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Humanities geek, historian of medieval religion & childhood, alternatively academic administrator, and Jewish ritual nerd. My personal account. She/her/hers.
May 3, 2021 13 tweets 3 min read
Today I joined a small but valiant band of adventurers trying to unpack my synagogue's library in a new (to us) building. A thread on why I am now unable to utter the phrase "History of the Jewish People" without shuddering. + The first thing to explain is that this was really *two* Conservative synagogue libraries: the congregations merged, and both buildings were sold in turn with books placed into storage. Rumors of the two collections being merged were, shall we say, greatly exaggerated. +