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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood

@aljamiadonnie.bsky.social
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Associate Adjunct Spanish Instructor at Green River College Medieval / Early Modern Researcher. Specialist in Aljamiado-Morisco MSS. Jewish Peacenik 🇵🇸, 🇮🇱, 🐪🐪 he/him/his/él linktr.ee/aljamiadonnie

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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The history of Zionism includes varied conceptions of the Jewish state—and could offer a path for Israel’s future, Adam Kirsch argues: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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What Is Zionism?
To understand what the word means today, you have to go back to the beginning of the story.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Standing Together Stand against settler terror, NOW po.loshotkim.com/Atzoma?slug=...
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Atzoma | לא שותקים
Atzoma on לא שותקים. המרחב הדיגיטלי להפגין.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm tired of every other post that shows up in my Instagram feed being an AI generated piece of fake garbage!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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El libro total
Una plataforma digital colombiana permite acercarse a la biblioteca infinita que soñó Borges
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"necesitamos un espacio común donde toda violencia pueda ser juzgada, también si la ejerce Israel" elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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Netanyahu y la víctima perpetua
Necesitamos un espacio común donde toda violencia pueda ser juzgada, también si la ejerce Israel
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sukkot 2026 begins at sundown on 25th September. Here is a depiction of a Sukkah from 14th century Italy, at the end of the Sukkot liturgy. BL Add 26968; Forli Siddur; 1383 CE; Italy, Central (Romagna, Forli); f.316v @blmedieval.bsky.social
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excellent episode! open.spotify.com/episode/0YrI...
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Yaniv - Reconciling with the skeletons of the past
Disillusioned · Episode
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Does anyone know for certain Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī's date of death, either Hijri or Gregorian calendars (or both, preferably)? I'm seeing d. 1302, but also 1310, 1312, and 1322. I'm not sure what source to trust. #medievalsky #Islam #medievalIslam #Samarqandi
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yom Kippur 2026 begins at sunset on 20th September. Here is the Initial-word panel at the beginning of Kol Nidrei (All vows). Bodleian Library MS Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays; Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320-1330 CE; f.100v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CFP: Still seeking submissions for "Inside the Aljama: Partial Sovereigns in Coexistence and Conversation in Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean" (full description below). Organizers: Adam Mahler @lusomedieval.bsky.social and Wiktoria Bryzys icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pa...
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Paper Submission #34151 - 2027 International Congress on Medieval StudiesInside the Aljama: Partial Sovereigns in Coexistence and Conversation in Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean: #8974 (Hybrid)
Paper Submission #34151 - 2027 International Congress on Medieval StudiesInside the Aljama: Partial Sovereigns in Coexistence and Conversation in Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean: #8974 (Hybrid)
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CFP: Still seeking submissions for “Reclaiming the Manuscript in Iberian Studies” ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI (in-person) Dates: 13-15 May 2027
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just finished watching the award-winning Australian series Glitch on netflix. So many unanswered questions!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Puedes escuchar Aprender español como lengua extranjera - Andreu Martín en RNE Audio rneaudio.rtve.es/a/15962715
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Gente despierta - Aprender español como lengua extranjera - Andreu Martín - 09/02/24
Emisión del programa Gente despierta titulado Aprender español como lengua extranjera - Andreu Martín. Todos los contenidos de RNE los tienes aquí, en RTVE Play
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This honestly keeps me up at night. The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/s...
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The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers
“Recursive self-improvement” is the idea that artificial intelligence could learn to build and train itself, creating exponential new progress — and risk.
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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just made a very pretty packet of Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic paleography handouts for my @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social LIS students. Anyone want some? Here you go! Feel free to use (but please credit me if you do)...
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Puedes escuchar Maravillas de la Alhambra en RNE Audio rneaudio.rtve.es/a/17184919
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Espacio en blanco - Maravillas de la Alhambra - 09/08/26
Emisión del programa Espacio en blanco titulado Maravillas de la Alhambra. Todos los contenidos de RNE los tienes aquí, en RTVE Play
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Blowing the shofar: l'shanah tovah u'metukah BL Add 26968; Forli Siddur; 1383 CE; Italy, Central (Romagna, Forli); f.251v @blmedieval.bsky.social
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
L'shana tova to all who are celebrating this New Year. May it bring the peace for which so many of us pray.
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@opensiddur@aleph.land @opensiddur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Resources shared for 🇺🇸 September 11th Day of Service & Remembrance opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
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🇺🇸 September 11th Day of Service & Remembrance • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance in the United States, a civic day on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terro...
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
elpais.com/internaciona...
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Emiratos Árabes avisó a Israel de un posible ataque de Hamás una semana antes del 7 de octubre, según ‘Haaretz’
La oposición carga contra el Gobierno tras la información, que asegura que el primer ministro reaccionó “con relativa calma” y no compartió la información con los responsables militares y de los servi...
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Open access e-book: Reconquistas: La recuperación del territorio perdido y sus proyecciones historiográficas historicas.unam.mx/publicacione...
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Librería | Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
From NY Times Morning Report: 1,100 — That is at least how many Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers since the Oct. 7 attacks nearly three years ago. In that time, 67 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mountains Are Coming Undone www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/o...
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Opinion | Mountains Are Coming Undone
The burning of fossil fuels is pulling down the world’s highest peaks.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Number of Missing in Nepal Floods Jumps Sharply www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/w...
