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Helene Meyers

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writer, educator, lover & critic of Jewish literature & film. Career coach for English majors & other humanities types. Latest book: MOVIE-MADE JEWS: AN AMERICAN TRADITION https://helenemeyers.com/

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 1d

Several essays in Chabon's MAPS and LEGENDS would fit the bill, especially "Diving into the Wreck."

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 1d

Because I naively thought that there were limits to indecency. Totally my bad, but there you have it.

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 1d

A painting of a bird beside the text "why the fuck are you surprised"

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 1d

Just read the piece on the forthcoming series UNDIVIDED—so looking forward to seeing how this project unfolds in full

therevealer.org/exploring-re...

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 2d

We all need this on a Monday morning in these times.

Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning weekend. Gulls rule. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 5d

Important piece by @gershomg.bsky.social
And anyone who knows ANYTHING about Israeli cinema knows that a boycott of it is misguided at best (charitable understatement)

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films

Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war.

www.theatlantic.com

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 8d

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 8d

How many women who write idolized Jo in their youth?

Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 8d

On This Day in History: September 30, 1868
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Part I, was published in Boston by Roberts Brothers. The first printing sold out within weeks, letters poured in, and demand was so strong that Alcott delivered Part II ahead of schedule the following spring. #booksky

Title page: Little Women (1868), by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. *AC85.Aℓ194L.1869, Houghton Library, Harvard University

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 9d

Tonight’s rainbow!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 11d

Shavua tov!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 12d

Shabbat shalom!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 12d

Went to a public NYC high school—avoided the bathroom because I didn’t want to get hassled, mugged, or offered drugs. Race riots were started by white thugs against Black students who took buses to get a better education. Yet, I read MANY assigned entire books, including Sinclair’s THE JUNGLE.

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 16d

Just got a Rosh Hashanah greetings text from a dear (non-Jewish) friend, and I’m going to savor the sweetness of that. (If you know, you know)

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 16d

And also read Newman’s novel IN EVERY LAUGH A TEAR

Lilith Magazine @lilithmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

If you want to smile while hiding in the bathroom of shut, read "One Hundred Years of Gratitude" by Lesléa Newman.

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 16d

Amen!

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 17d

The thing is, being autistic doesn't need to be "stopped" or "cured" or further demonized. The entire conversation is wrong.

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 17d

I should also mention that students loved it--despite its length!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 17d

the ”and” in the title should be an ampersand! Oh, how I long for an edit button!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 17d

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is a novel that brilliantly connects comic book history, Jewish masculinity, homophobia, the Shoah, and US antisemitism (and, yes, I have written a book on Michael Chabon).

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 17d

A great creator's essay from the great Michael Chabon on one of the best books I've ever read (and one of the most fun books to work on I've yet worked on).

Silver and Gold

On the 25th anniversary of *The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay*

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 18d

Shavua tov!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 19d

Shabbat shalom!

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 19d

Public health official brilliantly following the science: not being up-to-date on vaccines puts you—and those around you—at risk. Be like Hamilton and do everything you can not to miss your shot.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19d

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.

www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

In her recommendation, Bagdasarian stated,
"Any person over the age of six months without contraindication who has not received a dose of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved or-authorized 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine may be considered to have an underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and is thus eligible to receive an age-appropriate dose."

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 19d

Yesterday, I was in a store that had display after display of honey bears. And today my regular grocery had an overwhelming number of honey cakes, babkas, & sponge cakes, not to mention round raisin challahs. It’s beginning to look a lot like Rosh Hashanah, and I’m definitely not in Texas anymore! 😏

a cartoon of winnie the pooh eating honey from a jar

ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh eating honey from a jar

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 19d

Ah! Then I hope the side effects are minimal and pass quickly. I
had a pretty sore arm after my Covid shot—ice worked wonders once I was smart enough to think of it! 😉

Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 19d

Clearly wearing my Jewish mother jeans today! So hope I’m not being a budinsky!

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 19d

Why do them at the same time? Perhaps do Covid first—while you can—and then do flu mid-to-late Oct. so you have better coverage for flu season? Just a thought to lessen the side effects and maybe provide better-timed flu protection.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19d

Another glorious Friday morning to run to work over the Brooklyn Bridge!

Especially grateful today for the glimpse of that copper-plated statue in the harbor reminding us how lucky we are — and what it means — to be New Yorkers.

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