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Seán William Gannon @swgannon.bsky.social · 3d

The Limerick Boycott in Context reviewed in the current issue of the @irishtheolquart.bsky.social . Very many thanks to all involved 🙏

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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 5d

The Leo Baeck Institute London announces the rescheduled third lecture in the LBI London Lecture Series 2025.

Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.

Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25

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The Cockney Yiddish Podcast @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social · 4d

Today is the 89th anniversary of the #BattleofCableStreet. Find out more about the Battle and East End radical politics, poetry and song in Episode 2
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2. Forverts! Politics and protest

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 3d

LAST CALL: What can Holocaust memory practice learning from approaches in educational technology? Register for a free public seminar from visiting fellow Dr. Stefania Manca today:

Digital Learning Ecologies of Holocaust Memory: Education, Engagement and Activism

Wednesday, October 8 · 2 - 3:30pm GMT+1 This seminar by our visiting fellow, Dr Stefania Manca, explores how Holocaust memory is being reshaped within digital learning ecologies, focusing on the interplay between education, user engagement, and activism on social media. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, it examines both the risks of distortion and the opportunities for

www.digitalmemorylab.com

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

"Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew" by Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations theconversation.com/synagogue-at...

Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew

Manchester Jewry has maintained an extraordinarily strong local identity, but is notable in its diversity.

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Jüdisches Museum FFM @jmfrankfurt.bsky.social · 6d

Unsere Gedanken sind bei den Betroffenen des Angriffs vor einer Synagoge in Manchester. An einem Tag, der für Jüdinnen und Juden weltweit von Einkehr und Versöhnung geprägt ist, trifft uns diese Nachricht besonders schmerzlich.

Vier Verletzte bei Angriff vor Synagoge in Manchester

Bei einem Messerangriff vor einer Synagoge in der englischen Stadt Manchester sind vier Menschen verletzt worden. Sie seien "durch ein Fahrzeug und Messerstiche" verletzt worden. Die Polizei schoss au...

www.tagesschau.de

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Mïra Vogel ïs responsïble ()=== @trabimechanic.bsky.social · 6d

As Co-chairman of the British Muslim Network Imam Qari Asim says in response to the Heaton Park terror attacks, about which we still know little, "We must never let pain abroad be used to justify hatred and violence against anyone at home."

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Two dead after suspected terror attack on Manchester synagogue, police say, with suspect shot by officers – latest

Image emerges of man believed to be the suspected attacker; PM says he is ‘appalled’ by attack on Yom Kippur

www.theguardian.com

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 6d

We don’t normally post on high holy days but want to express our shock and grief in the face of today’s attack, and to send our support to colleagues in Manchester. We have already been experiencing difficult times, and our communities will need strength and care to get through the coming days.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 6d

Written ten years ago by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, and is now sadly useful.
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If British Jews are attacked, respect our dignity – and keep your agendas to yourself | Keith Kahn-Harris

I dread the cacophony from right and left on how we should react to antisemitism. What’s important is supporting our survival as a community in the UK

www.theguardian.com

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 10d

What can Holocaust memory practice learning from approaches in educational technology? Our visiting fellow Dr. Stefania Manca will present a public seminar on 8th October. You can attend in-person at the University of Sussex, or online.

Register here:

Digital Learning Ecologies of Holocaust Memory: Education, Engagement and Activism

This seminar by our visiting fellow, Dr Stefania Manca, explores how Holocaust memory is being reshaped within digital learning ecologies, focusing on the interplay between education, user engagement, and activism on social media. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, it examines both the risks of distortion and the opportunities for fostering critical remembrance in the digital age. This

www.digitalmemorylab.com

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

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...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 9d

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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 9d

reminder we’re kicking off tomorrow
5:30- 7:30pm Hybrid/IHR

@profpanayi.bsky.social & @kabcommons.bsky.social will open, then I’ll will speak on history & social studies; @marcloureiro.bsky.social on history & law; and Natalya Din-Kariuki on history & literature.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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V is for very, very spooky @alana-m-vincent.net · 14d

It's that time of year when I do my periodic update of books available for review in Literature & Theology. Instructions on how to request a book are found via the link in the very top row. This is LAST CALL for books published in 2023.

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Literature & Theology Books for Review Public

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing postdoc opportunity at @lahri.bsky.social Leeds, on post-Holocaust visualities/materialities

Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies

Closing day 6 October

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Cc @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social

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...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Rene Cassin @renecassin.bsky.social · 13d

Join us and @hiasjcore.bsky.social in our next event:

Lunch & Learn: #Citizenship, #Refugees and #Legacy

📆 Thursday 9th, October
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-and-...

with @zoebantleman.bsky.social & Bishop Guli

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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 10d

Paths of Jewish Migration
Tue 21 Oct
7.30pm on Zoom

On the path to find an elusive family #Ketubah that would enable Ed Horwich to get married, he inadvertently unravelled his family’s own migration paths and the stories behind them.