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Number of Missing in Nepal Floods Jumps Sharply
The number of people missing after a deadly Himalayan landslide and glacial collapse rose to about more than 4,700 people on Monday. Rescuers are searching for survivors along the Nepal-China border.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians, Drawing Sharp Rebukes Netanyahu said the attackers were “breaking the law” and harming Israel’s reputation abroad, causing “immense harm to the law-abiding settler community” and damaging “Israel’s standing in the world.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/w...
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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians, Drawing Sharp Rebukes
The intensity of Saturday’s assault prompted condemnations from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and other officials.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I made a Jimothy kippah/yarmulke!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Fantastic read! Inside Afghanistan’s Secret Schools for Girls www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/w...
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Inside Afghanistan’s Secret Schools for Girls
The Taliban have banned education for millions of Afghan girls. Times journalists examined classrooms where students, teachers and parents continue to resist by defying the rules.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
First GRC summer course DONE! My first summer course since 2008, and fully online. It went really well, all things considered. If anybody has recommendations of fun activities or techniques for online language teaching, I'm all ears.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Deadly Flood Tears Through Nepal and Tibet www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/w...
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Photos: A Deadly Flood Tears Through Nepal and Tibet
An ice avalanche that started high in the Himalayas tumbled thousands of feet, releasing vast amounts of energy that pulverized the ice into a significant volume of flood water.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Chaim Weizmann and Balfour. Wow!! From Stanislawski's book "Zionism: A Very Short Introduction" "Against this backdrop, Weizmann was able to convince His Majesty's Government that if the British were to support the Zionist cause, it would be repaid handsomely by the Jews in both the United States
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reading Michael Stanislawski's Zionism: A Very Short Introduction It's interesting to read how the early Zionists - late 19th c. / early 20th c. - became Zionists only after abandoning traditional Judaism (if they were raised as observant Jews). They couldn't reconcile the two.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Discussed in this essay: Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left, by Benjamin Balthaser. Verso, 2025. Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora, by David Kraemer. Oxford University Press, 2025. jewishcurrents.org/the-limits-o...
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The Limits of Diasporism
Despite effectively displacing Israel as the center of left Jewish identity, diasporism might sap substance from our anti-Zionism.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
From Jewish Currents newsletter: ETHNIC CLEANSING:The Jewish People Policy Institute, an Israeli think tank with close ties to the Jewish federation system in the US, put out new survey data today showing that nearly a quarter of Jewish Israelis want to ethnically cleanse the West Bank...
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Spent some quality research time at the University of Washington Suzzallo Library yesterday. Beautiful space!!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Heart of ‘Jewish cathedral’ unearthed in Vilnius 69 years after synagogue was torn down www.thejc.com/news/world/h...
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Heart of ‘Jewish cathedral’ unearthed in Vilnius 69 years after synagogue was torn down - The Jewish Chronicle
The Great Synagogue of Vilna stood for three centuries before it was ransacked by the Nazis and destroyed under Soviet rule
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
10 Open-Access Medieval Studies Articles Published in July 2026 www.medievalists.net/2026/08/medi... #medievalstudies #openaccess
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10 Open-Access Medieval Studies Articles Published in July 2026 - Medievalists.net
Discover ten open-access medieval studies articles published in July 2026, covering the Voynich Manuscript, King Arthur, bear-bating, archaeology and more.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
www.diariodesevilla.es/andalucia/be...
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Bernard Vincent: "No entiendo por qué hay quien quiere echar a los musulmanes"
El historiador francés es uno de los mayores expertos en los moriscos y el Reino de Granada y en otoño recibirá el Premio Internacional de Historia Órdenes Españolas
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Why so many American Jews are turning away from Israel – video
For generations, support for Israel was central to Jewish-American identity. But today, amid accusations that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, a growing generational and political divide is re...
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A Jewish friend recently posted on Facebook a very monolithic assessment or why Israel is good and Palestinians are bad, yadda yadda yadda. I offered the following response:
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
How Medieval Manuscripts Were Made: New @gettymuseum.bsky.social Exhibition www.medievalists.net/2026/07/how-... #manuscriptmonday #Getty #medievalmanuscripts
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How Medieval Manuscripts Were Made: New Getty Exhibition - Medievalists.net
Explore how medieval manuscripts were made in a new Getty exhibition featuring works from across several cultures.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Well, this was a first. A postcard with the Book of Esther in micrography in the shape of a flying camel. cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browse...
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Some interesting tools in here that I hadn't heard of. Ready to Move Beyond Duolingo? These 5 Things Can Help You Master a New Language. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Ready to Move Beyond Duolingo? These 5 Things Can Help You Master a New Language.
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New open-access book for #MedievalSky on Jewish craftspeople in the European Middle Ages, with chapters on weavers, book binders, metal workers, and more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #HistSTM @dgb-mem.bsky.social
Book cover image for "Jewish Craftspeople in the Middle Ages: Objects, Sources and Materials," edited by Andreas Lehnertz, Maria Stürzebecher, Simha Goldin, and Joseph Isaac Lifshitz.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Study of the Humanities Needs to be Reprioritized | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unde...
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Study of the Humanities Needs to be Reprioritized
Universities need to reprioritize humanities courses to help students become effective communicators, have better career performance, and improve their mental health.
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
¡Viva España! ¡Campeones del mundo!
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eshpur @eshpur.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
✣ Medieval Jimothy ✣
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Me on a rough-writing day!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
¡Alééééé! ¡Alé! ¡Alé! ¡Alééééé!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
¡¡Olé!!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
¡Viva España! 1er punto contra Francia #copamundial #worldcup
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