@drjoshmeyers.bsky.social
Yup. We read the Odyssey in 9th grade with Mrs Wernig. It was a blast, even with half of it going right over my head!
Want to genuinely test something:
Followers, were you taught about Homer in K-12 education?
Followers, were you taught about Homer in K-12 education?
i mean i was obviously not raised in the west but i somehow dont believe that your kids aren't taught homer.
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yup. We read the Odyssey in 9th grade with Mrs Wernig. It was a blast, even with half of it going right over my head!
I thought that was one giant menorah at for and was slightly confused! Hag Urim Sameach!
January 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I thought that was one giant menorah at for and was slightly confused! Hag Urim Sameach!
While I’m at it—my family wasn’t eating latkes until fairly recently, in the grand scheme of things. I still love them, and love sharing them with my kids
December 31, 2024 at 3:15 AM
While I’m at it—my family wasn’t eating latkes until fairly recently, in the grand scheme of things. I still love them, and love sharing them with my kids
Yorkshire Pudding at Thanksgiving? Happened when my mom was a kid. Eggnog? We started that three years ago in my family. A nice whiskey for Friday nights? I only started doing that in 2016 or so. And every one makes those moments all the more special.
December 31, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Yorkshire Pudding at Thanksgiving? Happened when my mom was a kid. Eggnog? We started that three years ago in my family. A nice whiskey for Friday nights? I only started doing that in 2016 or so. And every one makes those moments all the more special.
Still thinking on @rachelbgross.bsky.social’s point. There’s something lovely about a certain kind of innovation, one made intentionally to enhance a tradition. Many of my favorite traditions became traditions within living memory!
December 31, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Still thinking on @rachelbgross.bsky.social’s point. There’s something lovely about a certain kind of innovation, one made intentionally to enhance a tradition. Many of my favorite traditions became traditions within living memory!
My research was doing a lot of necessary corrections! That’s why it was so hard to leave it behind.
December 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
My research was doing a lot of necessary corrections! That’s why it was so hard to leave it behind.
Nice to be seen! We’re doing well. Still near Boston, still plodding along through life!
December 29, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Nice to be seen! We’re doing well. Still near Boston, still plodding along through life!
I’d have to write it first! Iirc, I was just starting to outline it when I gave up on academia. Maybe one day!
December 29, 2024 at 12:51 PM
I’d have to write it first! Iirc, I was just starting to outline it when I gave up on academia. Maybe one day!
The Jewish Class Trade Union and TsYShO were Bund-Zionists collaborations. And they were awesome!
December 29, 2024 at 3:09 AM
The Jewish Class Trade Union and TsYShO were Bund-Zionists collaborations. And they were awesome!
However, when Zionism was expressed in a way that vibed with the Bund’s revolutionary socialist ideals (ie Labor Zionism), they get along as often as not! Don’t get me wrong—they weren’t trading Do Shvue for Hatikva. But, they made it work!
December 29, 2024 at 3:08 AM
However, when Zionism was expressed in a way that vibed with the Bund’s revolutionary socialist ideals (ie Labor Zionism), they get along as often as not! Don’t get me wrong—they weren’t trading Do Shvue for Hatikva. But, they made it work!
When I was living in the sources, I was struck that the Bund’s hostility towards Zionism was a) specific to the WZO and b) rooted in the WZO’s imperial and capitalist connections. Makes sense for a party that was anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist
December 29, 2024 at 3:05 AM
When I was living in the sources, I was struck that the Bund’s hostility towards Zionism was a) specific to the WZO and b) rooted in the WZO’s imperial and capitalist connections. Makes sense for a party that was anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist
Somewhere in my laptop is the beginning of an article arguing that the Bund was not—by today’s standards at least—anti-Zionist.
December 29, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Somewhere in my laptop is the beginning of an article arguing that the Bund was not—by today’s standards at least—anti-Zionist.
Love this! And yes, to punch up Rachel’s closing point—understanding how rituals become meaningful makes them all the more meaningful, not less!
I wrote about the shockingly recent history of potato latkes and teaching about the development of holiday traditions for @jewishsf.bsky.social, included in a recipe booklet sent out to donors
PDF: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fu583...
PDF: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fu583...
December 27, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Love this! And yes, to punch up Rachel’s closing point—understanding how rituals become meaningful makes them all the more meaningful, not less!
How many sons of Latakia did Assad sacrifice to stay in power?
