Jodi Eichler-Levine
@jeichlerlevine.bsky.social
Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization, Lehigh *
Author, PAINTED POMEGRANATES AND NEEDLEPOINT RABBIS
writing a new book on Disney/religion
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https://jodieichlerlevine.com/
https://religion.cas.lehigh.edu/faculty-staff/jodi-eic
Author, PAINTED POMEGRANATES AND NEEDLEPOINT RABBIS
writing a new book on Disney/religion
optional running+cat content
https://jodieichlerlevine.com/
https://religion.cas.lehigh.edu/faculty-staff/jodi-eic
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I'm thrilled to share my first peer-reviewed #Disney /religion publication, which is open-access in Religion Compass! "Exploring Disney's World's Through Religious Studies." compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AmRel #AcRel Immense thanks to reviewers; all errors mine
Sen Mon Mothma for PA 2028
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Sen Mon Mothma for PA 2028
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Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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The Muppets Take Manet.
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Muppets Take Manet.
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“I am the OG vibe shift.”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“I am the OG vibe shift.”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
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BIAJS is sadly saying goodbye to #Glasgow after three amazing, intense conference days at #BIAJS2025, organised by our president Mia Spiro on the theme of crossing borders. In this thread, some images from the week…
July 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
BIAJS is sadly saying goodbye to #Glasgow after three amazing, intense conference days at #BIAJS2025, organised by our president Mia Spiro on the theme of crossing borders. In this thread, some images from the week…
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Trump refers to bankers as "shylocks"
July 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Trump refers to bankers as "shylocks"
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A man with a scorpion bite.
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
June 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A man with a scorpion bite.
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Anyone who thinks LA is full of socialists has never taken a meeting at a studio
June 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Anyone who thinks LA is full of socialists has never taken a meeting at a studio
I can’t speak for other sports and I’m not a competitive runner, but this tracks with the running community I know. It’s a beautiful statement.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I can’t speak for other sports and I’m not a competitive runner, but this tracks with the running community I know. It’s a beautiful statement.
Suddenly everyone is rooting for the Pope and Harvard to save democracy what timeline is this
May 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Suddenly everyone is rooting for the Pope and Harvard to save democracy what timeline is this
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
SCENE: The REL Dept.
ME, running into fellow JST colleague's office: Habemus papem!
COLLEAGUE: Oh wow!
COLLEAGUE 2 arrives.
COLLEAGUE 2 (nonchalant): I can't believe my two Jewish colleagues are the ones most excited about the new pope.
</scene>
ME, running into fellow JST colleague's office: Habemus papem!
COLLEAGUE: Oh wow!
COLLEAGUE 2 arrives.
COLLEAGUE 2 (nonchalant): I can't believe my two Jewish colleagues are the ones most excited about the new pope.
</scene>
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
SCENE: The REL Dept.
ME, running into fellow JST colleague's office: Habemus papem!
COLLEAGUE: Oh wow!
COLLEAGUE 2 arrives.
COLLEAGUE 2 (nonchalant): I can't believe my two Jewish colleagues are the ones most excited about the new pope.
</scene>
ME, running into fellow JST colleague's office: Habemus papem!
COLLEAGUE: Oh wow!
COLLEAGUE 2 arrives.
COLLEAGUE 2 (nonchalant): I can't believe my two Jewish colleagues are the ones most excited about the new pope.
</scene>
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Wait, how did they pick a new Pope so fast? If rabbis had a conclave, we'd still be on the part where we argue about what a Pope even is.
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Wait, how did they pick a new Pope so fast? If rabbis had a conclave, we'd still be on the part where we argue about what a Pope even is.
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Remember that it's STILL not cool to make fun of ANYONE'S weight, in any context, and that's STILL not how we get to ANY justice or liberation, EVER
EVEN if you think you're being sly and funny about how the president is like the mob boss from that movie or whatever.
Words and deeds only.
EVEN if you think you're being sly and funny about how the president is like the mob boss from that movie or whatever.
Words and deeds only.
May 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Remember that it's STILL not cool to make fun of ANYONE'S weight, in any context, and that's STILL not how we get to ANY justice or liberation, EVER
EVEN if you think you're being sly and funny about how the president is like the mob boss from that movie or whatever.
Words and deeds only.
EVEN if you think you're being sly and funny about how the president is like the mob boss from that movie or whatever.
Words and deeds only.
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ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture
Deep in my heart I do not believe that Jurassic Park would pose substantially different or more challenging security issues than any well stocked zoo.
April 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture
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Right. Yes. Why on earth would anyone need to know anything about the Middle East right now? Or how to speak Spanish. Or understand data or religions.
April 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Right. Yes. Why on earth would anyone need to know anything about the Middle East right now? Or how to speak Spanish. Or understand data or religions.
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I have been fortunate to receive @nehgov.bsky.social grants including for a forthcoming book. I served on grants panels for faculty fellowships, documentary films, K-12 projects, and cultural institutions, where I met extraordinary NEH staff and supported great work. We need the #NEH!
Black Religion in the Madhouse
How white psychiatrists pathologized African American religionsIn the decades after the end of slavery, African Americans were committed to southern state me...
nyupress.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have been fortunate to receive @nehgov.bsky.social grants including for a forthcoming book. I served on grants panels for faculty fellowships, documentary films, K-12 projects, and cultural institutions, where I met extraordinary NEH staff and supported great work. We need the #NEH!
I ..... am wondering if my flight will get to MKE tonight. [sigh].
Rare high risk of a dangerous tornado outbreak today. (IU Bloomington, you're in the red zone.) I've been following these things for a decade (since writing a book on religion & weather), and they're often uncannily accurate. This is what gov't forecasters do. They're not twiddling their thumbs.
April 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I ..... am wondering if my flight will get to MKE tonight. [sigh].
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My parents died from incurable degenerative neurological disorders. Dad from Parkinson's and mom from ALS. One thing that kept me going after they died was the hope that there would one day be better, more affordable treatments. I've run races to raise money for that. This news is hard to see.
April 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My parents died from incurable degenerative neurological disorders. Dad from Parkinson's and mom from ALS. One thing that kept me going after they died was the hope that there would one day be better, more affordable treatments. I've run races to raise money for that. This news is hard to see.
Wisconsin is in the news for much more important reasons this week, but I'll be speaking at UW Milwaukee this Thursday! 4/3, 7 pm, Curtin Hall 175. Someone order me a New Glarus, stat. #CraftingJudaism #AmRel #AcRel #materialreligion
March 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wisconsin is in the news for much more important reasons this week, but I'll be speaking at UW Milwaukee this Thursday! 4/3, 7 pm, Curtin Hall 175. Someone order me a New Glarus, stat. #CraftingJudaism #AmRel #AcRel #materialreligion
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I'm very concerned that some rare skills will become even rarer. I appreciate that people think that there might be more important things to do than study rare topics, but once the knowledge goes, it goes. /6
March 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'm very concerned that some rare skills will become even rarer. I appreciate that people think that there might be more important things to do than study rare topics, but once the knowledge goes, it goes. /6