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Larry Yudelson

@yudel.bsky.social
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Founder and Editorial Director, Ben Yehuda Press. Tangled up in Jews since the 20th century. Considering becoming the jokerman dancing to the nightingale's tune for the remainder of the 21st.

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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"Judaism Disrupted" is about the future of Judaism—starting now. Do the time-honored traditions of rabbinic Judaism meet our spiritual needs? Do we feel spiritually sated after a Shabbat service? Is there another way to be a Jew? It’s time for a new Judaism.
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Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press @jpoetryproject.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sass Orol’s debut poetry collection reexamines gender in Jewish history and steps into the present with daring and delight. From Avraham in the desert to a trans girl at the National Gallery, these intricately crafted poems explore embodiment, self-determination and desire.
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"You Be You (Yiddish Edition): The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family" by Jonathan Branfman is an illustrated Yiddish children’s book for ages 7-11 that makes gender identity, sexual orientation and family diversity easy to explain to children. www.benyehudapress.c...
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Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press @jpoetryproject.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Both personally expressionistic and socially engaged, Hirsch’s poems feel like some combination of Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, and later Franz Wright. "Wu Wei Eats an Egg: Poems" by Lucas Hirsch www.benyehudapress.c... #WorldEggDay #TheMightyEgg
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
While the Republican Party claims to be the "anti-antisemitism" party when it allows them to attack student protestors and Hasan Piker, we don't talk enough about how their campaign is being funded by a guy who quite literally believes Jews have different DNA. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...
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Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist
The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 06/10/2026
Jewschool's 25th anniversary is next year and we are preparing by looking for new young (under 30) politically and religiously progressive Jewish writers with passion for and a critical eye towards Jewish communal and ritual life to take over! If that's you or someone you know, let me know!
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Part sermonette, part editorial cartoon, part prophecy, each two-page color spread features a Torah passage, a paragraph of commentary from both traditional and modern Jewish sources, and a photo-and-word collage that responds to the text with humor and an ethical conscience.
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The work can seem insurmountable because there’s so much of it, but as Rabbi Tarfon said above, you are not 'free to desist from it.' If we attack one small thing at a time, we can tackle the ills of the world. You can dismantle a mountain stone by stone"
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Short, engaging stories related to the weekly Torah portion written for kids 10 to 13, accompanied by breathtaking artwork by Pete Williamson. "An Angel Called Truth and Other Tales from the Torah: Stories for the weekly portion (and Jewish holidays) for today's kids"
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Rabbi Rachel Barenblat @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For #HoshanaRabbah, which begins tonight: For the sake of Acting in good faith For the sake of Boundaries and their maintenance For the sake of Choosing to see clearly For the sake of Directly naming what is broken... velveteenrabbi.com/2017/10/11/h...
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Hoshana for Right Relationship
הושע נא / Hosha na, please save! For the sake of Acting in good faithFor the sake of Boundaries and their maintenanceFor the sake of Choosing to see clearlyFor the sake of Directly naming what is b…
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Like all good poetry, Brian Rohr’s book stirs more questions than it gives answers. And like all Torah, it seeds more questions than it sprouts answers.” —Rabbi Arthur Waskow, author of Down-to-Earth Judaism "Shaken To My Bones: A Poetic Midrash on the Torah" by Brian Rohr
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A collection of commentaries on the weekly and holiday Torah portions written by individuals at, or approaching, the biblical span of three-score-and-ten, addressing the questions: How can we best live until we die? How do Jewish traditions and teachings inform our best lives?
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"There is no hint that shutting off water for lack of payment would ever be justifiable. [One can argue] that the city has a greater responsibility towards its own citizens, who have a greater sense of entitlement to the water."
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Delve into this book and you will be amazed!
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We use this book as one of our tools to create a bridge with our children. And, learning together, we help them create a bridge with our shared tradition. "Torah & Company" by Judith Z. Abrams Celebrate Simchat Torah with 25% Savings! www.benyehudapress.c...
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Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press @jpoetryproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Giving voice to unarticulated interpretations and stories, weaving yourself into the text, is a way of claiming ownership. Rather than crouching beneath the text, we expand it."
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((Herschel)) @jaklacroix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think this piece from @theautisticcoach.bsky.social @autisticrabbi.bsky.social says some of the most important stuff about Judaism's future possibilities. Read the whole thing by backing our Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...
"[Mordecai] Kaplan’s Judaism refuses assimilation. It was grounded in peoplehood, in communal creativity, and in the lived, complex reality of being Jewish in the Diaspora."
"And critically, this meant placing community - not belief, not ritual, not law - at the centre of Jewish religious life."

