Sam Spinner
@samspinner.bsky.social
Yiddish, German, literature, art, monuments, museums.
My book about 4 of the above: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33157
Associate Professor @ Johns Hopkins.
My book about 4 of the above: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33157
Associate Professor @ Johns Hopkins.
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We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
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Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
Moderately versatile.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Moderately versatile.
My 6th grader needed someone to peer-review her writing homework. I agreed to do it, but first sat her down and explained Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My 6th grader needed someone to peer-review her writing homework. I agreed to do it, but first sat her down and explained Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2.
Reposted by Sam Spinner
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Apparently the constitution was written by a group known as the “Framers.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Apparently the constitution was written by a group known as the “Framers.”
Self-driving books will be the end of higher education.
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Self-driving books will be the end of higher education.
But can robotaxis write books?
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
But can robotaxis write books?
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did not expect the site of Thomas Beckett’s murder to be memorialized in a fashion that is quite so fucking metal
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
did not expect the site of Thomas Beckett’s murder to be memorialized in a fashion that is quite so fucking metal
Revise until your significant other understands.
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Revise until your significant other understands.
I’ve got cognitive dissonance about other people’s cognitive dissonance.
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’ve got cognitive dissonance about other people’s cognitive dissonance.
Every family has its own insider language. For example, in my house “bookmark” means my business cards.
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Every family has its own insider language. For example, in my house “bookmark” means my business cards.
Machine learning what?
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Machine learning what?
I’m looking to download a new Weltanschauung.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’m looking to download a new Weltanschauung.
If you’re in the area and like cool books… featuring Dr. Mack Zalin of @jhulibraries.bsky.social and yours truly.
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you’re in the area and like cool books… featuring Dr. Mack Zalin of @jhulibraries.bsky.social and yours truly.
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...
I’m thinking about building a collection of early modern ebooks.
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’m thinking about building a collection of early modern ebooks.
I now get more peer review requests every week than emails from LensCrafters.
October 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I now get more peer review requests every week than emails from LensCrafters.
Very strange that the Group Seven early 20th century Canadian landscape painters are going viral.
Group of Seven (artists) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Very strange that the Group Seven early 20th century Canadian landscape painters are going viral.
“Have mercy. Don’t be a nudnik.”
Ordering these immediately.
Ordering these immediately.
October 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Have mercy. Don’t be a nudnik.”
Ordering these immediately.
Ordering these immediately.
These post-it notes are perfect for when you need a reminder that you’ve already forgotten the thing you wanted to remember.
October 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
These post-it notes are perfect for when you need a reminder that you’ve already forgotten the thing you wanted to remember.
I set a personal best by building my sukkah yesterday. My new goal is to do Pesach cleaning before Yom Kippur.
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I set a personal best by building my sukkah yesterday. My new goal is to do Pesach cleaning before Yom Kippur.
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Roadworks will tear us apart, again
September 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Roadworks will tear us apart, again
I burn most of my calories on Peloton fuming about genre taxonomy.
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I burn most of my calories on Peloton fuming about genre taxonomy.