£5 - Free to members

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www.jhse.org/event-detail...

Paths of Jewish Migration | JHSE

Online talk with Ed Horwich

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 11d

Tonight: zoom lecture with Professor Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds

Myth & Mendel: A New Look at Genetics’ Beginnings

www.jnetics.org/events/genet...

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 14d

📢 New Seminar Series!

We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)

Migration and Mobility History

Call for Papers: IHR History Lab and Migration and Mobility Seminar

Taking place at the IHR Senate House and online, 10th February 2026, 5.30pm-7.30pm. The IHR History Lab and Migration and Mobility are coming together for a special edition of our seminar series to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs working on migration and mobility history.

We invite submissions of 20 minute papers from PGRs and ECRs on the topic of migration and mobility (broadly defined), focusing on any period or place.

This is an opportunity to share your research with, and recieve feedback from, established and emerging scholars working on migration and mobility studies. To apply, send abstracts of under 250 words, with a short bio, to Kathleen Commons at kabcommons@gmail.com by 5pm on 15th November.

Migration and Mobility History

About the Seminars

History Lab is the national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines. Based at the Institute of Historical Research, it serves as an intellectual and social forum that connects, empowers, and supports the postgraduate community.

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history. The seminar seeks to attract papers on a diverse range of themes and periods in migration and mobility history, including the emerging field of pre-modern migration histories, and histories of migration within the Global South. We will take an interdisciplinary approach, working with sociologists, legal scholars, and geographers with an interest in historical migration and mobility.

if you have any queries about this seminar, contact Kathleen at kabcommons@gmail.com

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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 13d

National Library asks public to contribute memorial stickers, documents https://www.timesofisrael.com/national-library-asks-public-to-contribute-memorial-stickers-documents/

National Library asks public to contribute memorial stickers, documents

Bearing Witness is institution's ongoing project documenting October 7 and its aftermath

www.timesofisrael.com

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 15d

📣 Afternoon talk next week!

➡️In Search of Amnesia Artist Talk with Barry Falk
📍 29 September, 3pm

Barry Falk will discuss his documentary project looking into the Jewish narrative in Poland and Ukraine, concerned with how memory is held in places that suffered atrocity and loss

Afternoon Talk: In Search of Amnesia Artist Talk with Barry Falk - The Wiener Holocaust Library

In Search of Amnesia is a documentary project looking into the Jewish narrative in Poland and Ukraine. The project is concerned with how memory is held in places that suffered atrocity and immense…

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 16d

New in Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 76, Issue 2
‘The scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll’ by Eliav Grossman.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2
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Graphic announcing a new issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies. On the left, white text on a grey-blue background reads: “The leading forum in the world for new research in Jewish history, literature, and culture from Biblical times to the present day.” Below are logos for Liverpool University Press and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies. On the right, the journal cover is displayed with the text “Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. LXXVI, No. 2, Autumn 2025.” A navy-blue circle reads “New issue,” and a yellow three pronged symbol is shown in the bottom corner. The background features faint handwritten Hebrew script.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 22d

📣 Film screening next month!
🎥 The Second Life of Lidice – Wales, Memory, and Film
📍 9 October, 6:30pm

The Second Life of Lidice (2002) is a documentary about the changing views of the Lidice massacre and the legacy of these events 60 years later...

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Hybrid Event: The Second Life of Lidice” - Wales, Memory, and Film - The Wiener Holocaust Library

This event continues the story begun with our ‘Remembering The Silent Village: The Story of Wales and Lidice’ event exploring how the tragedy of Lidice and its remembrance found new life through film…

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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 22d

Meet the Leo Baeck Fellows: Anna Marion Weber, 2024/25 cohort

We are delighted to introduce Anna Marion Weber, whose doctoral research explores Jewish identity and cultural life in post-war Germany

lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 20d

📇 New on our #blog: 'Compassion Mobilized: Antisemitism, Racism, and the Politics of Animal Welfare in Germany, 1945–2002' by former GHIL scholarship holder Fabian Weber (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social)
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JHSE New Generation Group @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social · 17d

We welcome all MA students, PhD researchers and early-career scholars in the field of Jewish historical and cultural studies. Primarily, we are based in the UK and focus on Anglo-Jewish history, but our programming, mentoring and networking reach far beyond the British Isles. 2/4 @biajs.bsky.social

JHSE New Generation Group @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social · 17d

Welcome to a new academic year! We take this opportunity to introduce ourselves. The NGG @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social is the Jewish Historical Society of England's network of early-career researchers. 1/4 @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies

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