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Ari Davidow

@aridavidow.bsky.social

Into klezmer and most Jewish music; former Hebrew/Yiddish typographer extraordinaire. Wannabe community organizer and Tikkun olamista. Proud former staffer at https://jwa.org Long-time WELL denizen, https://well.com

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First the turkeys came for the spilled seed around the bird feeders. Then they used their secret flying ability to get to the top of the bird feeder (ignoring the squirrel baffle) and grabbing mouthfuls of seed.

Now, they are roosting in the backyard. Could only manage to get seven in one photo

26.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@ Hyde Park Seventh Day Adventist w/36 GBIO congs to plan how to "de-ICE Citizens Bank." We can fight back. This is one tool. #gbio #nokings

20.02.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Broken Truth - Tim Grimm
YouTube video by Tim Grimm Broken Truth - Tim Grimm

Lovely song about where things are at: "got no shame / got no soul / got no poetry inside to make him whole...." youtu.be/y7XYGLjP-58?... #nokings

05.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2026 Conference on the Jewish Left | Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs: CURA

Interesting session coming up at Boston University's CURA: www.bu.edu/cura/recent-... - anyone know if this is worth attending? I'm for both Jewish _&_ Palestinian self-determination. Not up for a day touting one at the expense of the other, but actively looking for fellow travelers.

21.01.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's to @BrooklynBagelCo on 8th St. Best bagels _and_ open on Christmas Day for hungry Yiddish & Klezmer lovers @YiddishNewYork

25.12.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yiddish New York 2025: Zingeray & Evening Concert: Khazones Und... View more about this event at Yiddish New York 2025

@Jeremiah Lockwood’s new project/label, Chazones Unbound 2 album releases 2night, #ynyΒ yiddishnewyork2025.sched.com/event/299M2/... #chazones #khazones #yiddishnewyork

23.12.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion Thanks to a mammoth klezmer digitization project, we can hear Jewish music that hasn't been played for generations.

Nice article on the @klezmerinstitute.bsky.social in @forward.com: forward.com/culture/musi... #klezmer #yiddish #yiddishculture

23.12.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion Thanks to a mammoth klezmer digitization project, we can hear Jewish music that hasn't been played for generations.

Nice article on the @klezmerinstitute.bsky.social in @forward.com: forward.com/culture/musi... #klezmer #yiddish #yiddishculture

23.12.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yiddish New York 2025: Lecture | Interracial Alliances and the... View more about this event at Yiddish New York 2025

Reminder: Elissa Sampson 11:15 (in eng) YNY (and so much more): yiddishnewyork2025.sched.com/event/ea30f0... #yiddish #resistance #yny #yiddishnewyork

23.12.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yiddish New York 2025: Lecture | Interracial Alliances and the... View more about this event at Yiddish New York 2025

Coming up this afternoon at Yiddish New York: yiddishnewyork2025.sched.com/event/299OD/... - Elissa Sampson - if you aren't here already, come on down! #yiddishnewYork #resistance #theresistance #yiddish #yiddishculture

22.12.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yiddish New York 2025: Lecture | From the Well & the Swamp: Tra... View more about this event at Yiddish New York 2025

After a brilliant lunch concert yesterday by Brivele, enjoying getting the _context_ of new songs from the band at a late am session, Yiddish New York: yiddishnewyork2025.sched.com/event/299QI/... #yiddishmusic #antifascistmusic #yiddish #yiddishculture #brivele

22.12.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yiddish New York 2025: Lecture | View more about this event at Yiddish New York 2025

Yiddish New York, this afternoon, 2:30, HUC, NYC Boyarins - big fun lecture yiddishnewyork2025.sched.com/event/299On/... #jewishculture

21.12.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building β€” the β€œSistine Chapel of the New Deal”

Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building - the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal" inc Ben Shahn murals - c.org/xsV8P8jHrB #resistance

16.12.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building β€” the β€œSistine Chapel of the New Deal”

Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building - the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal" inc Ben Shahn murals - c.org/xsV8P8jHrB #resistance

15.12.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Popular Front to Cold War by edited by Elissa Sampson and Robert M. Zecker | Paperback | Cornell University Press From Popular Front to Cold War tells the story of the International Workers Order (IWO), an organization founded in 1930 to provide life, burial, and health insurance to its members. But as the essays...

