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Author Eli Bromberg discussed his new book 'UNSETTLING: Jews, Whiteness, and Incest in American Popular Culture' at UCLA last week. Couldn't make the talk? The lecture is now available on YouTube: ow.ly/FcxV30rGV7Y

I'm grateful to Thaddeus Atzmon and Ethnic and Racial Studies for this generous review. Thank you Thaddeus Atzmon for such thoughtful engagement with the book!

This month we have two thought-provoking posts about #AllenvFarrow, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering's harrowing doc about one of Hwood's most notorious scandals. See what Eli Bromberg and Elizabeth Nathanson have to say about it at docalogue.com/allen-v-farrow/. Then tell us what you think!

איך האָב געהאַט האָר!

I watched that new movie a few days ago, and now every time I read an essay mentioning Raymond Williams, a voice whispers in my head, "flow is the mind killer..."

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*Unsettling: Jews, Whiteness, and Incest in American Popular Culture* (rutgersuniversitypress.org/unsettling/978…) is now available for 50% off with the code RFIFTY21 via Rutgers University Press. Some excellent books by Jennifer Glaser, Lori Harrison-Kahan, Vincent Brook, and Jeff Ferguson (z''l), too.

Sign the petition here bit.ly/I-REFUSE-to-Re… and tell Columbia that New York educators stand together!

Thank you so much, Agata Frymus! Sunday began with a positive covid test (third in our household), so this was especially nice to see on an otherwise Omicron-y day.

Limited success thus far getting the big girls to engage with Yiddish, but after a weekend with grandma, the phrase "tokhes afn tish" is a big hit with the four year old.

Very grateful to golanmoskowitz and AJS review for such a thoughtful, generous review of *Unsettling!* And quite nice to see the hard copy, so thank you James Loeffler for posting these pics.

Took out a spotted lantern fly at the Ferry this morning.

Going through old papers, and found perhaps my favorite student eval comment: “like my grandpa teaching a class except interesting and coherent, level of humor about the same (very humorous)”

No, Jeff Melnick ‘s take is the right one here. “We’ve been dancing with Mr. Melnick, he’s been knocking, he won’t leave me alone” is just too long a walk.

To ensure the delivery of life-saving aid to Gaza and to secure our safety, write to your congressional representative to demand the US pressure Israel into allowing us through the illegal blockade: bit.ly/FreedomFlotill… Please share!

On 5/1, Fordham called riot police to arrest students in a Gaza solidarity encampment. Pres. Tetlow justified this as necessary for "physical protection of the campus,” describing the protests as "intrusions" by outsiders. Faculty senators dispute this with video evidence (1/2)