December 10, 2024 at 10:29 PM
How many sons of Latakia did Assad sacrifice to stay in power?
But cultural power doesn’t equal material conditions.
It’s hard for me not to see academia as middle class. Salaried, white collar, etc—yet I’m also not sure we really know what middle class is, precisely because it is not and has never been middle income.
It’s hard for me not to see academia as middle class. Salaried, white collar, etc—yet I’m also not sure we really know what middle class is, precisely because it is not and has never been middle income.
December 10, 2024 at 7:21 PM
But cultural power doesn’t equal material conditions.
It’s hard for me not to see academia as middle class. Salaried, white collar, etc—yet I’m also not sure we really know what middle class is, precisely because it is not and has never been middle income.
It’s hard for me not to see academia as middle class. Salaried, white collar, etc—yet I’m also not sure we really know what middle class is, precisely because it is not and has never been middle income.
But has class ever been purely about material conditions? In Poland, one had peasants wealthier than the poorer nobles. And a largely Jewish middle class bit healthier and poorer than either the aristocracy and the peasantry (wealthy arrendators/merchants vs petty traders and artisans)
December 10, 2024 at 5:50 PM
But has class ever been purely about material conditions? In Poland, one had peasants wealthier than the poorer nobles. And a largely Jewish middle class bit healthier and poorer than either the aristocracy and the peasantry (wealthy arrendators/merchants vs petty traders and artisans)
My body is a temple! Currently, to Dionysus!
November 28, 2024 at 11:07 PM
My body is a temple! Currently, to Dionysus!
100% through the movies. Saw them first, then read the trilogy. Then read the hobbit. Then read it again. Eventually started a tradition of rereading the trilogy every year. Then bought a nicer set of the trilogy and the Hobbit. Bought a matching edition of the Silmarilion.
I think I have reached enough followers to start asking questions (a lot of my research is about the reception of #Tolkien’s works, so I love asking about it)!
When did you first read anything by Tolkien (or watch/play/listen to an adaptation if that came first)?
Reskeet for more answers!
When did you first read anything by Tolkien (or watch/play/listen to an adaptation if that came first)?
Reskeet for more answers!
November 16, 2024 at 3:47 PM
100% through the movies. Saw them first, then read the trilogy. Then read the hobbit. Then read it again. Eventually started a tradition of rereading the trilogy every year. Then bought a nicer set of the trilogy and the Hobbit. Bought a matching edition of the Silmarilion.
Growing up on the DC area, I spent a lot of my childhood visiting the Civil War battlefields. I was always struck by how beautiful they consistently were. There’s…a lot there
November 14, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Growing up on the DC area, I spent a lot of my childhood visiting the Civil War battlefields. I was always struck by how beautiful they consistently were. There’s…a lot there
Yup. In MD, those crabs would never have made it off the train
September 30, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Yup. In MD, those crabs would never have made it off the train
Stanford FTW! Can’t wait for the ACC championship to feature Cal-Stanford
September 21, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Stanford FTW! Can’t wait for the ACC championship to feature Cal-Stanford
I’m praying for your liver, friend. The movie does not deserve your health!
September 1, 2024 at 1:30 AM
I’m praying for your liver, friend. The movie does not deserve your health!
The fact that there was a real man named Amos behind the cookies makes this so much sweeter. Rest in peace you legend
Wally “Famous” Amos, an entrepreneur who founded the cookie brand Famous Amos, has died. He was 88
Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88
Derived from a recipe Wally Amos had learned from his aunt, they used real ingredients, no coloring or chemicals added, and he kept them as close to handmade as possible.
www.seattletimes.com
August 14, 2024 at 9:30 PM
The fact that there was a real man named Amos behind the cookies makes this so much sweeter. Rest in peace you legend
Still amazed the the US managed to pull this off. I cannot begin to comprehend what the released prisoners and their families must be feeling right now
Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan, who had all been imprisoned in Russia on charges criticized by the Biden administration, were greeted by President Biden and Vice President Harris as they arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
3 Americans freed in large-scale prisoner swap with Russia are welcomed home
Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan were greeted by President Biden and Vice President Harris as they arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
wapo.st
August 2, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Still amazed the the US managed to pull this off. I cannot begin to comprehend what the released prisoners and their families must be feeling right now
Honestly, after Брат Два, there isn’t much left to riff
July 28, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Honestly, after Брат Два, there isn’t much left to riff