For all those baking, eating, or discussing matzah this Passover: Chag sameach! (And watch out for drunk chickens.)

Just published by PSU Press: TRACES OF A JEWISH ARTIST! This biography recovers the story of forgotten artist Rahel Szalit and presents a stunning collection of her art. #WomensHistoryMonth2024 40% off w/code WHM24. #womenartists #5womenartists #jewishart tinyurl.com/szalitbook

Preparing to spend a weekend with this incredible book from Kerry Wallach

It was a great pleasure to be in conversation with art historian LaNitra M. Berger for the official launch of TRACES OF A JEWISH ARTIST: THE LOST LIFE AND WORK OF RAHEL SZALIT tinyurl.com/szalitbook and don't miss LaNitra Berger's book on Irma Stern: bloomsbury.com/us/irma-stern-…

#OTD born in 1917 the artist Charlotte Salomon. Her gouache paintings/graphic novel Life? or Theater? are an early parent to Maus and key testimony to Jewish life in Germany. I highly recommend the classic account of my friend Darcy Buerkle press.umich.edu/Books/N/Nothin…

Delighted to share my ⁦New Books Network 📚⁩ ⁦NB Jewish Studies 📚⁩ ⁦NB German Studies🎙️📚⁩ conversation with ⁦Kerry Wallach⁩ about her wonderful new book: Traces of a Jewish Artist ⁦PSU Press⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new…

I had a great time listening to Paul talking with Kerry about her important new book. It's all that - feminist, queer, Jewish artist who claimed her identity as "Ostjude." Ordering for my students now!

Excellent piece by Alyssa Quint on the need to rediscover the rich history of pre-Holocaust modern Jewish art. tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

New project from Jonathan Abbett and me: jldr.org. The site collects, categorizes, and summarizes articles from across the Jewish press. It's a non-profit project that, we hope, will be useful to journalists, scholars & anyone who wants to keep up with the Jewish world.

Translator Mark Harman: Kafka’s imagination anticipated the world in which we live english.radio.cz/translator-mar…

Join us this Thurs, 5/30 @ 7 pm ET for a virtual talk about Rahel Szalit, an artist in Weimar Berlin who was lost to history after the Holocaust. This talk, presented by Kerry Wallach, will focus on the rediscovery of Szalit and her art. Register: support.yiddishbookcenter.org/site/Ticketing…

CFP: "Women in Photography". It's time to think about what inclusion/exclusion, categorizations and historiography actually means for photohistorical research! Who is Moholy-Nagy? Laszlo or Lucia? britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs…

My book TRACES OF A JEWISH ARTIST is in great company in this article about recent publications by Gettysburg College colleagues including Dr. Jim Downs and The Ivory Attic's Ian Isherwood gettysburg.edu/news/stories?i…

“We should remember (Rahel) Szalit not only out of a sense of obligation but also because the artworks themselves are unforgettable, just like the artist who created them.”-Kerry Wallach Gettysburg College prof, HBI Research Award recipient on her new biography TRACES OF A JEWISH ARTIST

I was honored to give the faculty remarks at this year's Convocation Gettysburg College. They relate to my new First-Year Seminar: "What's in a Name? Cultural Naming Trends." Some highlights from my speech are included in this video (1:28-2:10). youtube.com/watch?v=ZB9T4v…

We are delighted to announce the redesign of the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. The new look of the Encyclopedia is now available for browsing. The redesign allows for a faster, more seamless, more enjoyable experience for users.