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Shayna Sheinfeld

@shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Religion. Research: Ancient Judaism & Christianity; Gender; Apocalypse; Pop Culture. Jew. She/her.

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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
h/t @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social
Two-frame meme:

Frame 1: uno card stating 
“Work on their syllabus for the fall term OR draw 25”
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Man holding uno cards and reaching for the draw pile
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 08/01/2026
BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
ICE agents tackled peaceful protesters and dragged them at the front of the federal building. I believe the order to crank up the violence was an order from the top of this shit heap so he could enact martial law. #FuckICE #Pinks #ProudBlue #Minnesota #ReneeGood
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
What the heck are we teaching children?!
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Joseph A Marchal @jamarchal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
wow! what a lovely review of Trans Biblical, out today in Presbyterian Outlook! pres-outlook.org/2025/10/tran...
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Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture
Trans Biblical: trans-centered essays reframe Scripture’s gender diversity, from Jael to Jacob—inviting readers to see anew.
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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Ok I know I am a year behind but I finally started watching Nobody Wants This and a)Adam Brody is completely believable Rabbi; b) I would totally watch a documentary about the history of documentaries; and c) @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social was right about the way Jewish women are portrayed in it
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Lindsey Arielle Davidson @hebraicaveritas.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Also this blog from Prof Shayna Sheinfield @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social about attending AAR/SBL has more good advice, most of which is relevant to other kinds of conferences, too! stecaonline.wordpress.com/2019/10/21/t...
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The Annual SBL/AAR: Things to Keep in Mind
by Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.  Sheffield Institute of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies  @shaynasheinfeld If you have attended the annual SBL/AAR, held in North America each November, …
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The GOP budget bill is 1,116 pages long but it boils down to this one simple fact: Republicans are facilitating a massive transfer of wealth to the richest Americans while making cuts that would rip away healthcare and food from millions of people. It's Robin Hood in reverse.
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Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Extended call!
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Extended Call for Papers: Theology, Religion, and Taylor Swift
Call for Papers: Theology, Religion and Taylor Swift Edited by: Alexis Bradford and Chris Swann Taylor Swift is a cultural icon. As such, she is often used as a case study and her success has been …
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
When the open letter from univ prez against Trump over-reach was released on Tues morning, it had 180 signers. By Tues evening, over 270. Through the day Wed (yesterday) it went into mid-300s. This morning, Thurs, starts at more than 400. This is significant. (Point of my post.)
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
At one point a long time ago, I had mock liver made by @magistracohen.bsky.social I still have the hastily scribbled, vague recipe. I made it for our seders this year. Absolutely a smashing success! Can't believe I waited so long to make it. Thank you!
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Received my copy of Judeophobia & the New Testament 😍 proud of my work here and of the hard work the editors did! My pieces are on Torah, the Law, & Judeophobia and on The Pharisees (with @drmjcwarren.bsky.social & Dr Sara Parks)
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
SO EXCITED to receive my copy of this important and accessible book! Proud of my contributions and grateful to @drmjcwarren.bsky.social, @evandeneykel.bsky.social, and @apocalypsenow5.bsky.social for the careful work they put into the book. Mazal tov to all the contributors!
Image of front of book Judeophobia and the New Testament: Texts and ContextsImage of page in book. Chapter title "Torah, the Law, and Judeophobia" by Shayna Sheinfeld Image of page in book. Chapter title "Judeophobia and the Pharisees" by Meredith J.C. Warren, Shayna Sheinfeld, and Sara Parks
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
@theb4np.bsky.social
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Today's the day! Now available: this amazing Children's Bible, with biblical stories told by biblical scholars, theologians, faith practitioners, and storytellers. So proud to have contributed! Check it out here: www.godsstoriesbook.com
Picture od Children's Bible called "God's Stories as told by God's Children's"Image of book spread. Left side is picture of people in ancient garbage gathered around a pig roast with a soldier standing behind them. Right side is the beginning of story of 2 Maccabees called "Even more Trouble" by Shayna Sheinfeld
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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Please fill out a witness slip for the right-to-mask bill in Illinois! You don’t need to live in IL but you do need to fill out slips for March 19&20. Help Illinois show the nation how we protect ourselves and others! #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The employees who attempted to stop Musk staffers at the U.S. African Development Foundation have been placed on administrative leave “effective immediately.” The email also stated that during the administrative leave, USADF employees are prohibited from
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
my actual unironic advice to undergrads is to major in something you're actually passionate about/interested in, and then try and *minor* in either CS or stats. you would be surprised how how much being the person who knows a substantive thing and can do some basic computer/stats stuff can pay off
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/03/2025
i gave a talk last night and one of the points i made is that in addition to articulating a real defense of the Constitution, the opposition to Trump needs an actual constitutional vision that it can connect to a set of material policies.
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Nothing could bring me more joy in Adar & on #Purim than seeing my chronically ill child having a good time and just being happy at our shul's Purim party. 🥰 #PurimSameach #LongCovid
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
So excited for this important volume & proud to have 2 contributions in it. This work is so important and necessary.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Rereading 1984. Maybe I'll get some ideas?!
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
More Frankly to love. My little cuddle bug 😍
Adorable tan and white dog wearing a gray sweater sleeping in a ball
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/02/2025
Incredible news! More hospitals have returned to offering gender affirming care after Trump's executive order was blocked. Moments after publishing our story on hospitals returning, Childrens National DC announced a return to care. And JUST now, Colorado Children's is back to giving care! AMAZING
Dear TRUE Patient-Family,
 
