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Nathan Abrams

@ndabrams

5 months

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

Dw i wedi pasio prawf Cymraeg yn y Gweithle – Lefel 6 (89%) I passed my Level 6 Welsh in the Workplace test (89%)

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5 years

I've won a Welsh at Work Award for 2018-19! Best Ambassador: award for a learner who has recruited or inspired colleagues.

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4 years

Just had a Welsh conversation in North London. #random #cymraeg

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6 years

My daughter came out with a new Welsh-Yiddish combo today: 'schmutzlid' (dirty). I'm so proud. #welsh #Cymraeg #yiddish #jewelsh

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Nathan Abrams

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6 years

No @BBCNews , a Seder is not a leftwing event. Unless you consider freedom from slavery as 'leftwing'. Shame on you for parroting rightwing bias. Labour anti-Semitism row: Corbyn attends left-wing Jewish event -

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6 years

I passed my exam in Advanced Welsh for Adults/Advanced Certificate in Welsh Second Language: The Use of Welsh #cynraeg #welsh #cpd

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

Only 17% of children are doing 4 or more hours a day of #homeschooling . Who is doing 4 hours a day??!! I see 40 minutes as a victory.

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

The @chiefrabbi does not speak for all British Jews. We are not a homogenous monolithic community and it should be noted that he is Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth which represents only a fraction of Jews in the UK. #Jews #Jewish

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

This was placed at the memorial in Bangor and I would be keen to learn more about who placed it and who it's commemorating. Please share.

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Nathan Abrams

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2 years

Just spent an hour talking about Judaism in Welsh to about 100 9 and 10 year olds.

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Dwi wedi ennill Gwobr Cymraeg Gwaith 2018-19! Llysgennad Gorau: gwobr i’r dysgwr sydd wedi recriwtio neu ysbrydoli cyd-weithwyr #Cymraeg

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

Me receiving a certificate for reaching level 6 of Welsh in the Workplace from PVC Professor Jerry Hunter @bangoruni

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Nathan Abrams

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2 years

The Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre website has launched and I'm proud to be involved. You can see our trails of Bangor and Llandudno there, too

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2 years

Look at this lovely photo of the old Pollecoff’s shop on Bangor High Street. Please share any more.

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

I am delighted to announce I have been elected a fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Learned Society of Wales

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4 years

Learned Society of Wales welcomes 45 New Fellows

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Nathan Abrams

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2 years

Packed house at Llandudno Historical Society tonight for my talk on the Jews of Llandudno!

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

Excellent piece by Michael Berkowitz about Jacob Rees-Moggs alarming use of an antisemitic trope:

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Nathan Abrams

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8 months

Antisemitism, nationalism, identity, belonging and language are the focus of a Welsh-Irish research project that will be funded by the LSW-managed Agile Cymru Grant Scheme. The project is lead by Professor Nathan Abrams, Bangor University.

Agile Cymru grant for project exploring lived experiences of Jews in Wales and Ireland - The...

Issues of antisemitism, nationalism, identity, belonging and language are the focus of a joint Welsh-Irish research project that will be funded by the LSW-managed Agile Cymru Grant Scheme. The...

www.learnedsociety.wales

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Nathan Abrams

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6 years

So watching #wearebritishjews and all of them are from England. This programme is misnamed. Britain = Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland. Not just England thank you.

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

Some more traces of the Jewish history of North Wales #jewelsh

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Nathan Abrams

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9 months

Well, I've just done my second interview in Welsh.

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Nathan Abrams

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8 months

It's telling how the Hamas apologists deny crimes that Hamas are proud of having done.

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Nathan Abrams

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2 years

If you remember any of the Pollecoff’s shops in Bangor, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Holyhead or Pwllheli, worked there, shopped there, etc. please get in touch. We are looking for photos, memories and artefacts related to them so we can build a description of what they looked like inside

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Nathan Abrams

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1 year

Here is the UK cover of our forthcoming book on #kubrick .

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Nathan Abrams

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1 year

Here is the US cover for our forthcoming #Kubrick book. What do you think?

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

Road trip to Cardiff to put up our Bangor Jewish History exhibition at the Welsh Assembly. Please visit if you are in the area.

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Nathan Abrams

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8 months

I was asked by the Daily Post to talk about Israel, Gaza and antisemitism.

Jewish man on life in North Wales after October 7 horrors and Israel's response

Bangor University Professor Nathan Abrams talks to Owen Hughes about how the Middle East conflict is impacting Jewish communities here

www.dailypost.co.uk

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Nathan Abrams

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4 months

Delighted to have won a Wales Innovation Network’s small grant fund to work on building a research consortium to bring a Wales focus to Jewish cultural heritage work

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

I've never done it before but driving through Wales on the A470 in the autumn is a beautiful experience.

