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This article is way long, but skip down to the last page for a sneak preview of some of the research that Sharon Avni and I have been doing on what viewers learn from watching Shtisel jpost.com/israel-news/cu…

"Through the diary app, we see viewers engaging in more personal processes of speculation." In their new post, Laura Yares and Sharon Avni discuss how they adapted their ethnographic work about Jewish cultural experiences in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: sigla.georgetown.domains/digitalfieldwo…

Thrilled to announce I was awarded an NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant for 2022-2023! Please RT - we're looking for humanities researchers NOT in ling (and ideally, not at R1s) to join our advisory panel! (see deets below):

Contemporary Jewish Music in America Interdisciplinary discussion featuring a conversation btw Sharon Avni & Laura Yares, with authors of a new collection of articles on contemporary Jewish music March 29 5pm PT, 8pm ET On Zoom schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/an-updat… #JewishMusic (1/2)

Please share widely! NYC theater goers! Have you seen “Leopoldstadt,” “Parade” or “The Wanderers” on Broadway? Here's your chance to help researchers learn from your experiences: msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_78…

The brilliant Dr. Shreena Gandhi. npr.org/2023/03/11/116…

The one where I weigh in on audience experiences at Leopoldstadt Play and Parade on Broadway jta.org/2023/04/13/opi…

Here's a random titbit you didn't know you needed to know: Jews used to write catechisms. All the time. So glad to see article on Jewish catechisms finally out in print - a piece that I started way back back in graduate school: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

New piece in The Conversation U.S. today, a sneak peak at one of the chapters from my book on Jewish Sunday schools coming in August from NYU Press. theconversation.com/shavuot-the-je…

I’m a homiletic genius, apparently… #jewishsermons?

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In advance of my book release tomorrow (squee!) here's a piece for JBC where I spill the beans on how researching this book was a feminist project. jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/jewis…

Into reimagining Jewish education...and live near Ann Arbor, MI? Very excited about this lineup, especially presenting with artist Hillel Smith & Yiddish singer Anthony Tzvi Russell in a program exploring how art can challenge cultural assumptions. Free! ssw.umich.edu/assets/rsvp-re…