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Haim Gottschalk
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I am a Hebraica-Judaica Cataloging Librarian, cataloging across the board in subjects and classification, ranging from 15th cen. through newest publications.
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Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · Nov 18
I've noticed a few self-introduction posts, so here's mine. I am a Hebraica-Judaica cataloging librarian. I've cataloged newly published books and quite a number of 15th century books. I've also cataloged maps, manuscripts, and games. I will post material related to Hebrew books and cataloging. 1/n
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parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Interested in deepening your knowledge of the Holocaust? Want to find out more about the MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage and about the scholarships we offer?

🔗 www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
Poster advertising the MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage at the University of Southampton. It shows two students looking at a Holocaust memorial next to a forest and says "Join a webinar with members of the Parkes Institute on 20 November at 4pm (GMT) to find out more about the course." The poster displays a QR code to register
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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History Notes
November 10, 1975: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior, killing all the crew.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
A dragon hides in the initial word-panel at the beginning of Torah portion Chayei Sarah(חַיֵּי שָׂרָה).
#ParashahPictures
BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Torah, the Five Scrolls and Hafṭarot with masorah & Rashi's commentary; Germany, S.; f.39r
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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lauraleibman.bsky.social
University of Vienna, Full Professor of Jewish Studies with a Focus on Persecution History and Antisemitism Studies

www.eurojewishstudies.org/positions/un...
University of Vienna: Full Professor of Jewish Studies with a Focus on Persecution History and Antisemitism Studies, deadline for applications 17th Dec 2025 – European Association for Jewish Studies
www.eurojewishstudies.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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@adamshear.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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RESOURCE: Digital Preservation and its Environmental Impact: The Effect of Digital Preservation on the Environment and Potential for Organizational Change ← dh+lib dhandlib.org/resource-dig...
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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theconversation.com/verifying-fa...
Verifying facts in the age of AI – librarians offer 5 strategies
Library scientists offer tips and tricks to figure out if a particular online news article is reliable or fake.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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provenancelab.bsky.social
⚠️ Job Alert ⚠️

We are looking for a Post-Doc in Digital Provenance Studies (2 years, FT, TV-L 13). Note: German language fluency essential.

Deadline: November 19, 2025.

More info at the link.

Thank you for sharing and spreading the word.

🙏🏼
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in Digitale Provenienzforschung (PostDoc)
www.leuphana.de
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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ianbassin.bsky.social
There’s no replacing the gutting of our safety net that the Trump Admin has engaged in from the start, but to help on the short-term emergency many families are facing, @give-directly.bsky.social is raising cash assistance to make sure kids dont go hungry. Chip in here: www.givedirectly.org/snapgap/
Send cash to Americans missing their SNAP food benefits | Propel & GiveDirectly
Donate directly to families at risk of hunger due to the U.S. government shutdown.
www.givedirectly.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The JTS #Hebrewmss exhibit at the #GrolierClub is amazing!!I was there on opening night and was blown away by the items exhibited. If you are in NYC, please plan to stop by. You will not be disappointed. I plan a revisit.
hannahstohelit.bsky.social Hannah Sto Helit @hannahstohelit.bsky.social · Oct 6
Just FYI- whether for ch"m trip planning purposes or any others, know that the Grolier Club/JTS manuscript exhibit is one of the coolest things I have ever gotten to see, whether on my lunch break or at any other time. Thanks @mmargolis.bsky.social for the tip- everyone should go (& it's free)!
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social
New book — The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies, ed. by Leora Batnitzky, Eve Krakowski, and Steven Weitzman.
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19057
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
Read: Modern Jewish Worldmaking author @miriamudel.bsky.social penned an essay for @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social about how Jewish culture was transmitted:
Recovering Yiddish Answers to the Enduring Question, “What Shall We Tell the Children?”
When we think of the forces that shaped modern Jewry, we tend to talk about the Jewish Enlightenment and secularization, migration patterns, economic arrangements, shifting borders, and the perpetu
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Adam Ma’anit 🎗️ on X: "In Hebrew, סוף סוף - 'sof sof' (lit. 'end end') means "at last" and "finally". An Israeli meme going around Hebrew social media expresses the relief that the hostages are finally coming and at last this war is ending. Coincidentally סוף סוף in Hebrew script looks like 710. https://t.co/xCNOvRgaUM" / X
In Hebrew, סוף סוף - 'sof sof' (lit. 'end end') means "at last" and "finally". An Israeli meme going around Hebrew social media expresses the relief that the hostages are finally coming and at last this war is ending. Coincidentally סוף סוף in Hebrew script looks like 710. https://t.co/xCNOvRgaUM
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October 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
hgot.bsky.social
A settlement between HUC and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost ends a years-long dispute over the fate of the school's rare books collection www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Hebrew Union College agrees not to sell its rare books without notifying attorney general
A settlement between HUC and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost ends a years-long dispute over the fate of the school's rare books collection
www.cincinnati.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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A $21M gift from the estate of alumna Louise A. Strauss will provide major support to the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, as well as the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Endowment Fund in Penn Libraries. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4pqTtOL @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social
Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University.
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19032
Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 14, 2025. The Judaic Studies Department and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University invite applications for a tenu...
mjsnow.hypotheses.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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haidaprincess.bsky.social
Here's a list of #MentalHealth 📞resources in 🇨🇦#Canada

Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8

Crisis Services #Canada 1-833-456-4566

Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868

First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310

National IRS 1-866-925-4419

LGBTQ National Hotline 1-888-843-4564
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
Just noticed that my @sims-mss.bsky.social 2024 Plenary is online, in which I explore the #MedievalManuscript #OpenAccess ecosystem, including @iiif.bsky.social, @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, Digital Mappa, and the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDwQ...
17th Annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: Nov. 21, 2024, Keynote
YouTube video by SchoenbergInstitute
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October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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"Jewish women were increasingly active participants in their communities, managing homes & professions, leading institutions & sororities, & crafting objects & texts of exquisite beauty", forthcoming by D. Kaplan & E. Carlebach press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... h/t @mmargolis.bsky.social
A Woman Is Responsible for Everything
A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life
press.princeton.edu
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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post-doc-club.bsky.social
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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mmargolis.bsky.social
We have a date! This year's Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections will be on December 1. "Beyond the Text: Reading Jewish History Between the Words" with Prof. Edward Fram, Prof Elisheva Carlebach, and Dr. Eugene Matanky. Register here! 📚📜
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This year's annual NEA Celebration of Collections has an early modern focus, where three scholars will discuss their research on what we find in books when we look beyond the actual texts - at annotat...
columbiauniversity.zoom.us
September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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miriamudel.bsky.social
Please join me for a book event in your city or an online mini-course from anywhere!
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
Wishing a peaceful and introspective Yom Kippur to all who participate, and a very easy fast.

(the image is the opening of the Kol Nidre prayer on folio 74v of the fourteenth-century Leipzig Mahzor, vol. 1)
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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adamwithbooks.bsky.social
🎥 📚

I'm making a short film composed of lots of 20-second clips of different people reading the same line of text: a series of brief instalments.

If you would like to be involved - it will be fun, and maybe interesting, and easy (you film on a phone) - please DM me (and/or repost).

Thank you!
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM