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New volume of Ginzei Qedem: Genizah Research Annual (15), Joel Kraemer Memorial Volume

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And here's the note from the new editors:

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Now Out: Oqimta V (2019)

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"Hermitage Exhibit to Display NLI Afghan Geniza Treasures for First Time" - @NLIsrael

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Now Out: Mauro Perani ed., "The Ancient Sefer Torah of Bologna"

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Now Out: Sacha Stern, "The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 CE"

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James Redfield reviews I. Rosen-Zvi and A. Ophir's "Goy: Israel's Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile" over at @ReadingReligion

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We're kicking off AJR's annual #pedagogy month with Rebecca Kamholz's tactic for teaching rabbinics: Star Trek fan discussion boards. https://t.co/hwVMOd6tGS

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Now out: Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, "Rewriting the Talmud: The Fourth Century Origins of Bavil Rosh Hashanah"
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Amir Ashur: "On Rashi, Maimonides and a lost Talmudic commentator - Joseph ben Yahaboy: T-S Ar. 49.163" #FOTM
https://t.co/bZnrp8d6GL

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Mazal tov to Prof. Mordechai Akiva Friedman on receiving the Israel Prize in Jewish History https://t.co/p4G8Pph5KW

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Look what's available for pre-order!:

Charity in Rabbinic Judaism: Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness (Routledge... https://t.co/Q7M7XsNniu via @amazon

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This Week: Goyim galore, Esther and folklore, mapping Coptic texts, law and ideology, provenance ethics, Mesopotamian salt – and more! https://t.co/U5H9gxm7bU

[Rafael Neis (they/them) @postrafelite]

My latest piece on the promise and perils of reading Jewish sources as "Law" - thanks to @AlyssaMGray1 @epurs1muove @MaxStrassfeld @sweitzma @stroumsa @DanaKornberg @shaizamir for really helpful feedback and conversations! #halakhah #jewishlaw #law https://t.co/upXWGyI18O 1/5

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Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi open the AJR review forum of their book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile. Stay tuned for responses from Cynthia Baker, Yair Furstenberg, Christine Hayes, and Cavan Concannon. https://t.co/h2oGA6I8DH

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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Rabbi Yirmiyahu says: what about rose-violet hybrids
For this Rabbi Yirmiyahu was kicked out of the beit midrash

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"Tikkoun Sofrim," a project aiming to train computer algorithms to recognize handwritten text of Hebrew manuscripts, is asking for people to help correct errors in the initial automatic reading. https://t.co/kHw79mfGBp

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Over at @ancientjew, @yitzlandes reviews Paul Mandel's "The Origins of Midrash" https://t.co/8ivhHTdi4x

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Over at @LAReviewofBooks, Daniel Boyarin reviews Barry Wimpfheimer's (@TalmudMOOC) "The Talmud: A Biography" https://t.co/eKSEf32lF2