THE IMAGE OF GOD?

Two clips below 👇🏻

Full episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.

youtube.com/shorts/gK8z5...

youtube.com/shorts/vWyNJ...

ADERABA S1 E2 CLIP 2 - "What's Bad About Being in the Image of God?"

YouTube video by Aderaba

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