Dr. Sara L Halpern
@saralhalpern.bsky.social
Forever vagabond. Married to cochlear implant c, 1989. Seeking a world free of discrimination through advocacy.
also, historian of (in no particular order) humanitarianism, migrations, Jews, the Holocaust, modern Europe (esp German-speaking)
also, historian of (in no particular order) humanitarianism, migrations, Jews, the Holocaust, modern Europe (esp German-speaking)
Pinned
Ahead of #RefugeeWeek, editors of 'Statelessness after Arendt' introduce the book for the campaign: refugeeweek.org.uk/the-uncounte...
"We invite readers not only to mourn those lost to war and displacement, but to listen to those who survived it."
@saralhalpern.bsky.social
@bickers.bsky.social
"We invite readers not only to mourn those lost to war and displacement, but to listen to those who survived it."
@saralhalpern.bsky.social
@bickers.bsky.social
The Uncounted: Statelessness and the Burden of Our Times
Guest blog by Kolleen Guy and Jay Winter
In her landmark 1951 book The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt wrote that the stateless “are no longer human in any sense other than that they belon...
refugeeweek.org.uk
Delighted that my essay, "Statelessness, National Sovereignty, and German and Austrian Jewish Refugees in China during and after the Treaty Port Era”, has been published!
A bridge between projects to help me think about statelessness more deeply. Thank you, Jay and Kolleen, for this opportunity!
A bridge between projects to help me think about statelessness more deeply. Thank you, Jay and Kolleen, for this opportunity!
#migration and #refugee scholars, I'm making a list of possible journals to submit an article on aging Jewish refugees in Shanghai.
(I've already published in a journal in Jewish history and would like to diversify)
I have Humanity; Journal of Refugee Studies; Migration Journal...
(I've already published in a journal in Jewish history and would like to diversify)
I have Humanity; Journal of Refugee Studies; Migration Journal...
June 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#migration and #refugee scholars, I'm making a list of possible journals to submit an article on aging Jewish refugees in Shanghai.
(I've already published in a journal in Jewish history and would like to diversify)
I have Humanity; Journal of Refugee Studies; Migration Journal...
(I've already published in a journal in Jewish history and would like to diversify)
I have Humanity; Journal of Refugee Studies; Migration Journal...
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
Our book is on its way to publication! “In the Shadow of the Holocaust” is a collection of short stories translated by me & Harriet Murav from Yiddish & Russian, written after WWII by Jewish writers from the Soviet Union. Pub date: Feb 10, 2026 @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/jewish...
In the Shadow of the Holocaust | Stanford University Press
In the Shadow of the Holocaust is a collection of newly translated short fiction written in the aftermath of one of the most significant Jewish tragedies of the 20th century. In these works, Jewish au...
www.sup.org
April 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our book is on its way to publication! “In the Shadow of the Holocaust” is a collection of short stories translated by me & Harriet Murav from Yiddish & Russian, written after WWII by Jewish writers from the Soviet Union. Pub date: Feb 10, 2026 @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/jewish...
Delighted that my essay, "Statelessness, National Sovereignty, and German and Austrian Jewish Refugees in China during and after the Treaty Port Era”, has been published!
A bridge between projects to help me think about statelessness more deeply. Thank you, Jay and Kolleen, for this opportunity!
A bridge between projects to help me think about statelessness more deeply. Thank you, Jay and Kolleen, for this opportunity!
Ahead of #RefugeeWeek, editors of 'Statelessness after Arendt' introduce the book for the campaign: refugeeweek.org.uk/the-uncounte...
"We invite readers not only to mourn those lost to war and displacement, but to listen to those who survived it."
@saralhalpern.bsky.social
@bickers.bsky.social
"We invite readers not only to mourn those lost to war and displacement, but to listen to those who survived it."
@saralhalpern.bsky.social
@bickers.bsky.social
The Uncounted: Statelessness and the Burden of Our Times
Guest blog by Kolleen Guy and Jay Winter
In her landmark 1951 book The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt wrote that the stateless “are no longer human in any sense other than that they belon...
refugeeweek.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Delighted that my essay, "Statelessness, National Sovereignty, and German and Austrian Jewish Refugees in China during and after the Treaty Port Era”, has been published!