—Matti Boulakia-Bortnick, "From Self-Realization to Collective Liberation", Again at a Crossroads: New Jewish Thought for a Better World
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
—Nevo Spiegel, "Why can't we just be normal?" Again at a Crossroads: New Jewish Thought for a Better World
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New Jewish Thought for a Better World
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Secrets of Creation" is mind-bending and spiritually illuminating in every sense! The symbolic vocabularies of Kabbalah, astrophysics, and art converge in most wondrous ways. What a gift!
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"[Mordecai] Kaplan’s Judaism refuses assimilation. It was grounded in peoplehood, in communal creativity, and in the lived, complex reality of being Jewish in the Diaspora."
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I rapped my left breast ten times; hard knuckles on soft flesh in a big hushed room. At this time I felt a rupture in myself."
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"There are any number of challenges that come from being both halakhically observant and neurodivergent."
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"The same ways anti-Blackness has played out with white Jews asking how in the world Black folks could be Jewish, it manifests in this moment with them asserting that we can’t be Jewish and not support the state of Israel."
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"The Exodus, the great tale of liberation, exposes the limits of the revolutionary fantasy. It's true that Pharaoh is brought low and the Jews break free from bondage, but the Torah insists this is not the end of the story."
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“It’s a twisty, turny little story that drew me right in and kept me turning the pages.” Read Dennis Fischman's full review of "Broken Faith: A Story of Murder, Secrets, and a Catskills Synagogue" by Mordechai Luchins here in The Sommerville Times www.thesomervilletim...
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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hey my friend Jordan has been working super hard on this collection for years and it's got a bunch of essays by cool people in it so you should throw money at him so that the book can get printed
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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today is Star Trek Day! You can learn about Leonard Nimoy and more in "Heroes with Chutzpah: 101 True Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers & Rebels" www.benyehudapress.c... #LiveLongAndProsper
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Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PAPERBACK RELEASE DAY!! If a middle-grader you know (or the middle grader in you) wants something Kirkus called fast-paced and funny, full of action and SF adventure, now's the time to get PRESS 1 FOR INVASION in its new format (and new lower price of 8.99!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/Press-...
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Press 1 for Invasion
A kid who just wanted a cell phone ends up being responsible for saving the world from an alien invasion in this “humorous, fast-paced” (Kirkus Rev...
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The president is plainly illegimate according to the text of the 14th Amendment and his pardons are null and void. (Start saying it now, so a reformed SCOTUS can put it to paper in 2029.)
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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have an essay on immigration in this book!!
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🎃Meli👻 @mismatched.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This week's jewsletter has: * an announcement (I'm going on hiatus) * yiddish Dolly Parton tributes * my review of Binele * A Very Good Prayer with Twenty-Four Things in It * institutional gossip * link to yet another review of the Bund book (it's a good one) * @wordnerdy.bsky.social's cats!
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Elon Musk claiming to be able to identify "real" Jewish people through DNA sequences is amazingly antisemitic and evil. It is shocking that no one seems to care. not the media. Ds barely talk about him. wtf?
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Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
...Federal Fiscal Flow Deficit Problem: CHART OF THE DAY** Republican tax cuts for the rich created the problem; please name and shame; restoring the Clinton-Gore tax rates and tax base is the solution; pass it on... < braddelong.substack.com/p/the-us-fed... > 2026-08-28 2/END
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The U.S. Federal Fiscal Flow Deficit Problem: CHART OF THE DAY
Republican tax cuts for the rich created the problem; please name and shame; restoring the Clinton-Gore tax rates and tax base is the solution; pass it on...
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Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It is honest to say that America’s fiscal deficit problem has one cause: Republicans. But honesty, of course, is not something you get for free: it is a discipline you have to train for, which is why we get things like the passive voice in the title of this chart of the day: **The U.S... 1/
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The U.S. Federal Fiscal Flow Deficit Problem: CHART OF THE DAY
Republican tax cuts for the rich created the problem; please name and shame; restoring the Clinton-Gore tax rates and tax base is the solution; pass it on...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The word that comes to mind for those who’d prevent soldiers who will be on frontlines of climate catastrophe from knowing what they’re facing is “treason.”
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Starting to suspect that, contra the dominant mainstream narrative, what motivates the conservative movement is not a desire to reduce antisemitism.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Court as currently constituted ruled that President Trump could knock down half the White House and pour your money down a hole. Is that a fair application of the law? Or do we need to reconsider how the Court does business?”
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
3/3 Just to rub this in: Imagine US politics right now if (a) Al Gore had become prez in 2000 despite losing popular vote (b) 3 Gore staffers who made that happen were now on Sup Ct, all appointed by prez who lost popular vote and (c) SupCt kept ruling that Dems could do whatever they wanted. Whoa
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A real question: What is a specific thing Trump has done that is *not* consistent with his being a paid agent of Russia, China, or NorK? (I *don't* think he is paid agent. Just vain, greedy, resentful, and ignorant. But old category of 'useful idiot' may be of use here, from RUS/PRC/NKor POV.)
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🎶 Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you King 🎶
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It is sort of insane that we are talking about trying to save the desecration of knowledge by the US federal government like its the Taliban
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🎃Meli👻 @mismatched.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This week in jewsletter we have: * multiple elul projects from friends of the jewsletter * obligation/devotion on the jewish left * that "why is shark week different from all other weeks" post * many online events * Jambles in memoriam and more! buttondown.com/meli/archive...
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Happy Friday, y’all, and good shabbos! There is a content warning for pet death news at the end of this newsletter. It’s my cat; I’m allowed to be a little...
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 31/07/2026
the time to prevent climate change was when we were first warned about it over 100 years ago (clipping below from 1912). now we’re just fucked and all we can do is try our best to survive and limit the damage.
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Neil Kleid @neilkleid.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
ICYMI folks: Jews, gangsters, comics, get it here: www.amazon.com/Brownsville-...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We still have the cultural image that actual Nazis were defeated in the 1940's, and the remaining Nazis are either unemployed basement-dwellers or fringe militias in Idaho. There is still a reluctance by media and business leaders to say openly that the world's wealthiest person is a Nazi.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
While I was out, Sky & Telescope posted this little story of mine about the *second* meteorite to crash through a New Jersey roof in the last few years: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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New Jersey Meteorite Offers Early Solar System Clues
When a meteorite tore through a New Jersey home, the homeowner quickly preserved the fragments. Now, they're giving scientists a look at Earth's early history.
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Yiddish Praxis (Rokhl K) @rokhl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yellow sky at noon, apocalypse real soon
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Nat Gertler, only mildly scarier @nat.gertler.com · 16/07/2026
Yes, but the nuclear plant also seeded native wildflowers around the plant, and the bees had also multiplied twentyfold, not in quantity but in individual size. Now they fly to the nearby grade school and teach the children an interesting new religion. So who's to say which is better?
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