Jenna Weissman Joselit

Professor of Judaic studies & of history; director of Master's Program in Experiential Education & Jewish Cultural Arts, & of MA in Jewish Cultural Arts at GW

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Recharging - What with teaching and writing, fussin’ and frettin,’ I haven’t had much time of late to step back from my daily pursuits and contemplate what I’m up to -- and why. Thankfully, there are conferences for that. Interrupting one’s daily rout... https://t.co/gGmbC3deE3

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New blog post about the @cajmcon conference in D.C. and the Zurbarán exhibit @frickcollection Link: https://t.co/lOIVbYKIEo

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Biblical proportions - Well before it opened its enormous doors a few months ago, the Museum of the Bible in downtown Washington, D.C., was the subject of avid discussion within the academic and museum communities I inhabit. Some of my colleagues roll... https://t.co/sMyAmv1c1q

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Little boxes - It’s funny how the themes of one course often dovetail with and echo those of another, especially when that’s not my intention. As the semester drew to a close, the geometry of space -- and with it, the cultural significance of boxes --... https://t.co/0TxpzoTzne

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Under construction - My Manhattan neighborhood, which dates back to the late 19th century, is awash in construc... https://t.co/euN6n5rHRR

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Shabbat Shalom … Or is it Shalom Shabbat? - I don’t envy future historians who will set out to chronicle modern... https://t.co/wtVzD5yo0l

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Number 1535 - More than a century ago, visitors to London’s Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition encountered an e... https://t.co/H6EpBSfzlX

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Playing with blocks - In what has become an annual tradition come late August, GW’s Program in Experiential Edu... https://t.co/Um4HGsTX5T

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Picking up the pace - John Cotton Dana was not pleased. By his lights, the American art museum had fallen woefu... https://t.co/gTgJyi3VT1

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Objects of attention - As June gave way to July, religion had quite a week. First, a monument to the Ten Comman... https://t.co/iByXCXv4ze

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What’s in a name? - Having spent a number of years exploring the ways in which the Ten Commandments (a k a ‘the... https://t.co/3r89PtLsjj

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Book-making: Part two - When last we left off, I was in search of a narrative that would weld the various eleme... https://t.co/PBfNjefUNF

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Book-making: Part one - Eight years, 10 months and 5 days after I started out on the cultural trek that resulte... https://t.co/rZqnDY8Y0f

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Presence - Back in the day when I was a high school student at the Yeshivah of Flatbush, the teachers of Judaic... https://t.co/SALnLuB7ZA

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Seal the deal - In a recent New York Times column about the Trump administration’s rending of the social fabric... https://t.co/pbI5Orv0Cy

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On your feet - As nearly everyone has acknowledged by now, the march in New York, much like its sister demonstr... https://t.co/uARDe9VLVv

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Anticipation - I had big plans for winter break, which I was spending at home, in the Big Apple. Thoughts of en... https://t.co/XtRsuXwAT4

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Term limits - Sometimes, an academic semester seems to drag on and on; at other moments, it zips by in a flash.... https://t.co/LQYIIvGVE6

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History lesson - In my never-ending quest to make the study of the past vital, energizing and, yes, relevant, I... https://t.co/9bAMqyTzFV

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Man-o-Man… - Long before gefilte shrimp appeared on the menu of an upscale Manhattan eatery and bagels were stu... https://t.co/rPpNzRmDEi