When we cut the humanities, we lose a bit of humanity. West Virginia University eliminated 28 majors and 140 faculty positions. One of these was held by Lisa Di Bartolomeo ☮️🇺🇦🌈, who went from Morgantown to Oxford and then back, to become a devoted scholar and beloved teacher.

Actually, according to a poll from three days ago, a majority of Israelis say hostage deal and halting the military operation is more important than invading Rafah.

Excellent piece by Alyssa Quint on the need to rediscover the rich history of pre-Holocaust modern Jewish art.
tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

نصيحتي لحماس هي: خذوا الصفقة. ليس 100% مما هو مرغوب فيه وليس هناك التزام من جانب إسرائيل بإنهاء الحرب، لكن سيكون هناك وقف لإطلاق النار مع حرية حركة نسبية للنازحين في غزة وإطلاق سراح الرهائن الإسرائيليين مقابل إطلاق سراح السجناء الفلسطينيين. . وستستمر المفاوضات عبر الوسطاء وربما…

The good works of Piotr Nazaruk
timesofisrael.com/thought-to-be-…

In about 30 minutes, Israel will come to a standstill as sirens blare to mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

For two minutes, everything will stop…including traffic on the highways.

I’ve visited Israel three times, and one of my visits coincided with Yom HaShoah…

50 Completely True Things mo-husseini.medium.com/50-completely-…

Il y a aujourd’hui une chose à faire par toutes les démocraties qui entretiennent des relations avec le #Qatar sponsor des Frères musulmans et du #Hamas

Utiliser tous les leviers pour convaincre l’émir de chasser de son pays tous les dirigeants de l’organisation terroriste…

Ugh. Wrong of the students to cancel the ambassador. Wrong of the university to cave. We need a commitment to an #opensociety . #CampusProtests

Columbia students are turning out to be terribly credulous and given to maundering blather.

There’s a slim but real possibility that Noem has neither written nor read her memoir

Yiddish word of the day:
דאָנקיכאָטעווען — donkikhoteven, verb

To Don-Quixoterate, to tilt at windmills, to make absurd and futile arguments about Yiddish literary figures.

Ceci.
#livre #livre dartiste #poésie #poetry #artsvisuels #visualarts #traduction #translation #lechantdodessa #thesongofodessa #odessa #français #anglais #yiddish

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Russian massacres in Ukraine don't stop just because no one talks about them anymore.

Did you know last Ottoman chief rabbi Chaim Nahum was one of the lead members of the Turkish delegation to the Lausanne conference of 1922-23?

The translated plays are the first volume in YIVO's new translation series, Yiddish Voices. Get a copy of the translated plays here: yivo-institute.myshopify.com/products/three…

Herring sperm, apparently, was a delicacy in the shtetl. I wonder if there was ever a Tevye der herring milkhiker.

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Yiddish Detective novel, The Sign of Revenge, by Shloyme Ben-Yisroel, 1961. (YIVO Library).