Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
East Central European, Modern Jewish, and Human Rights History at Purdue U. Shofar journal. Bard, CEU Budapest, Columbia alumna. Displacement, Dispersion, Diaspora. coffee, black. 🖤🧿 #skystorians 🗃
Personally, I'd like to be IN my comfort zone once in a while.
August 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Personally, I'd like to be IN my comfort zone once in a while.
Our hard-core/alt-rock scene heroes are dying, and the Boomers are still in charge.
We're GenX empty nesters, and the Boomers are still in charge.
We're GenX empty nesters, and the Boomers are still in charge.
August 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Our hard-core/alt-rock scene heroes are dying, and the Boomers are still in charge.
We're GenX empty nesters, and the Boomers are still in charge.
We're GenX empty nesters, and the Boomers are still in charge.
Oh, hey: love this shoutout from @bardcollege.bsky.social in the Bard Alumni/ae News and Events Digest! Thank you! Kudos to Adrian and to Scott Reed too, fellow Bardians!
August 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Oh, hey: love this shoutout from @bardcollege.bsky.social in the Bard Alumni/ae News and Events Digest! Thank you! Kudos to Adrian and to Scott Reed too, fellow Bardians!
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Turns out, no one is too refined to make an unboxing video... including yours truly and @rkpejsova.bsky.social.
You can purchase "Keeping Contact" with a 30% discount directly from Purdue University Press: www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
youtu.be/XQJko4RPGtc?...
You can purchase "Keeping Contact" with a 30% discount directly from Purdue University Press: www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
youtu.be/XQJko4RPGtc?...
Keeping Contact Unboxing
YouTube video by Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, RCNJ
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August 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Turns out, no one is too refined to make an unboxing video... including yours truly and @rkpejsova.bsky.social.
You can purchase "Keeping Contact" with a 30% discount directly from Purdue University Press: www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
youtu.be/XQJko4RPGtc?...
You can purchase "Keeping Contact" with a 30% discount directly from Purdue University Press: www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
youtu.be/XQJko4RPGtc?...
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📢 My new article, "Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38," is now out in Central European History via First View! And it's open access!
Many thanks to everyone who made this piece better. You know who you are!
Many thanks to everyone who made this piece better. You know who you are!
Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38 | Central European History | Cambridge Core
Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38
www.cambridge.org
August 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
📢 My new article, "Stranded Savings: Financial Vulnerability and State Legitimacy in the Polish-Czechoslovak Borderlands, 1918–38," is now out in Central European History via First View! And it's open access!
Many thanks to everyone who made this piece better. You know who you are!
Many thanks to everyone who made this piece better. You know who you are!
Reposted by Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
My co-editor, @rkpejsova.bsky.social, and I spoke with Purdue University Press about our new edited volume, "Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" (PUP, 2026)
The post includes a code for 30% off ours and other books!
www.press.purdue.edu/blog/2026/07...
The post includes a code for 30% off ours and other books!
www.press.purdue.edu/blog/2026/07...
New Book Explores Communication and Cultural Practices Among Jewish Diaspora During Cold War - Purdue University Press
Purdue University Press spoke with editors Rebekah Klein-Pejšová and Jacob Ari Labendz about their new book, Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives
www.press.purdue.edu
July 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
My co-editor, @rkpejsova.bsky.social, and I spoke with Purdue University Press about our new edited volume, "Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" (PUP, 2026)
The post includes a code for 30% off ours and other books!
www.press.purdue.edu/blog/2026/07...
The post includes a code for 30% off ours and other books!
www.press.purdue.edu/blog/2026/07...
Reposted by Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
New Book TODAY!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" (Purdue)
Many thanks to our contributors and a mutual mazel tov to my dear friend and co-editor @rkpejsova.bsky.social.
Available for free on JSTOR for those who celebrate.
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" (Purdue)
Many thanks to our contributors and a mutual mazel tov to my dear friend and co-editor @rkpejsova.bsky.social.
