Sara Ronis

to what that means for gatekeeping the vast amounts of unpublished materials. These bowls are so important, and SO cool, but with this scholarly ecosystem, it's such a hard field to wrap my brain around - or to encourage others to join (2/2)

Doing some reading of publications of Babylonian Incantation Bowls this morning, and reminded all over again about how unhealthy the infrastructure of this field is, from its very foundation on unprovenanced materials, to the requirement to receive the patronage of wealthy collectors (1/2)

I would read the heck out of academic pamphlets on ancient religions.

Absolutely! I'm really interested in the multiple modes of propaganda this sign represents.

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Particularly interesting to me that the "West" here is represented by Israel, with Bibi kneeling, and the message doubled in Hebrew on the right.

Ack, apologies for the wonky capitalization. On my phone on a plane...

Check out the muslim public affairs committee - MPAC.

a cat is raising its paws in the air with the words `` grabby hands '' written below it . Alt: a cat is raising its paws in the air with the words `` grabby hands '' written below it .

Congratulations!!!

What a gift to have people read your work so carefully and generously!

Demons in the Details - Reading Religion The Babylonian Talmud is full of stories of demonic encounters, and it also includes many laws that attempt to regulate such encounters. In this book, Sara R...

"masterful" and "an indispensable resource"--Max Strassfield's glowing review of @sararonis.bsky.social's DEMONS IN THE DETAILS at Reading Religion
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I'm so sorry to hear that. Her book was really formative for me as I was thinking about my dissertation topic.

Deportation of Emma Goldman as a radical "alien" | Jewish Women's Archive On December 21, 1919, Emma Goldman, along with 248 other radical "aliens," was deported to the Soviet Union on the S.S. Buford under the 1918 Alien Act, which allowed for the expulsion of any alien fo...

Just posting this Jewish Women's Archive article about the deportation of Emma Goldman and over 200 other accused anarchists in 1918 for... reasons jwa.org/thisweek/dec...

Mazal tov!

Jews who are involved in synagogues in Texas: my schedule opened up for Shavuot. PM me if your synagogue wants to bring me in as a scholar-in-residence.

If a classroom zoom visit would ever be helpful, I am always down.

Thank you so much! That means so much coming from you.

Squeeeeeeee.

@miriamanzovin.bsky.social, relating to what we were talking about yesterday. Or the day before. What even is time?

The Revisionist History of the Nazi Salute Elon Musk’s defenders were quick to claim that his hand motion was actually an ancient “Roman salute” — but that gesture never existed.

Sarah Bond and Stephanie Wong offering brilliant context for the "Roman" salute.

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

Hello academic friends! I'm looking for either articles, podcasts, or short YouTube videos on the "manosphere" and the different models of masculinity that it promotes. Appropriate for undergraduates. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Lots to unpack here, but I’ll just say: The U.S., which has won innumerable military victories, messed with Canada once.

In response, they marched on our country and burned the White House to the ground.

Not really a flannel-wearing bear I’d want to poke, tbh.

And before anyone QT's me with posts about American work culture - I'm Jewish, it's not my holiday, and I don't work on weekends, or the many Jewish holidays in the fall (and later in the spring). Just trying to write my book, man...

My work laptop just died, and campus tech support is closed for two weeks. I assume all this happened intentionally to make sure I wasn't distracted from the 12 days of Christmas?

Looks like Christmas break is going to be an actual break...

Contemporary: The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann (her first book, Three Bags Full is brilliant). If you like historical cozy mysteries: Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell series, Allison Montclair's Sparks & Bainbridge series, Jennifer Ashley's Below Stairs series.

Well, I just found an assignment we'll be doing in my men and masculinity in the Bible course this spring...

A very cute and very clean dog lying dejected on the couch.

Lily had a bath this week so she can sympathize.

How is this even a question? 4 is clearly the answer!