Yossi Mandel
@ymandel.bsky.social
Writer. Former rabbi. One typo, and I could've been a former rabbit. Here for the conversations.
Also? @racheleklein.bsky.social ? A bookstore for Jewish women called The Reading Vibe
the three-cue method shall henceforth be known as “vibe reading”
is someone completely and utterly misreading what you’ve written? they might be vibe reading
is someone completely and utterly misreading what you’ve written? they might be vibe reading
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Also? @racheleklein.bsky.social ? A bookstore for Jewish women called The Reading Vibe
PEDRO EL GUAPO
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
PEDRO EL GUAPO
Reposted by Yossi Mandel
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Reposted by Yossi Mandel
Hillel: put your right foot in
Gentile: done
Hillel: now take it out
Gentile: ...ok
Hillel: put your other foot in, shake it all about
Gentile: wait what?
Hillel: what is hateful to you do not do to another
Hillel: that's what it's all about
Gentile: done
Hillel: now take it out
Gentile: ...ok
Hillel: put your other foot in, shake it all about
Gentile: wait what?
Hillel: what is hateful to you do not do to another
Hillel: that's what it's all about
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hillel: put your right foot in
Gentile: done
Hillel: now take it out
Gentile: ...ok
Hillel: put your other foot in, shake it all about
Gentile: wait what?
Hillel: what is hateful to you do not do to another
Hillel: that's what it's all about
Gentile: done
Hillel: now take it out
Gentile: ...ok
Hillel: put your other foot in, shake it all about
Gentile: wait what?
Hillel: what is hateful to you do not do to another
Hillel: that's what it's all about
It's lunched, Dovid'l. A lunched pastrami can knock anyone unconscious.
It's not funny. A launched pastrami from Katz's can knock a man unconscious. I've seen it happen.
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It's lunched, Dovid'l. A lunched pastrami can knock anyone unconscious.
I lighted this post on fire, John Scalzi
The more I see people using "casted" instead of "cast" the more I realize that I am a grumpy old fart who only wants to see the language evolve in my preferred directions, nevertheless I will happily judge you for it if I catch you doing it, look, my dude, the accepted past tense is shorter okay
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I lighted this post on fire, John Scalzi
@gamzehyaavor.bsky.social see? they were right, questions are treyf
Valentine: my town is called ravenkirk
Valentine: named for the gothest bird AND the gothest star trek captain
Diane Duane: wait i have questions
Valentine: there will be no questions
Valentine: named for the gothest bird AND the gothest star trek captain
Diane Duane: wait i have questions
Valentine: there will be no questions
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@gamzehyaavor.bsky.social see? they were right, questions are treyf
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I just spelled "kafkaesque" as "latkaesque" and now I want latkes
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I just spelled "kafkaesque" as "latkaesque" and now I want latkes
NoNoWriNoMo
SlammoRammo
NaNoLoonMo
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NoNoWriNoMo
Put is this (Jewish) way - they proved they really believed in acting that way and they really believed in speaking that way.
I’ve written about a lot of horrible historical figures in American politics and I always get earnest questions asking “but did they really believe that?”
I get the curiosity but I tend to remind people what they do in public is vastly more important than what they tell themselves in private
I get the curiosity but I tend to remind people what they do in public is vastly more important than what they tell themselves in private
I have no idea what Graham Platner's religious views are, but the way our culture is obsessed with trying to divine a person's "real" interior views, by definition radically private and unknowable, above and beyond external actions in the world, is a sign of how culturally Protestant we all are.
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Put is this (Jewish) way - they proved they really believed in acting that way and they really believed in speaking that way.
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I won't wade into the marsh in which this conversation is currently going on, but I'm happy to note that the first thing a twenty-first-century publishing entity does on receipt of a manuscript and to prepare it for eventual publication is to yank out every single double space after a period.
🤷🏻♂️
🤷🏻♂️
October 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I won't wade into the marsh in which this conversation is currently going on, but I'm happy to note that the first thing a twenty-first-century publishing entity does on receipt of a manuscript and to prepare it for eventual publication is to yank out every single double space after a period.
🤷🏻♂️
🤷🏻♂️
del Toro literally quoting the Talmud
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
del Toro literally quoting the Talmud
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Bitter Karella: ha ha, what if, right? You're welcome for blowing your mind.
Karella: but wait! did you know that I, Bitter Karella, will be in conversation with Charlie Jane Anders at A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove on Saturday, October 25?
Karella: but wait! did you know that I, Bitter Karella, will be in conversation with Charlie Jane Anders at A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove on Saturday, October 25?
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bitter Karella: ha ha, what if, right? You're welcome for blowing your mind.
Karella: but wait! did you know that I, Bitter Karella, will be in conversation with Charlie Jane Anders at A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove on Saturday, October 25?
Karella: but wait! did you know that I, Bitter Karella, will be in conversation with Charlie Jane Anders at A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove on Saturday, October 25?
To be fair to the preschooler: Accurate!
TRUE STORY: one time we went to a neighbor's seder and they asked their preschooler what Pesach was about and she said, dead serious, "Moses gave Pharoah a frog," and eight years later I am still entertained by this.
