Ezra Zuckerman Sivan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

Thx as always for the @The_Lehrhaus editorial team, & especially D. Kollmar for improving this essay. H/t also to @DBashIdeas for introducing me to the brilliant work of Simi Peters (read Learning to Read Midrash!!) & to Ms. Peters for an invaluable chat https://t.co/gdO1zcJ578

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

Sees Judy Blume is trending. Oh no! <checks> Phew, it's censorship related! Hmm... but 🤔... can they possibly have "Wifey" in school libraries??? <googles> OMG it's "Are You There God" What is wrong with these cretins! 😡

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

literary expression abhors complete parallelism, just as language resists true synonymy, usage always introducing small wedges of difference between closely akin terms “ - Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry, p. 10

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

This great 🧵 from @DavidZipper . Caro wrote brilliantly on this (as he does everything) in The Power Broker (i.e., the book that’s on everyone’s shelf- or should be) We should hear Robert Moses giggling with glee every time we double & triple down on cars & highways. https://t.co/umoaaxow9D

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Unfortunately, this compelling logic makes one of the central premises of one of the greatest & most inspiring books about standing up to tyranny- Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone- less credible https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1508170074808631299

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

“Science, to a large extent, consists of enhancing the first reactions and suppressing the second.” — Stephen Jay Gould,Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes, p. 50

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

Wow this interview of @timhwang about the #SubprimeAttentionCrisis (just ordered the book) by @qjurecic is the most insightful take on today’s internet I have ever heard. Two notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast/id498897343?i=1000548459517

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Cute @mattyglesias but nope “Doxx” gets its significance from creation of (communities built around) pseudo/anonymous IDs When they existed pre-internet, it was indeed quite dangerous to link those scenes/IDs w legal persons See eg, controversy re Laud Humphreys’ Tearoom Trade https://t.co/2KtsRfIOkf

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Popularity of Dara Horn's "People Love Dead Jews" should be informed by the fact that this the sociological phenomenon ("mascoting") isn't particular to Jews per se, such that *Jews do it too* Three quick examples/angles in this short 🧵 1/4

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

Yesterday’s Torah portion (Toldot; Gen 29:19-28:9) ends on a cliffhanger: Having enraged his twin Esau by stealing blessings meant for him, Jacob flees Canaan with his fratricidal brother in hot pursuit But a careful reading reveals a very different dynamic, doesn’t it? https://t.co/cgPwdzrlx9