Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan)
@labendz.bsky.social
OyKay Torah: https://www.oykay.tv
Jewish, Czech & Cold-War history: https://tinyurl.com/36zsaffc
Preorder "Keeping Contact": https://www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712645/
I delete my Skeets for a higher purpose.
Jewish, Czech & Cold-War history: https://tinyurl.com/36zsaffc
Preorder "Keeping Contact": https://www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712645/
I delete my Skeets for a higher purpose.
This is a love potion, no? Don’t rub me with this stuff.
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This is a love potion, no? Don’t rub me with this stuff.
Completely sick, despite the altitude.
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Completely sick, despite the altitude.
The technically impossible is not happening.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The technically impossible is not happening.
Anyone want to join a panel at ASEEES?
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Anyone want to join a panel at ASEEES?
This is a straight-up antisemitic conspiracy theory. Thanks, Dennis!
January 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This is a straight-up antisemitic conspiracy theory. Thanks, Dennis!
Got my my hands on a Holocaust-themed choose-your-own-adventure book today!
The story of how I got it is as touching as this book is ridiculous.
The story of how I got it is as touching as this book is ridiculous.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Got my my hands on a Holocaust-themed choose-your-own-adventure book today!
The story of how I got it is as touching as this book is ridiculous.
The story of how I got it is as touching as this book is ridiculous.
This license plate is so perfect for a Tesla, I kinda feel bad for the owner.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
This license plate is so perfect for a Tesla, I kinda feel bad for the owner.
Learn more about the book and purchase a copy or two if you like! jps.org/books/lost-s...
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Learn more about the book and purchase a copy or two if you like! jps.org/books/lost-s...
11 hr drive… and Charlie found/ate a bar of chocolate just as we got home. I administered hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting… we rushed to the emergency vet… only to learn that (with the vomiting), the chocolate was low risk… but I gave too much H2O2 (3 tbsp standard)… she’s fine & coming home.
December 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
11 hr drive… and Charlie found/ate a bar of chocolate just as we got home. I administered hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting… we rushed to the emergency vet… only to learn that (with the vomiting), the chocolate was low risk… but I gave too much H2O2 (3 tbsp standard)… she’s fine & coming home.
Treats… now!
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Treats… now!
It’s almost Christmas (or Hanukkah Sheinit)… It all keeps getting worse… you deserve a treat. Where there is often one pooch, now there are two.
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s almost Christmas (or Hanukkah Sheinit)… It all keeps getting worse… you deserve a treat. Where there is often one pooch, now there are two.
You need to know how soulful my girl is.
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
You need to know how soulful my girl is.
A freiliche Hanukkah from AJS!
December 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A freiliche Hanukkah from AJS!
Epic trolling, kosher Chinese restaurant; epic trolling.
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Epic trolling, kosher Chinese restaurant; epic trolling.
Behold our glorious cover art!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Behold our glorious cover art!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
It’s bad enough to retain a stereotypical image of an Indian head—from the wrong region—in our town seal. It’s quite another to make doormats featuring the seal, upon which the polite thing to do, apparently, is to wipe your muddy shoes. Get it together, Towaco.
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s bad enough to retain a stereotypical image of an Indian head—from the wrong region—in our town seal. It’s quite another to make doormats featuring the seal, upon which the polite thing to do, apparently, is to wipe your muddy shoes. Get it together, Towaco.
The beef jerky hung like this, partially vended, for two full days. Why didn’t someone body-check the machine to get some free food?
I thought that, just maybe, the alright kids have soured on meat… not so fast…
There are cameras everywhere, and with surveillance fear… and a loss of simple joys.
I thought that, just maybe, the alright kids have soured on meat… not so fast…
There are cameras everywhere, and with surveillance fear… and a loss of simple joys.
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The beef jerky hung like this, partially vended, for two full days. Why didn’t someone body-check the machine to get some free food?
I thought that, just maybe, the alright kids have soured on meat… not so fast…
There are cameras everywhere, and with surveillance fear… and a loss of simple joys.
I thought that, just maybe, the alright kids have soured on meat… not so fast…
There are cameras everywhere, and with surveillance fear… and a loss of simple joys.
To the best of my knowledge, a high-level Putin ally created or commissioned this 9/11 Memorial in Bayonne, NJ.
September 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
To the best of my knowledge, a high-level Putin ally created or commissioned this 9/11 Memorial in Bayonne, NJ.
This was in an ADL email today. I’m not interested (here) in debating allegations of antisemitism and responses thereto.
This is an irresponsible use of AI, especially at an institution with experts who can lead as humans.
I teach “bridging the gaps” methodologies at Ramapo. AI can’t do this! Stop
This is an irresponsible use of AI, especially at an institution with experts who can lead as humans.
I teach “bridging the gaps” methodologies at Ramapo. AI can’t do this! Stop
September 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This was in an ADL email today. I’m not interested (here) in debating allegations of antisemitism and responses thereto.
This is an irresponsible use of AI, especially at an institution with experts who can lead as humans.
I teach “bridging the gaps” methodologies at Ramapo. AI can’t do this! Stop
This is an irresponsible use of AI, especially at an institution with experts who can lead as humans.
I teach “bridging the gaps” methodologies at Ramapo. AI can’t do this! Stop
From JTA… The absolutely darkest timeline.
September 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
From JTA… The absolutely darkest timeline.
This just came in the mail. It rounds out my collection of Terezín/Theresienstadt stamps. It was produced and sold—as a collectors’ item/propaganda—during the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia.
Do yourself a favor and order a stamp. Collectors send them on envelopes with tons of cool ones.
Do yourself a favor and order a stamp. Collectors send them on envelopes with tons of cool ones.
September 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This just came in the mail. It rounds out my collection of Terezín/Theresienstadt stamps. It was produced and sold—as a collectors’ item/propaganda—during the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia.
Do yourself a favor and order a stamp. Collectors send them on envelopes with tons of cool ones.
Do yourself a favor and order a stamp. Collectors send them on envelopes with tons of cool ones.
How is it that god was in this place and I did not know?
August 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
How is it that god was in this place and I did not know?
Back seat snuggles!
August 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Back seat snuggles!