Rejected from many prestigious fellowships • Educator @YUNews • Talmud @tabletmag • PhD @thenewschool • Founder @18_forty • I read over Shabbos @ShabbosReads

Marcy Houses
Joined August 2010
Welcome, friend! Twitter is my public diary—a mix of narishkeit, ideas, and opinions. Thanks for visiting. Some writing things I’m proud of: 📖 on sin and failure: amazon.com/Sinagogue-Failure… 📖 on Jewish humor: israelbookshoppublications.c… 💡academia page: yeshiva.academia.edu/DavidBa…
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David/Dovid Bashevkin retweeted
I’m not Charedi: Here’s why I’m voting for HaTzibbur HaCharedi 🧵 I’m worried about where Israel is heading. Tensions between factions seem to be growing higher and higher, and in many ways it seems like we’re on the cusp of a civil (or not so civil) war. We need a more sustainable way forward, both economically and in terms of national security, and I don’t think we can get there by treating a whole community as the enemy. That’s why I’m voting for HaTzibbur HaCharedi. What draws me to the movement is its emphasis on אחריות, responsibility. We all have a responsibility to the country and to one another, and that means finding ways for more people to participate in building Israel’s future. I don’t agree with every position, and I’m not expecting the movement to solve everything overnight. But I think the approach it represents is important, and worth supporting even if, like me, you’re not Charedi.
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David/Dovid Bashevkin retweeted
The wise @mijalbitton with an excellent primer on the complicated ethnicity of Israelis, and the strange way the divides are playing out in this week's fateful election:
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David/Dovid Bashevkin retweeted
True story. I convinced this guy to come to Friday night dinner at our college Chabad house 😂
Some 🤬 language but shoutout to the chassid who came before @druski and Ali G rocking tzitzis out and dropped the word farbrengen. 🙌🤷🏻‍♂️🙌
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David/Dovid Bashevkin retweeted
I read these over shabbos (just the titles)
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“So if you’re here, you must be fine.”
Nathan Fielder's narration from the end of The Rehearsal S2 is at the top of my notes app for affirmation purposes.
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Some 🤬 language but shoutout to the chassid who came before @druski and Ali G rocking tzitzis out and dropped the word farbrengen. 🙌🤷🏻‍♂️🙌
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David/Dovid Bashevkin retweeted
בית הישיבה מברך את בוגרנו, מעביר 'הדף היומי' בישיבה סא"ל הרב אודי שוורץ, על מינויו לראש מחלקת הרבנות באגף כוח האדם בצה"ל ועל העלאתו לדרגת אל"מ. "יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶל חָיִל יֵרָאֶה אֶל אֱלֹהִים בְּצִיּוֹן" יה"ר שתזכה להאהיב ולקדש שם שמים
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I read this over Shabbos.
Replying to @DBashIdeas
Wow. Ok. Pretty, pretty, good. Call me crazy but this book was legitimately inspiring. The struggle of the artist. Networks vs creatives. Finding purpose. I could not put down this incredible book by @blakejharrisNYC 🙌
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Not sure why but the photo got messed up when uploaded. That’s annoying but this was a great @ShabbosReads
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David/Dovid Bashevkin retweeted
I read this over Shabbos.
Replying to @DBashIdeas
Wow. Ok. Pretty, pretty, good. Call me crazy but this book was legitimately inspiring. The struggle of the artist. Networks vs creatives. Finding purpose. I could not put down this incredible book by @blakejharrisNYC 🙌
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Gil Gilbert sold his 10% stake in Seinfeld for 250K 😬
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WAIT WAIT WAIT @josh_hammer wrote the first ever profile of Larry David????? And we are just finding out about this now?!
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My bad there’s no way this is the same Josh Hammer but in my defense Josh did previously work for Newsweek. I’m not crazy. Just a little too easily excited.
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Wow. Ok. Pretty, pretty, good. Call me crazy but this book was legitimately inspiring. The struggle of the artist. Networks vs creatives. Finding purpose. I could not put down this incredible book by @blakejharrisNYC 🙌
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After filming the pilot, Jerry was on Letterman and didn’t even mention it. He plugged a gig in Nassau county. (I’m from Nassau 🙌🙌)
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This line from Michael Richard’s stuck w me: It’s like an insight into the human condition without the insight. Just the condition.
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Good Shabbos to anyone who ever had to leave their home, their childhood community, and journey to a place they did not yet know.
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I recorded a podcast with Dr. @NechumiYaffe about Israel's New @HatziburCharedi Party youtu.be/ZIK8e9dbcxM
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סוס ורכבו רמה מפארק
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