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"Shoshana von Blanckensee didn’t think anyone would ever read “Girls Girls Girls.” The 47-year-old #queer #Jewish #writer and oncology nurse isn’t being self-effacing when she says this to me over Zoom. Realistic would perhaps be a better word.

When she first started writing what would become her debut #novel about 20 years ago, queer #novels mostly didn’t get #published. And if they did, they were smaller releases through independent #publishers. Shoshana worked on “Girls Girls Girls” long enough to see queer novels and voices force their way into the cultural arena and zeitgeist. But even with that shift, Shoshana thought she was just muscling her way through to the end of a #manuscript, finishing the #book for the sake of finishing it.

I cannot begin to express how thrilled I am that she was wrong."

heyalma.com/girls-girls-girls-

Hey Alma · ‘Girls Girls Girls’ Is an Intimate Portrait of Being Young, Jewish and Gay in the ’90sBy Evelyn Frick

"#Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, a gifted teacher and dynamic educator, has influenced thousands of #Jewish leaders over his long #rabbinic career. #Philosopher Steven Katz claimed that “no Jewish thinker has had a greater impact on the #American Jewish community in the last two decades than Irving (Yitz) Greenberg.” Rabbi and author Joseph Telushkin described him as “one of #Judaism’s great gifts to the world,” while rabbi and activist Avi Weiss hailed him as “one of the seminal thinkers of our generation.”

Greenberg’s recently #published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative #Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most compelling and thought-provoking $book to grace the Jewish #bookshelf this year."

jpost.com/israel-news/culture/

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.comReviewing 'The Triumph of Life,' Rabbi Yitz Greenberg's new book on Jews | The Jerusalem PostGreenberg’s recently published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most compelling and thought-provoking book to grace the Jewish bookshelf this year. 

Fired - 1st #woman & 1st #African #American to be #Librarian of #Congress. Anne Applebaum: "Every #book #published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books." Reporter: #president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why? #Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of #DEI and putting inappropriate #books in the library for #children. #censorship #librarians

"As #YIVO Institute for #Jewish Research archivists pored over 200,000 pages of materials from the #literary estate of acclaimed #Yiddish #writer Chaim Grade, which the #nonprofit acquired in 2010 after Grade’s widow died, they knew of rumors of an unpublished novel. Several years into their research, they found the #manuscript of Sons and Daughters, which, with YIVO’s help, was #published in English last month.

Excavating lost Jewish cultural gems has been a cornerstone of YIVO’s mission for 100 years, since it was founded in 1925, according to Jonathan Brent, the nonprofit’s CEO, who has led the organization for more than 15 years."

tjvnews.com/2025/04/at-100-yiv

The GEOROC Database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents)
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georoc.eu/georoc/new-start.asp <-- shared link to GEOROC resource
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“The GEOROC Database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents) is a comprehensive collection of published analyses of igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals. It contains major and trace element concentrations, radiogenic and nonradiogenic isotope ratios as well as analytical ages for whole rocks, glasses, minerals and inclusions. Metadata include geospatial and other sample information, analytical details and references….
Current content of GEOROC:
• 22,750 papers
• 685,660 samples
• 2,680,100 analyses
• 39,334,100 single data values…”
#opendata #geology #geoscience #GEOROC #database #global #igneous #metamorphic #rocks #minerals #geochemistry #results #analyses #published #metadata #spatial #GIS #mapping #papers #samples #datavalues