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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 2d

Two more exquisite books I highly recommend. Both cover brutal topics but have incredible character development and amazing writing. The Correspondent reminded me of Elizabeth Strout’s work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #deathofus #thecorrespondent

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 2d

Some awesome books we have read in the past week. Katabasis is a wickedly funny academic spoof. Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation is a Jewish American novel that traces women in a family over three generations. If you like the work of Allegra Goodman, you may like Yahm’s book. #sarahyahm #katabasis

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 2d

The succah is up! Tomorrow the spouse is supposed to string the lights and get the cushions for the outdoor chairs set up while I am at work. Meanwhile shopping is done, dishwasher is running so I can set up the crockpot in the am, and dough for challah rolls is in the bread machine. 🍋🍞🍗

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 5d

Review of Michael Hoberman's "Imagining Early American Jews" in the The Wall Street Journal by Stuart Halpern
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‘Imagining Early American Jews’ Review: Liberty Proclaimed

The story of a short-lived Jewish homeland in upstate New York offers a window on how Jews have understood their place in America.

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 7d

Check out this forthcoming symposium on the Jews of Florida!

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 7d

Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University invite applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, with an anticipated start date of August 2nd, 2026.

Yeshiva University | Details - Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 8d

Today's fantastic artifact: Adeline’s Portal by glass artist Beth Lipman that "presents domestic objects as surrogates for stories and mortals forgotten, alluding to the idiom, “Skeletons in the Closet.”

includes a glass version of Adeline Moses's sampler (1798) chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/3094...

Adeline’s Portal — Beth Lipman

CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: Adeline’s Portal

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 8d

The American Academy for Jewish Research invites submissions for the Salo Wittmayer Baron Book Prize. The Baron Book Prize ($3,000) is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding first book in Jewish studies.

Deadline: January 31, 2026. The winner will be notified in late spring 2026.

Baron Book Prize – AAJR

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 9d

Check out this amazing upcoming conference on Maritime Connections: Jews Across the Indian Ocean at the O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi NCR, India
16-18.2.2026

Submission deadline: 31.10.2025. Call for papers
mrtmsummit.com/call-for-pap...

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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...

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

Andrew Silow-Carroll on Pamela Nadell's new book!

Why a historian thinks Jews are living through a ‘high tide’ of American antisemitism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Pamela Nadell writes a history of Jew hatred, from colonial times to the aftermath of Oct. 7.

www.jta.org

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

In awe of Darcel Deneau, creator of this beautiful #mosaic.
The dimensions are amazing. Also the colors! www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

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

Amusing find of the day. This "Woolie of a shepherd wearing 'Joseph's Coat of Many Colors' holding a lamb. English c. 1850." Leatherwood Antiques. id34108.securedata.net/leatherwooda...

I love how he tucks the sheep under his arm and also the pipe in his mouth.

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Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 19d

NEW YORK READERS: Excited to say that as of later today there should be signed copies of PRESS 1 FOR INVASION - with a special extraterrestrial signature! - in both branches of @bookculture.com in Morningside Heights - perfect for some weekend reading with the kids!

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

Favorite book of the week and one of the best graphic novels I have read in a long time. Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 16d

L’Shana Tova! A very happy new year to everyone. May the coming be year be filled with blessings and only good news, and may you only know the sweetness and happiness a pug feels when he is about to eat a slice of apple. 🍎 🍯 🍏

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 16d

@adamshear.bsky.social thank you for sharing this!

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

2 of the books we read over Shabbat. One true love was fine, but I HIGHLY recommend “Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance” by Alison Espach (the same author as The Wedding People). Laugh out loud funny but also about real issues. Beautifully written. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

Another great Tablet sampler with the Ten Commandments, by Elizabeth Coventry, 1727

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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

Loving this 19thC Ten Commandments Sampler made by Canadian Mary Jessie Wolhaupter Watters (b. 1838) with genealogy and cat! Her father (shown here) was a private in the Civil War.
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Images of Parents: www.findagrave.com/memorial/293...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

YIVO’s annual fellowships for 2026-2027 are now open for application. More information and the online application form can be found here: yivo.org/List-of-Fell...

Please note that some of the fellowship awards have increased.

List of Fellowships | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

List of available YIVO fellowships.

yivo.org

Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

Call for Applications: USHMM Virtual Writing Group Application Now Open

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Virtual Writing Group - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce a virtual writing group oriented towards North American-...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

Visiting Scholar Fellowship in Jewish Studies
Boston College: Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences: Interdisciplinary Programs: Jewish Studies
Location
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
Open Date
Sep 15, 2025

Deadline
Nov 02, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

Assistant/Associate Professor – Jewish Thought – Department of Philosophy and The Center for Jewish Studies

Final date: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

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Assistant/Associate Professor – Jewish Thought – Department of Philosophy and The Center for Jewish Studies

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 17d

FEATURED JOB: College of Charleston - Director of the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program (and Associate Professor or Professor) College of Charleston

Closing Date 11/01/2025

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Director of Jewish Studies Program (and Associate Professor or Professor)

The College of Charleston seeks a dynamic scholar, instructor, and leader at the associate or full professor rank to become Director of the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program, a premier program of ...

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