People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.
Sarit Kattan Gribetz begins a review forum engaging Moulie Vidas' The Rise of Talmud.
I am the target audience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXA3...
My book is 50% off through Princeton's Spring Sale if you were looking to snag it at a deal. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
I use our LMS and value it as a repository students can access, but this essay resonates with my experience. Have we removed too many "points of friction"?
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G. Willow Wilson
We are pleased to announce this year's Models of Piety lineup at SBL's annual meeting!
"Places of Practice, Practices of Place: Two Perspectives on Religious Community in Rural Syria and Palestine during Late Antiquity"
With Dina Boero, Ra’anan Boustan, and Karen Britt
Mid Afternoon on Nov 20th.
every time I say this, someone didn't know:
you can get the NYRB, the New Yorker, the LRB, Paris Review, The Spectator (weirdly not New Statesman), The Week, both French & Italian Vogue & New Scientist among many many other magazines FREE via the Libby app from your local library?
On this 26th Day of Jewish American Heritage Month, sharing this amazing resource on the Jews of Charleston. I love how it visualizes the community in 1788, 1833, 1910, and 2020 and gives you a sense of key people in each of these moments in time. Kudos to everyone a the Pearlstine/Lipov Center.
Today, Carrie Schroeder reviews Liv Ingeborg Lied and Brent Nongbri's Working with Manuscripts: A Guide for Textual Scholars. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/5/26/working-with-manuscripts-a-guide-for-textual-scholars
Behind on your #AJR reading? Check out the full forum here: www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...
Krista Dalton
Krista Dalton
Krista Dalton
Ancient Jew Review
The Bavli might remain the most celebrated rabbinic work, but the Yerushalmi was the first of its kind. The Bavli, in a sense, becomes less unique through Moulie’s reading, and “the Talmud” is…
