ashley passmore
@wunschkrapferl.bsky.social
Coordinator of Jewish Studies program and faculty in German at TAMU.edu
Ewige Studentin bei Univ. of Chicago; Bard College; Uni Wien; Uni Freiburg; Uni Mainz
Ewige Studentin bei Univ. of Chicago; Bard College; Uni Wien; Uni Freiburg; Uni Mainz
On Philipp Peyman Engel‘s serious credibility problem
English version of Eva Menasse’s analyis of contemporary judeo-german scandalousness out now thediasporist.de/the-boy-who-...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf – the Diasporist
Philipp Peyman Engel, the Feuilleton section, and the power to decide who is Jewish in Germany
thediasporist.de
June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On Philipp Peyman Engel‘s serious credibility problem
Reposted by ashley passmore
Eva Menasse über Philipp Peyman Engel, das deutsche Feuilleton und wer entscheidet, was in Deutschland jüdisch ist. thediasporist.de/de/die-verfo...
Die verfolgte Unschuld – the Diasporist
Philipp Peyman Engel, das deutsche Feuilleton und wer entscheidet, was in Deutschland jüdisch ist
thediasporist.de
June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Eva Menasse über Philipp Peyman Engel, das deutsche Feuilleton und wer entscheidet, was in Deutschland jüdisch ist. thediasporist.de/de/die-verfo...
Another day, another chat mit einem jüdischen Kollegen in Deutschland, der von nicht-jüdischen Deutschen boykottiert wird, weil er nicht mit den Ansichten der deutschen Mainstream-Medien darüber übereinstimmt, was Juden glauben *sollten*
June 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Another day, another chat mit einem jüdischen Kollegen in Deutschland, der von nicht-jüdischen Deutschen boykottiert wird, weil er nicht mit den Ansichten der deutschen Mainstream-Medien darüber übereinstimmt, was Juden glauben *sollten*
Philipp Engel: Nur Rassisten nennen meine Mutter Iranerin!
Seine Mutter dazu: Die Verbundenheit mit dem Iran ist immer noch da
Seine Mutter dazu: Die Verbundenheit mit dem Iran ist immer noch da
June 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Philipp Engel: Nur Rassisten nennen meine Mutter Iranerin!
Seine Mutter dazu: Die Verbundenheit mit dem Iran ist immer noch da
Seine Mutter dazu: Die Verbundenheit mit dem Iran ist immer noch da
The way his jacket is brown
November 30, 2023 at 8:46 PM
The way his jacket is brown
Back to Bonn this summer and not sad
November 26, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Back to Bonn this summer and not sad
Das "Sozialisierung in Deutschland" Argument ist nach wie vor der Frume-Sore Charakter in allen innerjüdischen Debatten in Deutschland. Hat keine Substanz, spukt aber dennoch herum....
November 14, 2023 at 5:51 PM
Das "Sozialisierung in Deutschland" Argument ist nach wie vor der Frume-Sore Charakter in allen innerjüdischen Debatten in Deutschland. Hat keine Substanz, spukt aber dennoch herum....
The librarians at A&M presented me with a Jewish Studies “housewarming” gift - the first Yiddish sci-fi fantasy novel ever 💕💕
November 9, 2023 at 7:02 PM
The librarians at A&M presented me with a Jewish Studies “housewarming” gift - the first Yiddish sci-fi fantasy novel ever 💕💕
Monday: Jewish Studies program announced and launched
Thursday: already two offers from our libraries for collaborations to create a Jewish Studies research and archival collection
I am in heaven.
Thursday: already two offers from our libraries for collaborations to create a Jewish Studies research and archival collection
I am in heaven.
November 9, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Monday: Jewish Studies program announced and launched
Thursday: already two offers from our libraries for collaborations to create a Jewish Studies research and archival collection
I am in heaven.
Thursday: already two offers from our libraries for collaborations to create a Jewish Studies research and archival collection
I am in heaven.
Finally, a birth announcement at my university: the new Jewish Studies program at Texas A&M speaks!
November 2, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Finally, a birth announcement at my university: the new Jewish Studies program at Texas A&M speaks!
