Yael Rice
@yaelrice.bsky.social
Associate professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilization & chair of Architectural Studies at Amherst College.
I was there too! Made me tear up 🥹
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I was there too! Made me tear up 🥹
I know. Still disgusted by it (obviously) and the fact that it had a “like.”
October 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I know. Still disgusted by it (obviously) and the fact that it had a “like.”
I don’t get it. Are you saying that the synagogue had to be “cleansed” too?
October 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I don’t get it. Are you saying that the synagogue had to be “cleansed” too?
My alma mater, too, and I’m (once again) extremely disappointed
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My alma mater, too, and I’m (once again) extremely disappointed
Reposted by Yael Rice
Here's an 11th-century Jewish manuscript that refers to God as Allah and wishes for the reader to have "jihad of his soul in love for his Creator"
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Here's an 11th-century Jewish manuscript that refers to God as Allah and wishes for the reader to have "jihad of his soul in love for his Creator"
So this is really cool: a stamp impression from the library of the Ilkhanid vizier Rashid al-Din (d. 1318). It reads “pious endowment [waqf] of the Rashidiyya library,” & it may have been inspired by Chinese prints/stamps. Stamped waqf notices are totally unheard of for this time!
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Rashid al-Din was doing it in the early 14th c. in Tabriz
September 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Rashid al-Din was doing it in the early 14th c. in Tabriz
Fortunately, AI finds a 0% chance that this method of authentication could be exploited 😇
September 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fortunately, AI finds a 0% chance that this method of authentication could be exploited 😇
I assumed it was the staff’s doing. (Same phenom at Amherst.)
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I assumed it was the staff’s doing. (Same phenom at Amherst.)
It is, and I think about it way too often!
September 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It is, and I think about it way too often!
But that makes for a much less satisfying graphic
September 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
But that makes for a much less satisfying graphic
It’s fine. Clearly the gif hit a nerve :-/
September 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It’s fine. Clearly the gif hit a nerve :-/
Someone quoted this skeet to call me a bad person for sharing the Bugs gif, but for the record: my affinity for this gif long predates the current political moment. I’ve detested Florida for a very long time.
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Someone quoted this skeet to call me a bad person for sharing the Bugs gif, but for the record: my affinity for this gif long predates the current political moment. I’ve detested Florida for a very long time.
Amazing!!! I have a feeling we’ve been concert tour twinsies many times over 🥰
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Amazing!!! I have a feeling we’ve been concert tour twinsies many times over 🥰
I’ve long wanted to visit!
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I’ve long wanted to visit!