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
To be fair to the preschooler: Accurate!
ALDUS PAGEMAKER!!!
forever in our hearts
forever in our hearts
The very first piece of Abode software I ever used, 35+ years ago now, was PageMaker, which was the software we used to layout the Chicago Maroon, the college newspaper I wrote and edited for. Of course, because I'm old, it was from Aldus then. But I also used it after Adobe acquired Aldus.
Did you ever work in Framemaker? It was a very nice, if slightly excessive piece of word processing+ software from earlier Adobe years that I swore by - up to a point.
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
ALDUS PAGEMAKER!!!
forever in our hearts
forever in our hearts
Miriam doing Hashem's work...
Shalom friends!
Inspired by the 7 minute heist of the #Louvre, here is the team of archetypical caper characters I would assemble for the Vatican basement 🕎 rescue.
Except, they’re all from the #talmud! Welcome to The Great Menorah Heist! It’s going down! (Or up?)
youtube.com/shorts/qFyRo...
Inspired by the 7 minute heist of the #Louvre, here is the team of archetypical caper characters I would assemble for the Vatican basement 🕎 rescue.
Except, they’re all from the #talmud! Welcome to The Great Menorah Heist! It’s going down! (Or up?)
youtube.com/shorts/qFyRo...
The Great Menorah Heist 🕎
YouTube video by Miriam Anzovin
youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Miriam doing Hashem's work...
...or millions of malignant narcissists.
Uncanny.
I will never for a moment wonder again how it could have happened. I see exactly how it happened. You just need one malignant narcissist and then a whole lot of ordinary, stupid people to give themselves over to either raw hate or determined indifference. It rides again.
I will never for a moment wonder again how it could have happened. I see exactly how it happened. You just need one malignant narcissist and then a whole lot of ordinary, stupid people to give themselves over to either raw hate or determined indifference. It rides again.
It is, as they say, fire.
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
...or millions of malignant narcissists.
Finally blocked Ani* D*sh. Not even sure why it took me so long. No techbros of any sort are worth it.
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Finally blocked Ani* D*sh. Not even sure why it took me so long. No techbros of any sort are worth it.
I see protesting is the new patriotism.
It's also Talmudic.
It's also Talmudic.
October 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I see protesting is the new patriotism.
It's also Talmudic.
It's also Talmudic.
No you aren't. You're just nostalgic for a time when oligarchs ruled here with a veneer.
I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
No you aren't. You're just nostalgic for a time when oligarchs ruled here with a veneer.
YOM KIPPUR AIN'T OVER GET IN
get in losers we're repenting
Liberation theology in the USA. More please.
October 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
YOM KIPPUR AIN'T OVER GET IN
Medieval kings would often say, "I want two of those Jews in my community."
And then, of course, when it reached 300 Jews, expel them all.
And then, of course, when it reached 300 Jews, expel them all.
"I want all races in my community" what, is she starting a collection?
This is disheartening. I want all races in my community and unfortunately I think this is racist. I understand the black community wants to be supported, it’s coming off as a one way street. I’ve encountered racism lately all from mentally unstable black women. Blacksky will further segregate people
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Medieval kings would often say, "I want two of those Jews in my community."
And then, of course, when it reached 300 Jews, expel them all.
And then, of course, when it reached 300 Jews, expel them all.
The actual spirit and law of Yom Kippur in action in one post.
You must acknowledge and regret the mistake and make a concrete plan for the future.
You must acknowledge and regret the mistake and make a concrete plan for the future.
Noted, and acknowledgement that the casual "Old Testament/New Testament" division can carry the freight of antisemitism, which I suspect was not intended either by the original comment (and definitely not by me), but it's okay to say, whoops, let's not do that again
Not to disagree with your point about humans, but the Jewish god, a.k.a. the god of the Old Testament, it’s not actually crueler than the Christian god. We literally just finished a holiday that is entirely about mercy and forgiveness.
October 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The actual spirit and law of Yom Kippur in action in one post.
You must acknowledge and regret the mistake and make a concrete plan for the future.
You must acknowledge and regret the mistake and make a concrete plan for the future.
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Hi.
Stop letting your kids get Covid, I absolutely beg you as a fully grown adult who can’t believe how little of a life I have after 3 years of LC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
Stop letting your kids get Covid, I absolutely beg you as a fully grown adult who can’t believe how little of a life I have after 3 years of LC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Hi.
Stop letting your kids get Covid, I absolutely beg you as a fully grown adult who can’t believe how little of a life I have after 3 years of LC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
Stop letting your kids get Covid, I absolutely beg you as a fully grown adult who can’t believe how little of a life I have after 3 years of LC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
The best use of ungepatchked I have seen in a long while
Someone asked to see it elsewhere, so waste not, want not: the Korean edition of DE, featuring a two-color interior, flaps (it’s a paperback), foil, and a belly band.
How do you say ungapatchka in Korean?
(I adore it.)
How do you say ungapatchka in Korean?
(I adore it.)
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The best use of ungepatchked I have seen in a long while