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Jodi Eichler-Levine

@jeichlerlevine.bsky.social
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Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization, Lehigh * Author, PAINTED POMEGRANATES AND NEEDLEPOINT RABBIS writing a new book on Disney/religion optional running+cat content jodieichlerlevine.com religion.cas.lehigh.edu/faculty-sta…

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Greetings and good morning it’s the Friday farm rush hour with Letty-Lou & George
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Pretty sure that’s more than my academic department’s yearly operating budget
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
None of this shit is worth our lives.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 05/08/2026
Finally
Screenshot of Kermit the Frog in a tuxedo, from a Muppets Christmas special
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Singing, Disney rituals, and a #RENTStory Sharing my latest musings open.substack.com/pub/faithind...
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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Time for all my friends to be spammed with this again.
Meme with text above a mosaic depiction of Odysseus lashed to the mast of his ship as his men hold their shields. The meme text reads:
odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.
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New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @esedia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Oxford comma or bust

Among those interviewed were Merle Haggard's two ex-wives, Kris
Kristofferson and Robert Duvall.


This book is dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.

Highlights of Peter Ustinov's global tour include encounters with

Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector.
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Bereft. The best of the Buffy cast. Rest in peace Anthony Head.
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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The way you know Bluesky is not a representative sample is several people are livetweeting their reading of an encyclical
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Jackie Kennedy sends her regards.
Screenshot of a post from @EdwardLawrence on X.com reporting that a swarm of thousands of bees appeared on the North Lawn of the White House, tagged #Bees #WhiteHouse. Below the text is a photo of the White House exterior showing the white facade covered in thousands of tiny dark dots, which are the bees, with green trees visible in the foreground on the left side of the image.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"The humanities are not a luxury. They are how a democracy understands itself." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...
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DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I am drowning in grading and generalized depression, but here is a cat, and dogwood blossoms. I am alive and as far as I know disease free (ptuey!) 8 years and 1 day after my 2018 cancer diagnosis. It’s a weird week always. I want to cultivate gratitude. guilt and fear are real. And loneliness.
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, classic Disney, etc.
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a woman sits at a table with another woman and says you 're right
ALT: a woman sits at a table with another woman and says you 're right
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
every few months, americans are asked to resume their banquet and pretend a shooting didn't just happen
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
There's no one thing called "religion."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/03/2026
You can see her soul leave her body in that exact moment.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
He also seems like a pretty decent guy
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is a gift link to Jenny Schuessler’s essential article about the DOGE assault on funded peer reviewed humanities research at NEH. And about the lawsuit by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social that is bringing the details to light.
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
💯💯💯 coalitions are about welcoming, not shaming. Change is hard and brave.
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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
It's hard enough to be Jewish in a place with few Jews even without violent criminals burning down your synagogue. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
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JRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · 02/12/2025
GANDALF: Can you see anything? FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it. GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
If universities would prioritize smaller classes and fewer bells and whistles like third-party technology contracts, a significantly bigger number of PhDs would find a position in higher education.
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Sen Mon Mothma for PA 2028
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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot! www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Muppets Take Manet.
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Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#videogames #Zelda #LegendsofZelda #callforpapers
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Call for Papers: Religious Emergence and The Sacred in Legends of Zelda
Volume Editor: Michael Barros This book will explore how religion and the sacred emerge from within the structure and narrative of The Legend of Zelda series, one of the most influential …
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
“I am the OG vibe shift.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 16/07/2025
Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones" actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
BIAJS is sadly saying goodbye to #Glasgow after three amazing, intense conference days at #BIAJS2025, organised by our president Mia Spiro on the theme of crossing borders. In this thread, some images from the week…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/07/2025
Trump refers to bankers as "shylocks"
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
A man with a scorpion bite. A woman with cholera. A diabetic who needed insulin. A 3-year-old boy. They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
a man with a scorpion bite. A woman with cholera. A diabetic who needed insulin. And Omran, the dimpled 3-year-old.
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🧌🥛 🏨 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
yes i am sure
tvos app text:

Are you sure you want to exit HISTORY?
Ok
Cancel
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/06/2025
Anyone who thinks LA is full of socialists has never taken a meeting at a studio
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I can’t speak for other sports and I’m not a competitive runner, but this tracks with the running community I know. It’s a beautiful statement.
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Suddenly everyone is rooting for the Pope and Harvard to save democracy what timeline is this
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/05/2025
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
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President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
SCENE: The REL Dept. ME, running into fellow JST colleague's office: Habemus papem! COLLEAGUE: Oh wow! COLLEAGUE 2 arrives. COLLEAGUE 2 (nonchalant): I can't believe my two Jewish colleagues are the ones most excited about the new pope. </scene>
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wait, how did they pick a new Pope so fast? If rabbis had a conclave, we'd still be on the part where we argue about what a Pope even is.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Remember that it's STILL not cool to make fun of ANYONE'S weight, in any context, and that's STILL not how we get to ANY justice or liberation, EVER EVEN if you think you're being sly and funny about how the president is like the mob boss from that movie or whatever. Words and deeds only.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture
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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Right. Yes. Why on earth would anyone need to know anything about the Middle East right now? Or how to speak Spanish. Or understand data or religions.
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