Today, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that Colorado will be joining a lawsuit filed last week in a federal court in Washington state. A federal judge in that case entered an order on Feb. 14 stopping federal agencies from enforcing the executive order’s ban on gender-affirming care for patients under 19 years of age.
 
Based on the federal court in Washington agreeing to add Colorado to the coverage of this lawsuit, we believe the temporary restraining order and any subsequent legal filings in this case will allow Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming medical care, including puberty-blocking and hormone-based medical care. We plan to begin offering this medical care again starting on Monday, Feb. 24.

It wouldn’t let me add the whole message. Here is the rest

What does this mean for you?
     · If you are an established patient with an active prescription, you do not need to schedule a follow-up any sooner than recommended at your last visit. Please use the refills that were provided.
    · If you are a new patient who cancelled your medical visit and you would like to schedule a new appointment, please call 720-777-8783.
   · If you have an intake or medical visit scheduled, please keep your appointment and know that we will return to our previous model of gender-affirming medical care.

We recognize that the changes to the TRUE Center care model have been very challenging for patients and families. We continue to believe that families know what is best for their child, and every family should have the right to receive the expert medical care that their child or adolescent needs to thrive. Because the executive order interferes with those decisions and denies the families of gender diverse children the same rights as other families, we welcome the attorney general’s efforts to fight for their equal rights under the law.

Like other hospitals across the country, we will continue to monitor the evolving …
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So far this year I've reread the first 4 Earth's Children books. Because the Upper Paleolithic era is more appealing rn than much of our current reality.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"When Trump voters were simply reminded of Jewish identity, they became more inclined to think that events such as the COVID-19 outbreak were deliberately planned to control the public and that the war in Ukraine was orchestrated as part of a Zionist plot." www.psypost.org/neutral-info...
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Neutral information about Jews triggers conspiracy thinking in Trump voters, study finds
New research shows a clear partisan split: when Biden supporters encountered conspiracies, they tended to view Jewish people as having too much power, whereas Trump supporters exposed to neutral infor...
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The news is devastating rn. Remember to take a break when you need one. Here’s my break: our pitty mix, Frankly 💕🐕
Picture of tan and white dog looking at camera. Her mouth is open with her tongue hanging out slightly crookedly. Her big ears are perked up.
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
11 months until I take students to Dachau for the 5th time, as we study theologies of resistance To defend the AFD after visiting is unthinkable This article sheds some light on J.D.’s wicked acts
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Good grief!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
a second: go.bsky.app/4vBEs7Z
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
you know the drill. one relevant starter pack: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"This moment in history will require the best of us." @theradr.bsky.social is always a must read, but this week's essay is essential for all of us. www.lifeisasacredtext.com/fortify/?ref...
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fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/02/2025
TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
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We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🤩 I'd love to hear what your students think!
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Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
TIL there’s a whole book written by a classicist to debunk the “Roman” origins of the do-called Roman salute. I should get out more, apparently.
A book cover titled The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology, with David’s painting Oath of the Horatii. By Martin Winkler and published by Ohio State Press.
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Roxi Wheels @roxiwheels.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today and in the coming days, remember
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Today is the first day of spring semester at #AugsburgUniversity in frigid St. Paul. Frankly would like to remind you to Read The Syllabus! #WelcomeBackAuggies
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is my dog, Frankly. (Yes, her name is an adverb.)
Tan colored Pitbull mix wearing a gray dog sweater sits awkwardly on the kitchen floor
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 17/07/2024
Thinking real hard about The Good Place Committee today.
Paul Scheer as a member of The Good Place Committee saying "He's got a point. The fair thing for us to do is just keep giving up more and more stuff we want, unilaterally, until this demon is finally happy."
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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Since it’s Transgender Awareness Week, I figured I’d share some of my transiest stories that you can read for free online. First, we have my dead Bigfoot flash fiction “WildMan” published by @outlooksprings.bsky.social outlooksprings.com/stories/wild...
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Wildman
A story by Nic Anstett from Outlook Springs, a literary journal from another dimension.
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Ends up my to do lists are useless if I can't read them 🤦‍♀️
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
All of this.
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Anyone? Bueller?
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
without downloading new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?
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