Michael T Miller-Wierzbicki
@drmikemw.bsky.social
Academic research on Judaism, esp Black Jews and Black Hebrew Israelites. Posts about religion. Music-loving vegan. Family man. From Birmingham to Warsaw via Liverpool and Nottingham. Animal lover, environmentalist.
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The new US ambassador to Poland has condemned the "grotesque falsehood" that Poles were to blame for the Holocaust.
Thomas Rose, who is himself Jewish, also said that Poland is today “the safest country in Europe for a Jew to walk the streets”.
Thomas Rose, who is himself Jewish, also said that Poland is today “the safest country in Europe for a Jew to walk the streets”.
New US ambassador condemns "grotesque falsehood" that Poles responsible for the Holocaust
notesfrompoland.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The new US ambassador to Poland has condemned the "grotesque falsehood" that Poles were to blame for the Holocaust.
Thomas Rose, who is himself Jewish, also said that Poland is today “the safest country in Europe for a Jew to walk the streets”.
Thomas Rose, who is himself Jewish, also said that Poland is today “the safest country in Europe for a Jew to walk the streets”.
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
New book on early 20th c US Black religions. Free download for 2 weeks. Looks great
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Early Twentieth Century New Black Religious Movements in the United States
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - Early Twentieth Century New Black Religious Movements in the United States
www.cambridge.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New book on early 20th c US Black religions. Free download for 2 weeks. Looks great
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Good news. As many Black American religions, women have been at the forefront of BHI since the beginning and often the mjaority of the membership. I have written on Melinda Morris, early follower of Crowdy and leader of her own church since 1909.
www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-...
www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-...
'Extra brain power': Hebrew Israelite rabbinical body votes to ordain women
After the Vote, Rabbis Malchah Netanyahu and Tamar Manasseh Were Swiftly Welcomed to the Movement's Board of Rabbis in the United States. 'It's a Historic Decision. I Wish It Could Be Celebrated Among...
www.haaretz.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Good news. As many Black American religions, women have been at the forefront of BHI since the beginning and often the mjaority of the membership. I have written on Melinda Morris, early follower of Crowdy and leader of her own church since 1909.
www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-...
www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-...
Looks like an important contribution to the literature on Beta Israel, and Black Jews
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Looks like an important contribution to the literature on Beta Israel, and Black Jews
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Project MUSE - Global Black Thought-Volume 1, Issue 2, Fall 2025
muse.jhu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The last survivor fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest single act of Jewish resistance in WWII, has died.
Michael Smuss passed away aged 99 on Thursday. He had continued to educate about his wartime experiences right to the end of his life.
Michael Smuss passed away aged 99 on Thursday. He had continued to educate about his wartime experiences right to the end of his life.
Last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter dies
notesfrompoland.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The last survivor fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest single act of Jewish resistance in WWII, has died.
Michael Smuss passed away aged 99 on Thursday. He had continued to educate about his wartime experiences right to the end of his life.
Michael Smuss passed away aged 99 on Thursday. He had continued to educate about his wartime experiences right to the end of his life.
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Funding available for Full and Student Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies to pursue archival or library research in 2026/27 - do check out the details here:
www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships...
Application deadline 30 November 2025.
www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships...
Application deadline 30 November 2025.
Call for Applications: Small Research Grant Programme 2025-26 (first round). Deadline for Applications: 30 November 2025 – European Association for Jewish Studies
www.eurojewishstudies.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Funding available for Full and Student Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies to pursue archival or library research in 2026/27 - do check out the details here:
www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships...
Application deadline 30 November 2025.
www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships...
Application deadline 30 November 2025.
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I discussed a lot of these passages, in dialogue with Black American vegetarianism as manifest in Nation of Islam and Black Hebrew Israelites in an article a few years back (in the comments)
www.thetorah.com/article/did-...
www.thetorah.com/article/did-...
Did God Originally Intend the World to Be Vegetarian? - TheTorah.com
| Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin
www.thetorah.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I discussed a lot of these passages, in dialogue with Black American vegetarianism as manifest in Nation of Islam and Black Hebrew Israelites in an article a few years back (in the comments)
www.thetorah.com/article/did-...
www.thetorah.com/article/did-...
A really interesting discussion about an important new book. We know little about the experience of slavery in the Middle East (and esp Iran).
newbooksnetwork.com/life-of-an-e...
newbooksnetwork.com/life-of-an-e...
Mahboob Qirvanian and Behnaz Mirzai, "Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian" (U Toronto Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A really interesting discussion about an important new book. We know little about the experience of slavery in the Middle East (and esp Iran).
newbooksnetwork.com/life-of-an-e...
newbooksnetwork.com/life-of-an-e...
For those interested in Scotland's idiosyncratic Hebrew Israelite Kingdom of Kubala, 2 members were arrested ten days ago and relocated to a council flat. Further details have emerged about the founders' failed businesses and various personae. They appear to be grifters...
youtu.be/S9C37yx44ro?...
youtu.be/S9C37yx44ro?...
Stunning truth behind African tribe's ‘Kubala king’ revealed
YouTube video by The Scottish Sun
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For those interested in Scotland's idiosyncratic Hebrew Israelite Kingdom of Kubala, 2 members were arrested ten days ago and relocated to a council flat. Further details have emerged about the founders' failed businesses and various personae. They appear to be grifters...
youtu.be/S9C37yx44ro?...
youtu.be/S9C37yx44ro?...
“my understanding is that authorities from multiple Christian denominations have stated that Thiel’s views, identifying the Antichrist with proposals to regulate the AI industry, are not deemed by them to be compatible with conventional Christian belief."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“my understanding is that authorities from multiple Christian denominations have stated that Thiel’s views, identifying the Antichrist with proposals to regulate the AI industry, are not deemed by them to be compatible with conventional Christian belief."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Police responding to reports of stabbings at synagogue in Manchester - BBC News
Police responding to reports of stabbings at synagogue in Manchester - BBC News
Police responding to reports of stabbings at synagogue in Manchester
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham calls it a
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Police responding to reports of stabbings at synagogue in Manchester - BBC News
Police responding to reports of stabbings at synagogue in Manchester - BBC News
This Judaising movement of Noahidism is very little talked about, yet is a global phenomenon with, i believe, adherents of more than a million. For centuries there have been christians who sought to move towards the jewish roots of christianity.
www.timesofisrael.com/what-do-the-...
www.timesofisrael.com/what-do-the-...
What do the Third Temple movement and Noahide laws have in common? A far-right vision
In her new book 'Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age,' Rachel Z. Feldman documents a growing fringe movement to hasten the messiah's coming - and its incendiary geopolitical implications
www.timesofisrael.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This Judaising movement of Noahidism is very little talked about, yet is a global phenomenon with, i believe, adherents of more than a million. For centuries there have been christians who sought to move towards the jewish roots of christianity.
www.timesofisrael.com/what-do-the-...
www.timesofisrael.com/what-do-the-...