Available for free on JSTOR for those who celebrate.
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
Keeping Contact
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives Across Cold War Borders builds upon discussions of Jewish survival and cultural viability after the Holocaust in...
www.press.purdue.edu
July 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New Book TODAY!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" (Purdue)
Many thanks to our contributors and a mutual mazel tov to my dear friend and co-editor @rkpejsova.bsky.social.
Available for free on JSTOR for those who celebrate.
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" (Purdue)
Many thanks to our contributors and a mutual mazel tov to my dear friend and co-editor @rkpejsova.bsky.social.
Available for free on JSTOR for those who celebrate.
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712652/
DNC texting me like U Up?
June 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
DNC texting me like U Up?
Reposted by Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
Na zámku v Nelahozevsi čistila dva týdny skupina 15 studentů z americké Purdue University unikátní hudební partitury, koňské postroje a další exponáty.
Do tuzemska přijeli nejen na praxi, ale i kvůli poznávání české kultury, historie, hudby a gastronomie. irozhl.as/BXA
Do tuzemska přijeli nejen na praxi, ale i kvůli poznávání české kultury, historie, hudby a gastronomie. irozhl.as/BXA
Je vzrušující vidět budovy postavené před rokem 1950, tvrdí studenti z USA. Pomáhají na zámku Nelahozeves
Na zámku čistila skupina patnácti studentů z americké Purdue University hudební partitury, koňské postroje a další exponáty. Do tuzemska přijeli nejen na praxi, ale i kvůli poznávání české kultury.
irozhl.as
June 16, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Na zámku v Nelahozevsi čistila dva týdny skupina 15 studentů z americké Purdue University unikátní hudební partitury, koňské postroje a další exponáty.
Do tuzemska přijeli nejen na praxi, ale i kvůli poznávání české kultury, historie, hudby a gastronomie. irozhl.as/BXA
Do tuzemska přijeli nejen na praxi, ale i kvůli poznávání české kultury, historie, hudby a gastronomie. irozhl.as/BXA
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Book review in The Polish Review 71.1:
📕 @rkpejsova.bsky.social discusses "Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the “Ethnic Revolution” in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936–1946" by @sarahacramsey.bsky.social
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📕 @rkpejsova.bsky.social discusses "Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the “Ethnic Revolution” in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936–1946" by @sarahacramsey.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/arti...
April 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Book review in The Polish Review 71.1:
📕 @rkpejsova.bsky.social discusses "Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the “Ethnic Revolution” in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936–1946" by @sarahacramsey.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/arti...
📕 @rkpejsova.bsky.social discusses "Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the “Ethnic Revolution” in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936–1946" by @sarahacramsey.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/arti...
Ah, the exhilaration of book proofs in the inbox! _Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives Across Cold War Borders_ is coming to fruition, opening new doors to our understanding of the post-World War Two Jewish World. With @labendz.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Keeping-Cont...
www.amazon.com/Keeping-Cont...
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives Across Cold War Borders
Amazon.com: Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives Across Cold War Borders: 9781626712652: Klein-Pejšová, Rebekah, Labendz, Jacob Ari: Books
www.amazon.com
March 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Ah, the exhilaration of book proofs in the inbox! _Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives Across Cold War Borders_ is coming to fruition, opening new doors to our understanding of the post-World War Two Jewish World. With @labendz.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Keeping-Cont...
www.amazon.com/Keeping-Cont...
Reposted by Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
Of course, they are sending proofs on the last day of Spring Break.
You're going to want to read this book...
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiative across Cold War Borders
co-edited with @rkpejsova.bsky.social
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712645/
You're going to want to read this book...
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiative across Cold War Borders
co-edited with @rkpejsova.bsky.social
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712645/
Keeping Contact
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives Across Cold War Borders builds upon discussions of Jewish survival and cultural viability after the Holocaust in...
www.press.purdue.edu
March 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Of course, they are sending proofs on the last day of Spring Break.