Fascinating new book, Elissa Sampson / From Popular Front to Cold War, www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... the story of the Int'l Wrkrs Order (IWO), an org est 1930 to provide life, burial, & health ins to its & it's pol mileau #leftyjews (and other lefties!) #linke #arbeiterring

14.12.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ΧΦ²Χ™Φ»ΧžΦΌΦΈΧ” Χ Φ΄Χ›Φ°ΧͺΦΌΦΈΧ¨ΦΈΧ” | Ayumah Nikhtarah (Lo! the mighty nation), a piyyut for the second night of Shavuot by Isaac ben Meshulam (translated by Elsie Davis) β€’ the Open Siddur Project ✍ Χ€ΦΌΦ°Χ¨Χ•ΦΊΧ™ΦΆΧ§Φ°Χ˜ Χ”Φ·Χ‘ΦΌΦ΄... This is the piyyut "Eyumah Nikhtrah (Lo, the Mighty Nation...)" by Isaac ben Meshulam for maariv (after the shema) on the second night of Shavuot, was first published in Adler and Davis's MaαΈ₯zor for S...

ΧΦ²Χ™Φ»ΧžΦΌΦΈΧ” Χ Φ΄Χ›Φ°ΧͺΦΌΦΈΧ¨ΦΈΧ” | Ayumah Nikhtarah (Lo! the mighty nation), a piyyut for the second night of Shavuot by Isaac ben Meshulam (translated by Elsie Davis) opensiddur.org?p=64269

02.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BVocal

#bvocal #nokings

18.10.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Brass band opens the "No Kings" rally

Brass band opens the "No Kings" rally

The Honk! festival, part 2, as we tea party on the Boston Commons. No Kings!

18.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So sad. So true. And don't even get me started on unreadable Hagaddahs with beautiful art and unreadable text.

10.09.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting question. I think there isn't a "beyond repair" that is useful here. It's not like we can go to the store and get a new one. Most of us have no useful place to relocate to. We're stuck finding a path that leads to something worth evolving towards.

10.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The High Holidays approach. Made it to a Mizrahi Selichot yesterday morning at Temple Beth Zion, Brookline. I love these melodies. No wonder the Sephardic custom is to do a month of this. This cong does only three mornings, a week apart (and not at midnight!) That's enough for moi. #HighHolyDays

10.09.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#ShaniAvni reminding us of the craft and knowledge of calligrapher/typographer #IsmarDavid at NY Typophiles luncheon in NYC #GrolierClub. His book on Hebrew Calligraphy is being re-issued.

14.05.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Few Hebrew/English Typesetting Basics - 2025 version

1st new entry on the Hebrew Type blog in 10 years: "Heb/Eng type basics - 2025 ed". Still reworking the HTML around it: www.ivritype.com/hebrew/2025/... #hebrewtypography

05.05.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
UYIP: Understanding Yiddish Information Processing Home Page for UYIP The Mailing List for Understanding Yiddish Information Processing UYIP@THEWORLD.COM To subscribe to UYIP send E-Mail to uyip-request@theworld.com with …

For the 2nd in a few weeks, β€œUnderstanding Yiddish Information Processing” dives into encoding some of the unique Yiddish composite characters, how it affects search, etc. Too many type designers know only Hebrew. Find out more, & sub at: uyip.org
#yiddish #uyip

05.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy "Independent Bookstore Day"

26.04.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAll who are hungry for justice, come and stand with us.”

17.04.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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500+ Jews show up to stand with our immigrant neighbors in Boston and beyond against illegal deportations this Pesach @truahrabbis.bsky.social @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social #SederintheStreets #freeMahmoud #freeRumeysah #freeMohsen

17.04.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seder in the Streets. Attacking the first amendment and illegally deporting those who speak out does not make Jews safe, nor safer. It endangers us all. #notinourname

17.04.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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keep on going booker! πŸ’™

@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com

01.04.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6754    πŸ” 1230    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 53

Thank you, Wisconsin

02.04.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0