Academic English that will send you to an early grave:
"But the situation is not exhausted by the contradictory constatations of ineluctable relation and its equally unavoidable absence." In an article meant to *clarify* Kafka's story on the Chinese Wall. Happy Halloween! 👻
"But the situation is not exhausted by the contradictory constatations of ineluctable relation and its equally unavoidable absence." In an article meant to *clarify* Kafka's story on the Chinese Wall. Happy Halloween! 👻
October 29, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Academic English that will send you to an early grave:
"But the situation is not exhausted by the contradictory constatations of ineluctable relation and its equally unavoidable absence." In an article meant to *clarify* Kafka's story on the Chinese Wall. Happy Halloween! 👻
"But the situation is not exhausted by the contradictory constatations of ineluctable relation and its equally unavoidable absence." In an article meant to *clarify* Kafka's story on the Chinese Wall. Happy Halloween! 👻
Big career victory to have a post land on a Jewish meme sharing group
October 19, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Big career victory to have a post land on a Jewish meme sharing group
It’s probably time for a golem
October 18, 2023 at 4:09 PM
It’s probably time for a golem
Reposted by ashley passmore
Shabbat-Aufzüge gibts übrigens auch, Herr Precht 😒
October 15, 2023 at 2:03 AM
Shabbat-Aufzüge gibts übrigens auch, Herr Precht 😒
10/7 was like 9/11 I suppose because of the sense of an existential attack but ca. 90% Israelis blaming the government for the event is the total opposite of my country‘s path
October 13, 2023 at 4:14 PM
10/7 was like 9/11 I suppose because of the sense of an existential attack but ca. 90% Israelis blaming the government for the event is the total opposite of my country‘s path
No justice without humility.
Determined not to lose friends over hard and bitter politics.
Determined not to lose friends over hard and bitter politics.
October 12, 2023 at 3:47 PM
No justice without humility.
Determined not to lose friends over hard and bitter politics.
Determined not to lose friends over hard and bitter politics.
Turns out I can’t process through the horror stories from friends on Oct 7 fast enough to gird myself for the despair of war. Many out there don’t even have the luxury of my sloppy ‘time to process’: they are thrown in the middle. So I am not going to be posting much- just hoping
October 10, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Turns out I can’t process through the horror stories from friends on Oct 7 fast enough to gird myself for the despair of war. Many out there don’t even have the luxury of my sloppy ‘time to process’: they are thrown in the middle. So I am not going to be posting much- just hoping
"My daughter and son in law were killed today but in their dying saved [their child's] life. They were all together in the secure room. And they covered his body and he was saved. Nevertheless a bullet penetrated them and went into his abdomen." Prof. Ilan Troen, a friend
www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1...
www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1...
October 8, 2023 at 2:41 PM
"My daughter and son in law were killed today but in their dying saved [their child's] life. They were all together in the secure room. And they covered his body and he was saved. Nevertheless a bullet penetrated them and went into his abdomen." Prof. Ilan Troen, a friend
www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1...
www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1...
After hours of adrenaline and dread following the news, I learned someone who was very generous to me and instrumental in helping establish a Jewish Studies program at my university has suffered terrible losses today in Israel.
May all who have been affected know no more sorrow.
May all who have been affected know no more sorrow.
October 7, 2023 at 10:12 PM
After hours of adrenaline and dread following the news, I learned someone who was very generous to me and instrumental in helping establish a Jewish Studies program at my university has suffered terrible losses today in Israel.
May all who have been affected know no more sorrow.
May all who have been affected know no more sorrow.
Happy weekend from the pink house geckos on my porch
October 6, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Happy weekend from the pink house geckos on my porch
It's kinda nice that in Vienna I often hear the question, "do you celebrate the chagim?" instead of "are you Jewish?"
and it's so much more pleasant than at Ben Gurion airport, too.
and it's so much more pleasant than at Ben Gurion airport, too.
October 6, 2023 at 4:03 PM
It's kinda nice that in Vienna I often hear the question, "do you celebrate the chagim?" instead of "are you Jewish?"
and it's so much more pleasant than at Ben Gurion airport, too.
and it's so much more pleasant than at Ben Gurion airport, too.
Watched a TV series from the 90s and I was so distracted by the unparalyzed forehead muscles and moving eyebrows that I couldn’t concentrate on the dialogue 💉
October 6, 2023 at 3:29 AM
Watched a TV series from the 90s and I was so distracted by the unparalyzed forehead muscles and moving eyebrows that I couldn’t concentrate on the dialogue 💉
Students: so can I wish my online German friends “happy German unity day” today?
Me: Weeellll
Me: Weeellll
October 3, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Students: so can I wish my online German friends “happy German unity day” today?
Me: Weeellll
Me: Weeellll
The reason there's a "christlich-soziale Partei" in Austria at all is that, when it was born in 1891, those words were code for: not the Jews in the socialist party.
Christianity as a weapon *against* the people - that's the ancestry of the #ÖVP. It must prove itself otherwise.
Christianity as a weapon *against* the people - that's the ancestry of the #ÖVP. It must prove itself otherwise.
October 2, 2023 at 3:29 PM
The reason there's a "christlich-soziale Partei" in Austria at all is that, when it was born in 1891, those words were code for: not the Jews in the socialist party.
Christianity as a weapon *against* the people - that's the ancestry of the #ÖVP. It must prove itself otherwise.
Christianity as a weapon *against* the people - that's the ancestry of the #ÖVP. It must prove itself otherwise.