"What is life, Richard? You get high, you write a few jokes, and you keep the goyim from chasing you.”
- Rodney Dangerfield’s life advice to Richard Belzer (from @RealGilbertACP #221, 8/20/2018)
- Rodney Dangerfield’s life advice to Richard Belzer (from @RealGilbertACP #221, 8/20/2018)
October 17, 2023 at 3:31 PM
"What is life, Richard? You get high, you write a few jokes, and you keep the goyim from chasing you.”
- Rodney Dangerfield’s life advice to Richard Belzer (from @RealGilbertACP #221, 8/20/2018)
- Rodney Dangerfield’s life advice to Richard Belzer (from @RealGilbertACP #221, 8/20/2018)
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"Wow, this is a huge weight off my chest."
Jewish Man Reassured After Being Told Antisemitism Doesn’t Exist
NEW YORK—Expressing a deep sense of relief upon learning that one of the most persistent and insidious prejudices in human history was not real, local Jewish man Dan Applebaum was reportedly reas...
www.theonion.com
October 13, 2023 at 6:21 PM
"Wow, this is a huge weight off my chest."
Konstanzer khumesh, Bereishis in Yiddish, 1544, YIVO Archives.
October 13, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Konstanzer khumesh, Bereishis in Yiddish, 1544, YIVO Archives.
October 12, 2023 at 1:08 AM
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so good to see social media's "I did my own research" crowd so hard at work solving the Middle East. I'm sure these dipshits will have it all figured out in no time
October 7, 2023 at 9:56 PM
so good to see social media's "I did my own research" crowd so hard at work solving the Middle East. I'm sure these dipshits will have it all figured out in no time
Nominally thrilled that The Guardian has avoided the Hidden German Standard™.
October 5, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Nominally thrilled that The Guardian has avoided the Hidden German Standard™.
I'm all about the shnorers.
When I say that I sometimes just ask @eddyportnoy.bsky.social about random things in the Yiddish press, this is why: the shnorer's club, its mysterious library, and its lavish balls...
ingeveb.org/blog/shnorer
ingeveb.org/blog/shnorer
Ain’t No Party Like a Shnorer Party: The Wild and Short Life of a Literary Support Group | In geve...
The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, sponsored a variety of cultural events in New York City from 1915 through around 1925.
ingeveb.org
October 5, 2023 at 11:44 AM
I'm all about the shnorers.
Did someone call me shnorer?
"Dancing: Are you serious? Until 6am."
@eddyportnoy.bsky.social reports on The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, a Yiddish arts organization which sponsored a variety of cultural events - some rather raucous - from 1915 through around 1925.
@eddyportnoy.bsky.social reports on The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, a Yiddish arts organization which sponsored a variety of cultural events - some rather raucous - from 1915 through around 1925.
Ain’t No Party Like a Shnorer Party: The Wild and Short Life of a Literary Support Group | In geve...
The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, sponsored a variety of cultural events in New York City from 1915 through around 1925.
ingeveb.org
October 5, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Did someone call me shnorer?
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"All night parties with 6000 Jews decked out in literary and artistic costumes, the Shnorer Balls must have been wild. One can only imagine the thousands of partiers cosplaying their favorite characters from literature and the arts all at the behest of the Shnorers."
Let's relive this please.
Let's relive this please.
"Dancing: Are you serious? Until 6am."
@eddyportnoy.bsky.social reports on The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, a Yiddish arts organization which sponsored a variety of cultural events - some rather raucous - from 1915 through around 1925.
@eddyportnoy.bsky.social reports on The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, a Yiddish arts organization which sponsored a variety of cultural events - some rather raucous - from 1915 through around 1925.
Ain’t No Party Like a Shnorer Party: The Wild and Short Life of a Literary Support Group | In geve...
The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, sponsored a variety of cultural events in New York City from 1915 through around 1925.
ingeveb.org
October 5, 2023 at 3:39 AM
"All night parties with 6000 Jews decked out in literary and artistic costumes, the Shnorer Balls must have been wild. One can only imagine the thousands of partiers cosplaying their favorite characters from literature and the arts all at the behest of the Shnorers."
Let's relive this please.
Let's relive this please.
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“Rather than depending on Eddy’s memory or borrowing another scholar’s hastily scribbled index cards (or perhaps in addition to these time-honored traditions), we can let technology do more of the heavy lifting.” @zanykirz.bsky.social interviews me for @ingeveb.bsky.social link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
October 2, 2023 at 1:52 PM
“Rather than depending on Eddy’s memory or borrowing another scholar’s hastily scribbled index cards (or perhaps in addition to these time-honored traditions), we can let technology do more of the heavy lifting.” @zanykirz.bsky.social interviews me for @ingeveb.bsky.social link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
I shouldn't take it as a compliment?
(Hopefully @eddyportnoy.bsky.social will take this as a compliment…) I also talk about 3d visualization, the politics of trash, troubling the Great Men of Yiddish literature narrative, and more.
ingeveb.org/blog/yiddish...
ingeveb.org/blog/yiddish...
October 2, 2023 at 4:51 PM
I shouldn't take it as a compliment?