A bridge between projects to help me think about statelessness more deeply. Thank you, Jay and Kolleen, for this opportunity!
A bridge between projects to help me think about statelessness more deeply. Thank you, Jay and Kolleen, for this opportunity!
All forms of antisemitism except for religious antisemitism to be unacceptable.
Ok… then what do we do if blood libels revive?
Ok… then what do we do if blood libels revive?
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
More ⬇️
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
More ⬇️
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Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
forward.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
All forms of antisemitism except for religious antisemitism to be unacceptable.
Ok… then what do we do if blood libels revive?
Ok… then what do we do if blood libels revive?
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
The wife of detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil says Khalil missed the birth of his first child after immigration officials denied his request for temporary release so that he could attend.
Reminder: Khalil is a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
Reminder: Khalil is a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
April 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The wife of detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil says Khalil missed the birth of his first child after immigration officials denied his request for temporary release so that he could attend.
Reminder: Khalil is a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
Reminder: Khalil is a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
The difference between closed captions and open captions: Closed captions are on a separate track that can be turned on or off. Open captions are captions that are burned into the video, so that they are always showing. The viewer cannot turn them off.
www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...
www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...
Captions/Subtitles
Helps you understand and create captions (also called “subtitles”) for audio and video media accessibility.
www.w3.org
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The difference between closed captions and open captions: Closed captions are on a separate track that can be turned on or off. Open captions are captions that are burned into the video, so that they are always showing. The viewer cannot turn them off.
www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...
www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...
Nailed. Required reading for all. If you aren't afraid yet, then you haven't accepted historical realities how a constitutional democracy can readily into state-sponsored terror regime with just the right people in right places within the bureaucracy.
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terr...
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terr...
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Nailed. Required reading for all. If you aren't afraid yet, then you haven't accepted historical realities how a constitutional democracy can readily into state-sponsored terror regime with just the right people in right places within the bureaucracy.
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terr...
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terr...
Watch “Judgement at Nuremberg” (1961) and let’s consider a possibility of SCOTUS justices being tried. By, say, Europeans.
April 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Watch “Judgement at Nuremberg” (1961) and let’s consider a possibility of SCOTUS justices being tried. By, say, Europeans.
Rewatching Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). Not even 40 min in and I’m already unnerved.
I truly hope for our courts staying independent.
I truly hope for our courts staying independent.
April 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Rewatching Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). Not even 40 min in and I’m already unnerved.
I truly hope for our courts staying independent.
I truly hope for our courts staying independent.
The DOGE is racing to the bottom.
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The DOGE is racing to the bottom.
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
getting absolutely bodied every day by canada was not on my bingo card
Salute to the Canadians for putting these ads up in downtown DC, they’re right and they should say it more 🫡
March 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
getting absolutely bodied every day by canada was not on my bingo card
This was on my bingo card. Undoing past century's worth of work done by women and African Americans, including WEB DuBois.
I won't tell you what's next but if you know me well, you already know.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I won't tell you what's next but if you know me well, you already know.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This was on my bingo card. Undoing past century's worth of work done by women and African Americans, including WEB DuBois.
I won't tell you what's next but if you know me well, you already know.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I won't tell you what's next but if you know me well, you already know.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Explain to me again how did musk get “elected” to the highest office with zero regard for the Constitution and national security? Also he’s not even US born.
March 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Explain to me again how did musk get “elected” to the highest office with zero regard for the Constitution and national security? Also he’s not even US born.
It’s wild to see academic talks continue when there is a wildfire happening as if it’s business as usual.
Now it is not the time to toot your own own horn without engaging the public. This is why I’ve started posting on LinkedIn.
Now it is not the time to toot your own own horn without engaging the public. This is why I’ve started posting on LinkedIn.
March 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s wild to see academic talks continue when there is a wildfire happening as if it’s business as usual.
