Paul Lerner
@plerner.bsky.social
🗃️ Historian of modern Central Europe, consumer culture, human sciences, migration, and Jews. Here to talk about fascism and cats. Mostly cats.
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Paul Lerner
@plerner.bsky.social
· Feb 24
I wrote this about teaching a fascism class in the age of Trump 🗃️
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-he-a-fasc...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-he-a-fasc...
They won’t find me here
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
They won’t find me here
What do you mean by new semester
January 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
What do you mean by new semester
I will never get used to LA demonstrations where it’s about getting drivers to honk
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I will never get used to LA demonstrations where it’s about getting drivers to honk
Reposted by Paul Lerner
“Beth Israel is not just a building. It is a witness [to] Jewish persistence in a place where Jews have lived as a tiny minority for generations, carving out space for faith & community … in the Deep South.
To see it burned is to feel a familiar Jewish nausea.”
forward.com/opinion/7962...
To see it burned is to feel a familiar Jewish nausea.”
forward.com/opinion/7962...
An arsonist torched a Mississippi synagogue. It feels hauntingly familiar.
A rabbi who served The Temple in Atlanta, bombed in 1958, reflects on arson at a Jackson, Miss. synagogue — and how history repeats itself.
forward.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
“Beth Israel is not just a building. It is a witness [to] Jewish persistence in a place where Jews have lived as a tiny minority for generations, carving out space for faith & community … in the Deep South.
To see it burned is to feel a familiar Jewish nausea.”
forward.com/opinion/7962...
To see it burned is to feel a familiar Jewish nausea.”
forward.com/opinion/7962...
The fugitive green parrots are back!
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The fugitive green parrots are back!
Getting ready to get out there
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Getting ready to get out there
I've been saying to anyone who will listen that we need to go back to Theweleit's "Männerphantasien" to understand the current moment
Interesting 1987 NYT book review of Klaus Theweleit's *Male Fantasies* "a study of the imaginative world of the German Freikorps movement."
www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/b...
January 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I've been saying to anyone who will listen that we need to go back to Theweleit's "Männerphantasien" to understand the current moment
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.
Am I the only one seeing the irony here?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
Am I the only one seeing the irony here?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:53 AM
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.
Am I the only one seeing the irony here?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
Am I the only one seeing the irony here?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
I wish our media were paying more attention to these world-historical events
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I wish our media were paying more attention to these world-historical events
Just don't cross your legs while you eat it
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Just don't cross your legs while you eat it
Thanks, Leon. Got home yesterday. But the timing is not ideal.
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Thanks, Leon. Got home yesterday. But the timing is not ideal.
Also sick. Hope you feel better soon!
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Also sick. Hope you feel better soon!
This is very sad. I am sorry. I barely knew him but know how much his students loved him
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is very sad. I am sorry. I barely knew him but know how much his students loved him
Yes for sure. They have both-sided us into fascism. I was being facetious before
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Yes for sure. They have both-sided us into fascism. I was being facetious before
Better late than never?
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Better late than never?
I explained before I started my paper
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
I explained before I started my paper
Happened to me once. Torn jeans!
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Happened to me once. Torn jeans!
Congratulations, @sethrockman.bsky.social! Wonderful news
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Congratulations, @sethrockman.bsky.social! Wonderful news
Promoted “gender ideology”
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Promoted “gender ideology”
Good! I hope they can improve it. The bathroom visit will come back to me in my nightmares
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Good! I hope they can improve it. The bathroom visit will come back to me in my nightmares
I know there are lots of more important things to talk about right now but I’m traveling and thus constantly reminded of how shitty this country’s infrastructure is. StL Airport: I’m looking at you
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I know there are lots of more important things to talk about right now but I’m traveling and thus constantly reminded of how shitty this country’s infrastructure is. StL Airport: I’m looking at you