Professor, author of Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the 21st Century. Co-writer, with Shayna Weiss, of the newsletter It's No Ibiza. https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/beyond-land https://noibiza.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3m5rz4hknyc2zEvery woman in academia has her Larry Summers.17 Nov 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5rz4hknyc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3lzh7ifkbhk2pI don’t live in New York but I am taking this as a personal message nonetheless. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzh7ifkbhk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3lunmyniyus26Thoughtful review of my book by @spinsker.bsky.social in @worldlittoday.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunmyniyus26https://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3lkotu3f6js2sAs a rule, I never sign open letters. But I’m proud to have signed this one. Desperate times, desperate measures. #notinourname. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRt_jMNTlIH7ABX_s7fQFuspYWf_yN2OGzfbrVzhNoO87YWlCyPQzhaq2VcWYDGYvWJRfLq7lNtpnd4/pub18 Mar 2025 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkotu3f6js2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3liq5nmzxqk2j“How do regimes manage to impose minority rule on enormous populations? By getting the majority to give up. Don’t do that.” https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a-minority?utm_campaign=post22 Feb 2025 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3liq5nmzxqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3lfgosvsi5k27This is not really a happy update. My daughter and I have taken to visiting our favorite weird grocery stores (there are many of these in the Valley) in the afternoons for snacks and treats and to get out of the house.11 Jan 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgosvsi5k27https://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3lbhovm46vc2yThis is a shande. You will not find a better person or a better scholar than @saulnoamz.bsky.social https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/21/saul-zaritt-tenure-denial-feature/21 Nov 2024 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhovm46vc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3kd2qxbskuq2vI spoke to the Forward about Israel's use of celebrities and social media in its latest round of war-related Hasbara. https://forward.com/culture/567236/harry-potter-israel-social-media-war-hamas-propaganda/31 Oct 2023 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd2qxbskuq2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3kczczhfszs27This felt like a strange time to write the newsletter, but we felt we had to chronicle the responses to the war we saw in pop cultural spaces. https://noibiza.substack.com/p/war-memes-edition?utm_campaign=email-post&r=ope60&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwAR19lFIDr2WD9qCRAxY4IV4zlzMFJPZvajxt-DFr4gNu6rHtsvRY9Dr1mGs31 Oct 2023 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3kczczhfszs27https://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3kcgyfi4pk62eI was interviewed about my book for the New Books Network! Its a great tl;dr version of the book. https://newbooksnetwork.com/beyond-the-land23 Oct 2023 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcgyfi4pk62ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3kbnxutr7d22cI had some doubts about posting this here because on FB someone called me "shameful," but here goes. This photo was taken on Nir Oz in 1998 with my Israeli “family.” It was a beautiful place full of lovely people... 1/9?13 Oct 2023 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbnxutr7d22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k7up2vbsuy2wLA folks, there will be a book launch event for Beyond the Land one week from today!21 Sep 2023 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7up2vbsuy2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k6stpvhymf2pVery pleased to announce the 2023-24 Paula Hyman Mentorship Program fellows and their mentors. https://associationforjewishstudies.org/professional-development/workshops-and-programs/paula-hyman-mentorship-program07 Sep 2023 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6stpvhymf2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k6orsgmsyc2zToday's excerpt is from the conclusion of my book. The video linked below, Static and Ben-El's "Shake Ya Boom Boom," featuring will.i.am, is one of the objects of analysis in this closing reflection (it's also a banger!). https://youtu.be/-2EZbz22iNg?si=GNgkiYwW03oBBAD906 Sep 2023 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6orsgmsyc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k6lyrxef462hI took the weekend off, but I'm back today with an excerpt from Chapter 5, on the Israeli expatriate artistic community in Berlin and the movement for diasporic Hebrew. The image is from a Poetic Hafla event in Berlin (learn more about them in the book!). Excerpt to follow.04 Sep 2023 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6lyrxef462hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k6e5rd7zaf2eChapter 4 of Beyond the Land focuses on Yael Bartana's And Europe will be Stunned, a 3-part video installation that imagines Jewish pioneers settling in Warsaw as part of a transnational liberation movement. The image is from the third part of the series, Zemach (Assassination).01 Sep 2023 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6e5rd7zaf2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k6bwc5ak6k2mToday's book post is from Chapter 3, about translingual (English) literature by Israeli writers. The map below is from Rela Mazali's Maps of Women's Goings and Stayings, and this is from the conclusion of the chapter: (excerpt to follow)31 Aug 2023 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6bwc5ak6k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k67kzrfaqq2mToday's book post is from Chapter 2, which analyzes Hebrew novels written in English by Ruby Namdar and Maya Arad. Excerpt to follow.30 Aug 2023 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k67kzrfaqq2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k64zvtqhkk2mThe map below is from Yoav Avni's excellent novel Herzl Amar (Herzl Said), and appears in the first chapter of my new book, which is about novels that imagine Jewish homelands in locations other than Palestine. Excerpt to follow.29 Aug 2023 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k64zvtqhkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k62jfmv6kj2hIn honor of my book's publication this week, I wanted to share some excerpts. Today, a bit of the intro:28 Aug 2023 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k62jfmv6kj2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k5lolmsy7l2pOne week until publication day!23 Aug 2023 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5lolmsy7l2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k56wukbhig2pAcademia is wild because you can behave in the most unethical way possible and then just…teach an ethics class.17 Aug 2023 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k56wukbhig2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k4xaz4finm2uIt’s book post time! I wrote a book, pub day is in 2 weeks, and you can order it from Wayne State UP or your favorite bookseller. https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/beyond-land14 Aug 2023 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k4xaz4finm2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirele.bsky.social/post/3k4ut3wkojf2iI was going to make my first bluesky post about my book but then my cat did this. (I’ll post about the book tomorrow.)13 Aug 2023 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:u2v5wh6numjt62mvmrkbd3vb/app.bsky.feed.post/3k4ut3wkojf2i