Now it is not the time to toot your own own horn without engaging the public. This is why I’ve started posting on LinkedIn.
Now it is not the time to toot your own own horn without engaging the public. This is why I’ve started posting on LinkedIn.
Is anyone not paying attention to domestic terrorists? Of course because they’re US citizens.
Let’s discuss privileges of citizenship, shall we?
Let’s discuss privileges of citizenship, shall we?
PSA: When media reports on President Trump's expected invocation of Alien Enemies Act, it would be good to remind the reader/listener:
The Act also includes summary deportation of permanent legal residents and other immigrants who are lawfully present as well.
It's that extreme an emergency power.
The Act also includes summary deportation of permanent legal residents and other immigrants who are lawfully present as well.
It's that extreme an emergency power.
March 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Is anyone not paying attention to domestic terrorists? Of course because they’re US citizens.
Let’s discuss privileges of citizenship, shall we?
Let’s discuss privileges of citizenship, shall we?
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
I'm just a small-town professor. I'll never be a provost or chancellor. But here's some free advice: we're about to hold the most watched college sports event in 🇺🇸. Every college president should be all over TV, at every game, explaining why the March Madness of federal budget cuts is a huge crisis.
👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
March 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm just a small-town professor. I'll never be a provost or chancellor. But here's some free advice: we're about to hold the most watched college sports event in 🇺🇸. Every college president should be all over TV, at every game, explaining why the March Madness of federal budget cuts is a huge crisis.
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down
The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year.
Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools.
All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools.
Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump
Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools.
All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools.
Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down
I cannot keep up with the grief of watching education getting gutted.
Bloodbath underway at Department of Education. I do not trust the DOJ to handle OCR cases.
Bloodbath underway at Department of Education. I do not trust the DOJ to handle OCR cases.
March 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I cannot keep up with the grief of watching education getting gutted.
Bloodbath underway at Department of Education. I do not trust the DOJ to handle OCR cases.
Bloodbath underway at Department of Education. I do not trust the DOJ to handle OCR cases.
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
Oh surprise. Woman from DOE saying that women and POC are disproportionately impacted by layoffs. White men, especially from certain schools, are surviving.
March 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Oh surprise. Woman from DOE saying that women and POC are disproportionately impacted by layoffs. White men, especially from certain schools, are surviving.
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
Trump is STILL - RIGHT NOW - tweeting about Tesla. He's spent more time protecting the richest man in the world's profits than he has protecting healthcare, education, jobs, or veterans in the last 6 weeks as president.
March 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Trump is STILL - RIGHT NOW - tweeting about Tesla. He's spent more time protecting the richest man in the world's profits than he has protecting healthcare, education, jobs, or veterans in the last 6 weeks as president.
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
🚨 The Trump administration has Marco Rubio *personally* signing off on orders to deport Mahmoud Khalil, according to sources inside DHS & State Dept.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm
The government is staking its entire case to deport Khalil on whether Rubio “personally” thinks the Columbia student protest negotiator would “compromise” US foreign policy.
zeteo.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🚨 The Trump administration has Marco Rubio *personally* signing off on orders to deport Mahmoud Khalil, according to sources inside DHS & State Dept.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
When DEI compliance goes way too far.
Makes me think that any book or film that has “gay” in it to mean “fun” way back when like Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been banned.
Makes me think that any book or film that has “gay” in it to mean “fun” way back when like Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been banned.
The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
When DEI compliance goes way too far.
Makes me think that any book or film that has “gay” in it to mean “fun” way back when like Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been banned.
Makes me think that any book or film that has “gay” in it to mean “fun” way back when like Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been banned.
So how did I do with this bingo board I made?
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
March 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
So how did I do with this bingo board I made?
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
Reposted by Dr. Sara L Halpern
Thank you, Rep. Al Green.
Democratic Congressman Removed From Chamber After Protesting Trump's National Address
"You have no mandate to cut Medicaid," Rep. Al Green yelled while pointing his cane toward Trump.
www.huffpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Thank you, Rep. Al Green.