#NewPublication The Journal of Jewish Studies, Volume 75 Issue 1
For the Table of Contents and to access the issue, please visit liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/jjs/75/1

I thought this, by David N Myers, was (unfortunately) excellent
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University President Working Hard to Ensure Columbia Will Never Be Known as a Safety School: ow.ly/j24n50Ru3Mh

In 1968, protests at Columbia were bigger and more disruptive. Yet in 2024, the university responded faster and with more violence. The change is due to the militarization of the police and growth of elite private education into more important site of American capital and power.

We are deeply saddened by the death of our friend and colleague, Dr William Noel. A brilliant scholar, his 2019 Sandars Lectures in Bibliography Cambridge University Library, were sensational: youtube.com/watch?v=7S45Vs…. Our condolences to Will's family and friends.

Professor pinned on the ground being arrested at UW–Madison, asking police to leave students alone

At the start of AAPI month, remembering students at SF State & UC Berkeley striking in the face of police violence in 1968-69, which sparked the creation of ethnic studies departments, faculty, and centers.

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“Seems” is the key word here. I think we’re all realizing that universities aren’t necessarily in the business that many of us once thought they were.

Nightmarish. Higher ed is going to be permanently changed by going down this path. A couple weeks ago, this was a complete aberration for a university

They don't have a radio station, but the City College magazine is live streaming right now on IG. They were just told they're going to be arrested if they don't leave but there are so few on the ground documenting. Please don't forget them. instagram.com/ccnycampus

If you've lost the Columbia WKCR stream via their website, it is still loud and clear here radio.net/s/wkcr

Columbia's student radio station, WKCR-FM NY, deserves a broadcast journalism prize for its live coverage of the impending police raid of the campus.

“Handy Mnemonics: The Five-Fingered Memory Machine” — Kensy Cooperrider explores the history of storing knowledge on the surface of fingers and palms: publicdomainreview.org/essay/handy-mn…

Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

We are extremely saddened to hear that Will Noel passed away yesterday. He was a pioneer in the field of digital manuscript studies, a relentless advocate of open access, friend and colleague to many in the DM community. He will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his family.

Had a great time talking to Joseph A. Howley about the battle in Columbia over Israel/Palestine. He's on the ground there and provides a great corrective to a lot of lazy punditry. thenation.com/podcast/activi…

Judaism in South India, 849–1489: Relocating Malabar Jewry by Ophira Gamliel #nonfiction #academicbooks #medievaltwitter #MedievalStudies #Judaism #Malabar #Malayalam #Kerala #IndianOcean #southindia arc-humanities.org/9781641890670/…

We cannot be silent as riot cops storm college campuses to arrest, often brutally, peaceful protesters and profs

It's the final push of the right's war to destroy higher ed. And police-state violence is priming the pump for the horror to come

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