jaydprosser.bsky.social
Prof Humanities @universityofleeds. Personal and cultural stories to head off divisive times. Mixed race, Asian Jewish, trans veteran. Most recent: Loving Strangers. Working on: Holocaust Torah scroll shoe soles from Salonika. https://www.jayprosser.com
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Early 90s I used to live right next door to this. I don't remember parrots. New arrivals?
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Lovely to meet you, Anna. Looking forward to continued conversation.
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These would be used for storing tallit and tefillin and were gifted to Abdallah Iny, for his bar mitzvah in 1883.
It’s just incredible to think that these objects survived over 140 years and now have a home in our collection!
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Thank you for listening @lnakamura.bsky.social. Yes indeed.
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www.westminstersynagogue.org/mst. Visit if you can. Amazing story.
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Fantastic. Who is your supervisor?