i haven't returned to this site in a while, and in the interim, not saying anything seems to have drawn more followers than anything I've posted. Pondering the implications of that.

as happens now and then, people sometimes leave random voice messages, not intended for me but I realized today that there is poetry in them. Here is a transcribed example from today: "Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh Yeah. Is Stephanie your daughter? Yes Epic club mobile Mani. I'm up baby I guess"

I am going to try out a riddle to test how discerning and erudite my cherished followers are: if you were to read the entire Oxford English Dictionary, you would find that there is but a single word that is spelled incorrectly. Can you guess what that word might be?

I have now reached the same level of success as Jesus did during his life time--I have 12 followers!
To reward your faith in me, allow me to share info about some wonderful Katz Center events this coming semester, most online. For info, see our public events page at katz.sas.upenn.edu

In that spirit, please consider yourself invited to a robust series of public programs c/o the Katz Center, many online. Details found on our website: katz.sas.upenn.edu

...The fall semester at Penn was a challenge to say the least, the most dispiriting semester of my career in the face of so much tragedy and the breakdown of what I believe in as a humanist. But the work of education and scholarship beckons, so "its once more unto the breach, dear friends."

ok, this is my second and a half post here on the angelic version of Twitter, and I am still trying to overcome my.allergy to social media, but I've come up with something to say....

My second post on this platform is coming soon, and its going to be well worth the wait.

I didn't catch that Natalie Zemon Davis passed away last week. What an honor it was to meet and learn from her. She was a true role model for any humanist and was so vital that I would have sworn she was immortal. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/b...

For those of you into early modern Jewish manuscripts, you are not going to do better than this talk tonight by Professor Elisheva Carlebach, accessible online. Despite the news, Penn continues to thrive as a powerhouse in the study of Jewish culture
katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/naked...

Betrayed by Twitter, I hereby post this message as an act of faith in humankind.