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Does this mean Pardon My Zinger is also coming back?

Pleased that Harvard created taskforce on antisemitism & had the vision to make Derek Penslar co-chair. No scholar of antisemitism & Israel is more knowledgeable, fair, or sophisticated. He's rigorous, speaks from evidence not ideology, and that's exactly what is needed.

The New York Times has published a lengthy investigation into the sexual violence and brutality faced by women in Israel on October 7 by Hamas terrorists.

Their two-month long investigation was based on:

- Interviews with 150 people including witnesses, medical personnel,…

nytimes.com/2023/12/28/wor…

Now journalists have been invited to bear witness to crimes of sexual violence by Hamas. Videos, photos, witnesses, medical opinions, first responders. Because no one would believe. Are you satisfied now or will nothing short of a voyeur’s fetish satiate. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Israeli professors swap academic for agricultural fields in unlikely war effort haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Acknowledging that Hamas claimed to be acting in the name of their religion is not maligning Islam. It's simply sticking to the facts. However, this is somehow inconceivable to almost every Westerner writing or opining on the events / Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Or his in-person Boston College class.

Crown heights right now ... May every empty seat be filled!!

“There’s sort of a nihilism at the core.”

In print today: Gutfeld(!)(?)(.)

nytimes.com/2023/06/27/bus…

Very much recommended.

Curious about Watters? Matt Sienkiewicz and I wrote a whole chapter on him in our book about right-wing comedy a.co/d/cd6iJEW

#BookReviewFriday

Nadia Franks (University of Glasgow) reviews 'That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them' (@ucpress) by Matt Sienkiewicz (@mediastudied, Boston College) and Nick Marx (@marxnick, Colorado State University). usso.uk/2023/05/05/boo…

That’s Not Funny is a fast, informative read and approaches political and cultural questions with curiosity and aplomb. A great introductory text for researchers looking to delve into the alt-right underground [and] understand its connections to other demographics.

Matt Sienkiewicz (Matt Sienkiewicz) and Michael L. Wayne (@mike_wheezy) expand minority screen studies in 'Minority representation in the streaming era: An analysis of Jewish identity in competing subscription video on-demand platforms.' Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/136787…

Wishing a #Merry #Easter to my six (6) #Christian friends and allllll my Christian followers!

This is the holiday with the rabbit and the decorated tree and eggs, right?

#chag #holiday #greetings #ally
#MedinatAmerica

Comedy Studies types in the Boston area:

Brian's podcast Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's is one of the sharpest and most insightful parodies of modern media you'll ever come across.

We're thrilled to have him performing live on campus. 9 pm-ish. DM me if interested.

My trip to a Christian Market
#PublicSchool #Report
By Shlomit Ben David, age 10

Last week my family and me visited New York, where many Christians live.

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Very excited that our students will, finally, learn the truth about this crucial matter.