You're going to want to read this book...
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiative across Cold War Borders
co-edited with @rkpejsova.bsky.social
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712645/
You're going to want to read this book...
Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiative across Cold War Borders
co-edited with @rkpejsova.bsky.social
www.press.purdue.edu/9781626712645/
Reposted by Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
SPECIAL ISSUE! The Polish Review 71.1 features a section devoted to the legacy of Jadwiga Maurer, plus 2 translated short stories and reviews by:
@jrdwrrn.bsky.social
@vaclavzheng.bsky.social
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
@emilyjuliaroche.bsky.social + more
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/issu...
@jrdwrrn.bsky.social
@vaclavzheng.bsky.social
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
@emilyjuliaroche.bsky.social + more
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/issu...
March 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
SPECIAL ISSUE! The Polish Review 71.1 features a section devoted to the legacy of Jadwiga Maurer, plus 2 translated short stories and reviews by:
@jrdwrrn.bsky.social
@vaclavzheng.bsky.social
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
@emilyjuliaroche.bsky.social + more
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/issu...
@jrdwrrn.bsky.social
@vaclavzheng.bsky.social
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
@emilyjuliaroche.bsky.social + more
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/issu...
I hadn't planned to talk about Havel's Power of the Powerless this early in the semester, but it seems like a good time, since Canada's PM invoked it so well in his speech yesterday.
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I hadn't planned to talk about Havel's Power of the Powerless this early in the semester, but it seems like a good time, since Canada's PM invoked it so well in his speech yesterday.
"Careful, there may be ice on the road" - my car
January 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
"Careful, there may be ice on the road" - my car
Those who remember the past are like, yeah, I want somma that
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Those who remember the past are like, yeah, I want somma that
Looking up the origin of the phrase "jump the shark" was one of the most gratifying things I have done so far this year.
youtu.be/Cs9M1m-dpgM?...
youtu.be/Cs9M1m-dpgM?...
Fonzie Jumps Shark
YouTube video by Wake Ski 100
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January 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Looking up the origin of the phrase "jump the shark" was one of the most gratifying things I have done so far this year.
youtu.be/Cs9M1m-dpgM?...
youtu.be/Cs9M1m-dpgM?...
I have not figured out what component of my plain pocketless stretchy traveling pants sometimes does and sometimes does not set off airport security.
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have not figured out what component of my plain pocketless stretchy traveling pants sometimes does and sometimes does not set off airport security.
A student just left office hours and wished me a good weekend & I said, thank you, you too, and then we both realized it's Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A student just left office hours and wished me a good weekend & I said, thank you, you too, and then we both realized it's Tuesday.
Glass skin? In this economy?
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Glass skin? In this economy?
Introducing the galaxy z trifold pre-installed with debauchery
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Introducing the galaxy z trifold pre-installed with debauchery
Reposted by Rebekah Klein-Pejšová
Behold our glorious cover art!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Behold our glorious cover art!
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
"Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders"
Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26).
Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.
Dr. Stanislav Pejša receives 2025 CLA Distinguished Dissertation Award at Purdue for "Determining People, Reordering Places. Visions of Transformations of the Postwar World, 1916-1920." See link for description!
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College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University
cla.purdue.edu
August 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dr. Stanislav Pejša receives 2025 CLA Distinguished Dissertation Award at Purdue for "Determining People, Reordering Places. Visions of Transformations of the Postwar World, 1916-1920." See link for description!
Very cute typo spotted in the wild: "Unsergrads"- usage: preparing materials for Unsergrads.
August 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Very cute typo spotted in the wild: "Unsergrads"- usage: preparing materials for Unsergrads.
Watch this space, friends, for upcoming information about the must-have forthcoming volume, _Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders_ (Purdue UP), edited by @labendz.bsky.social and myself.
July 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM