Dr. Melissa Weininger
@mirele.bsky.social
Professor, author of Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the 21st Century. Co-writer, with Shayna Weiss, of the newsletter It's No Ibiza.
https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/beyond-land
https://noibiza.substack.com
https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/beyond-land
https://noibiza.substack.com
Every woman in academia has her Larry Summers.
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Every woman in academia has her Larry Summers.
I don’t live in New York but I am taking this as a personal message nonetheless.
Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.
September 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I don’t live in New York but I am taking this as a personal message nonetheless.
Thoughtful review of my book by @spinsker.bsky.social in @worldlittoday.bsky.social
Beyond the Land “is a timely monograph that guides us through Jewish literature and art of the twenty-first century in Israel, America, and Europe.”
Shachar Pinsker reviews this “thought-provoking and hopeful book.”
@spinsker.bsky.social
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Shachar Pinsker reviews this “thought-provoking and hopeful book.”
@spinsker.bsky.social
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...
July 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thoughtful review of my book by @spinsker.bsky.social in @worldlittoday.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Weininger
My review essay of Beyond the Land is published at @worldlittoday.bsky.social.
Beyond the Land “is a timely monograph that guides us through Jewish literature and art of the twenty-first century in Israel, America, and Europe.”
Shachar Pinsker reviews this “thought-provoking and hopeful book.”
@spinsker.bsky.social
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...
Shachar Pinsker reviews this “thought-provoking and hopeful book.”
@spinsker.bsky.social
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...
July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My review essay of Beyond the Land is published at @worldlittoday.bsky.social.
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Weininger
Charoset, a paste made of ground apples, is found on the Passover seder plate to remind us of the mortar used by the Israelites when they were slaves in Egypt. Let's remember farm workers who do the hard work so we have apples on our tables. #WeFeedYou
April 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Charoset, a paste made of ground apples, is found on the Passover seder plate to remind us of the mortar used by the Israelites when they were slaves in Egypt. Let's remember farm workers who do the hard work so we have apples on our tables. #WeFeedYou
As a rule, I never sign open letters. But I’m proud to have signed this one. Desperate times, desperate measures. #notinourname. docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Not In Our Name
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March 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As a rule, I never sign open letters. But I’m proud to have signed this one. Desperate times, desperate measures. #notinourname. docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Weininger
Last Spring, in an interview with CNN, Mahmoud Khalil expressed how Palestinian and Jewish safety are intertwined.
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Last Spring, in an interview with CNN, Mahmoud Khalil expressed how Palestinian and Jewish safety are intertwined.
“How do regimes manage to impose minority rule on enormous populations? By getting the majority to give up. Don’t do that.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“How do regimes manage to impose minority rule on enormous populations? By getting the majority to give up. Don’t do that.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
This is not really a happy update. My daughter and I have taken to visiting our favorite weird grocery stores (there are many of these in the Valley) in the afternoons for snacks and treats and to get out of the house.
January 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is not really a happy update. My daughter and I have taken to visiting our favorite weird grocery stores (there are many of these in the Valley) in the afternoons for snacks and treats and to get out of the house.
This is a shande. You will not find a better person or a better scholar than @saulnoamz.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
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Harvard Denied Its Only Yiddish Professor Tenure. Did the Process Fail Him? | News | The Harvard Crimson
When Yiddish studies professor Saul Noam Zaritt was denied tenure in June at the direction of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76, Zaritt’s own tenure review committee was stunned. They say Harvard m...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
This is a shande. You will not find a better person or a better scholar than @saulnoamz.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Weininger
Early bday wishes to the queen of my heart 💙
Ofra Haza was a singing sensation known for combining traditional Yemenite music with electronic pop sounds. She was born #ThisWeekinHistory in 1957. https://buff.ly/3YRLoWR
#MizrahiHeritageMonth
Ofra Haza was a singing sensation known for combining traditional Yemenite music with electronic pop sounds. She was born #ThisWeekinHistory in 1957. https://buff.ly/3YRLoWR
#MizrahiHeritageMonth
November 18, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Early bday wishes to the queen of my heart 💙
Ofra Haza was a singing sensation known for combining traditional Yemenite music with electronic pop sounds. She was born #ThisWeekinHistory in 1957. https://buff.ly/3YRLoWR
#MizrahiHeritageMonth
Ofra Haza was a singing sensation known for combining traditional Yemenite music with electronic pop sounds. She was born #ThisWeekinHistory in 1957. https://buff.ly/3YRLoWR
#MizrahiHeritageMonth
I spoke to the Forward about Israel's use of celebrities and social media in its latest round of war-related Hasbara.
forward.com/culture/5672...
forward.com/culture/5672...
Reeling from tragedy and seeking support, Israel has a social media strategy — and it involves a l...
Almost immediately after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7, the country’s official social media accounts began posting horrifying pictures. There was video of cars on fire, billowing black...
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October 31, 2023 at 4:34 PM
I spoke to the Forward about Israel's use of celebrities and social media in its latest round of war-related Hasbara.
forward.com/culture/5672...
forward.com/culture/5672...
