As you read up on the current DEI situation in Texas, please also take a look at what is going on in Kansas. All Kansas State institutions have new rules on DEI and hiring. As an employee at a state institution, I could be fired for commenting on it on Twitter.

My most recent New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) & NB Jewish Studies 📚 interview with Jehanne Dubrow about her most recent book "Exhibitions" is live. Check it out here: newbooksnetwork.com/exhibitions.

Excited to launch this #DH project with Hollie Marquess using testimonies from HolocaustEducation & Fortunoff Video Archive. "Through Hell to the Midwest" traces the paths of survivors from their hometowns through the Holocaust to the lives they rebuilt in the Midwest. storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/5d…

“Through Hell to the Midwest” is a new mapping project by Amber Nickell, PhD 🇺🇦🌻, Hollie Marquess, and Sarah Keiss tracing the stories of over 40 Holocaust survivors who settled in the Kansas City. More: bit.ly/throughellmidw…

Read between the lines. It's a threat. The message here is "we won't count your votes; we will disenfranchise the 'others' who support your Democratic candidate(s); the election in 2020 was rigged (the Big Lie); when we win in 2024, we'll ensure there will be no more elections."

🔴🇺🇦 Tonight, Russia has also launched Iranian drones Shahed against the city of Kharkiv. Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov

I condemn Iran's attacks in the strongest possible terms and reaffirm America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel. My full statement on Iran’s attacks against Israel:

Pretty important:

It's connected: Syria, Ukraine, Palestine/Israel. We can not allow authoritarianism, wars of aggression, and terrorism to subsume the globe. Iran and Russia are playing a long game, and this is the product of over a decade of collaborative relationships between the two states.

Starting with some favorites from the week as usual, including a vital new #DH project from Amber Nickell, PhD 🇺🇦🌻 & Hollie Marquess on Holocaust survivors in the Midwest, featuring testimonies from HolocaustEducation & Fortunoff Video Archive: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/5d…

I remember the first month's as we begged for NATO to #closethesky. The Iranian threat and the Russian threat to democracy are the same, but we only helped shutdown the skies for one. #bebetter

This is getting more and more outrageous while the West pretty much stands by, while limiting itself to statements of concern. Much more proactive stance and steps needed.

Vol. 69, Iss. 2 of The Polish Review is now available and features articles and reviews by Tom Young (The Courtauld Research Forum), Neal Pease (@UWMLetSci), @zachary_mazur_ (@polinmuseum), Amber Nickell, PhD 🇺🇦🌻 (FHSU History Program), Natan Meir (Portland State Research), and more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/issue/…

Russia killed more children today.

I don't know of the existence of any The New York Times or The Washington Post reporter in #Sumy, #Kherson or #Kharkiv now. Correct me if I'm wrong. The nonchalance shows. Prejudice is institutionalized. The international community pays for such neglect. Ukrainians pay for it with their lives.

“Vast majority of Americans know that Ukraine needs to win,” Tim Walz says while shopping at a Ukrainian refugee owned bakery in Wisconsin. He bought The Black Sea and Heart of Ukraine desserts.

VP Harris points out that "there are some in my country who [want] to force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory...these proposals are the same as those of Putin. Let us be be clear. They are not proposals for peace. Instead, they are proposals for surrender"

Stalin had them shot. So did Hitler (July 1941). Dictators do this. Such irresponsible rhetoric from the Trump-Vance ticket is going to get more people who dare proudly to be teachers and writers and mentors and activists in America killed, and not just liberal professors either.

Zelensky's face says it all. Trump is completely incapable of conducting foreign policy or behaving diplomatically.

The Society for Romanian Studies – SRS Holocaust and Second World War Working Group held its first meeting following the summer break today. We enjoyed a fascinating discussion with Amber Nickell, PhD 🇺🇦🌻 about how her research into the Holocaust in Ukraine brought her into contact with Romania.