This felt like a strange time to write the newsletter, but we felt we had to chronicle the responses to the war we saw in pop cultural spaces. noibiza.substack.com/p/war-memes-...
War Memes Edition
Featuring celebrities old and new, plus cookies, cottage, and jam
noibiza.substack.com
October 31, 2023 at 2:52 AM
This felt like a strange time to write the newsletter, but we felt we had to chronicle the responses to the war we saw in pop cultural spaces. noibiza.substack.com/p/war-memes-...
I was interviewed about my book for the New Books Network! Its a great tl;dr version of the book. newbooksnetwork.com/beyond-the-l...
October 23, 2023 at 7:54 PM
I was interviewed about my book for the New Books Network! Its a great tl;dr version of the book. newbooksnetwork.com/beyond-the-l...
I had some doubts about posting this here because on FB someone called me "shameful," but here goes. This photo was taken on Nir Oz in 1998 with my Israeli “family.” It was a beautiful place full of lovely people... 1/9?
October 13, 2023 at 9:08 PM
I had some doubts about posting this here because on FB someone called me "shameful," but here goes. This photo was taken on Nir Oz in 1998 with my Israeli “family.” It was a beautiful place full of lovely people... 1/9?
LA folks, there will be a book launch event for Beyond the Land one week from today!
September 21, 2023 at 2:29 AM
LA folks, there will be a book launch event for Beyond the Land one week from today!
Very pleased to announce the 2023-24 Paula Hyman Mentorship Program fellows and their mentors.
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September 7, 2023 at 3:21 PM
Very pleased to announce the 2023-24 Paula Hyman Mentorship Program fellows and their mentors.
associationforjewishstudies.org/professional...
associationforjewishstudies.org/professional...
Today's excerpt is from the conclusion of my book. The video linked below, Static and Ben-El's "Shake Ya Boom Boom," featuring will.i.am, is one of the objects of analysis in this closing reflection (it's also a banger!).
youtu.be/-2EZbz22iNg?...
youtu.be/-2EZbz22iNg?...
September 6, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Today's excerpt is from the conclusion of my book. The video linked below, Static and Ben-El's "Shake Ya Boom Boom," featuring will.i.am, is one of the objects of analysis in this closing reflection (it's also a banger!).
youtu.be/-2EZbz22iNg?...
youtu.be/-2EZbz22iNg?...
I took the weekend off, but I'm back today with an excerpt from Chapter 5, on the Israeli expatriate artistic community in Berlin and the movement for diasporic Hebrew. The image is from a Poetic Hafla event in Berlin (learn more about them in the book!). Excerpt to follow.
September 4, 2023 at 10:03 PM
I took the weekend off, but I'm back today with an excerpt from Chapter 5, on the Israeli expatriate artistic community in Berlin and the movement for diasporic Hebrew. The image is from a Poetic Hafla event in Berlin (learn more about them in the book!). Excerpt to follow.
Chapter 4 of Beyond the Land focuses on Yael Bartana's And Europe will be Stunned, a 3-part video installation that imagines Jewish pioneers settling in Warsaw as part of a transnational liberation movement. The image is from the third part of the series, Zemach (Assassination).
September 1, 2023 at 7:11 PM
Chapter 4 of Beyond the Land focuses on Yael Bartana's And Europe will be Stunned, a 3-part video installation that imagines Jewish pioneers settling in Warsaw as part of a transnational liberation movement. The image is from the third part of the series, Zemach (Assassination).
Today's book post is from Chapter 3, about translingual (English) literature by Israeli writers. The map below is from Rela Mazali's Maps of Women's Goings and Stayings, and this is from the conclusion of the chapter:
(excerpt to follow)
(excerpt to follow)
August 31, 2023 at 9:52 PM
Today's book post is from Chapter 3, about translingual (English) literature by Israeli writers. The map below is from Rela Mazali's Maps of Women's Goings and Stayings, and this is from the conclusion of the chapter:
(excerpt to follow)
(excerpt to follow)
Today's book post is from Chapter 2, which analyzes Hebrew novels written in English by Ruby Namdar and Maya Arad.
Excerpt to follow.
Excerpt to follow.
August 30, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Today's book post is from Chapter 2, which analyzes Hebrew novels written in English by Ruby Namdar and Maya Arad.
Excerpt to follow.
Excerpt to follow.
The map below is from Yoav Avni's excellent novel Herzl Amar (Herzl Said), and appears in the first chapter of my new book, which is about novels that imagine Jewish homelands in locations other than Palestine. Excerpt to follow.
August 29, 2023 at 11:14 PM
The map below is from Yoav Avni's excellent novel Herzl Amar (Herzl Said), and appears in the first chapter of my new book, which is about novels that imagine Jewish homelands in locations other than Palestine. Excerpt to follow.
In honor of my book's publication this week, I wanted to share some excerpts. Today, a bit of the intro:
August 28, 2023 at 11:13 PM
In honor of my book's publication this week, I wanted to share some excerpts. Today, a bit of the intro:
One week until publication day!
August 23, 2023 at 1:36 AM
One week until publication day!