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

I just typed 'mam' instead of 'mum'. I've gone native.

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

Look what came in the post today from Roger Dicken! @alien40yrs #alien

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Nathan Abrams

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7 months

Look what arrived today. Here’s a sneak preview of Kubrick: An Odyssey

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5 years

‘From Holyhead to Wrexham’, academic in bid to save north Wales’ Jewish heritage via @JewishNewsUK

‘From Holyhead to Wrexham’, academic in bid to save north Wales’ Jewish heritage

Professor Nathan Abrams is crowdfunding to preserve the community's 'disappearing' history of the region, with walks, a self-guided map, a digital app and travelling exhibitions

www.jewishnews.co.uk

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

I love this

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5 years

We are mentioned here: Historic 145-year-old synagogue to become museum for Wales’ Jewish community @bangoruni via @JewishNewsUK

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Nathan Abrams

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6 years

Lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay, Burning Secret, is found 60 years on

Script co-written by master director is so close to completion that it could be developed into a full feature film

www.theguardian.com

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Nathan Abrams

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1 year

I’m delighted to announce the publication of my latest book, Alien Legacies, coedited with Greg Frame and available via @OUPAcademic now.

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

Useful tip on how not to be antisemitic #1 : don't referring to the idea that Jews are part of a wider conspiracy, or are responsible for controlling others and manipulating the political process

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Nathan Abrams

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6 years

So far, in the new Welsh Yiddish hybrid we're creating, we have: Schmutzlid Nosh da Bara bris Mohel --> moel Anyone want to add anything?

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

Today marks my fourteenth anniversary @BangorUni !

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Nathan Abrams

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5 months

A group of Jewish & Jewish-affiliated #UCU members concerned about the antisemitism in the union reached out to the candidates in the GS & NEC elections. I'm sharing their responses here. Some are telling esp those who didn't bother to reply

UCU Jewish Q&A

Sheet1 UCU Jewish Caucus - 2024 Election Survey We are a group of Jewish and allied UCU members who want to ensure that Jewish students and staff are welcomed within universities and colleges across...

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

Churros is the way to celebrate #Chanukah Happy eighth night!

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Nathan Abrams

@ndabrams

2 years

I am also delighted to announce that my Walking Jewish History, capturing, mapping and disseminating the history of North Wales' Jewish communities has received further funding from the @JHSEngland . Watch this space.

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Nathan Abrams

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8 months

Eyes Wide Shut edited by Georgina Orgill and me and published by @LivUniPress has finally arrived some four years after we started it.

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Nathan Abrams

@ndabrams

3 years

Visiting North Wales this summer? Then check out our Jewish walking tours of Bangor and Llandudno. @visitwales #NorthWales #bangor #llandudno

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Nathan Abrams

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6 years

Lost Kubrick screenplay found 60 years on by Bangor professor -

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

Told 7-year-old that I have marking to do and she replied, 'What, like ticking?' If only.

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Nathan Abrams

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6 years

The manuscript for "Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film" has been sent off to our publisher!

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6 years

They gave me 7 whole minutes on Radio Cymru. Not bad for a non-native Welsh speaker! #Kubrick #BurningSecret #blowingmyowntrumpet

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6 months

The Ku-Brick has landed

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6 years

Dwi di pasio'r arholiad Uwch Cymraeg i Oedolion / Tystysgrif Uwch mewn Cymraeg Ail Iaith: Defnyddio'r Gymraeg

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Nathan Abrams

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2 years

Just arrived in paperback via @BloomsburyMedia

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

A nice reminder of Bangor's Jewish history @StorielBangor #wartski

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

It's done! The 500 pp. + manuscript for The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick has been compiled and sent off to the publisher. Pre order here:

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

I am sad to announce that my father, Dr. Michael Abrams CB z"l, passed away last night. His funeral will be held today at 4 p.m. at Bushey Old Cemetery and then we will be sitting shiva until Tuesday night. DM me for details. May his memory be a blessing.

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Charity fights to preserve memory of Wales’ fading Jewish life via @JewishNewsUK

Charity fights to preserve memory of Wales’ fading Jewish life

Thousands of Jews once lived in villages dotted around south Wales, but the 250-year-old community risks disappearing entirely

www.jewishnews.co.uk

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Nathan Abrams

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8 months

Some brighter news in dark times: "Agile Cymru grant for project exploring lived experiences of Jews in Wales and Ireland"

Agile Cymru grant for project exploring lived experiences of Jews in Wales and Ireland - The...

Issues of antisemitism, nationalism, identity, belonging and language are the focus of a joint Welsh-Irish research project that will be funded by the LSW-managed Agile Cymru Grant Scheme. The...

www.learnedsociety.wales

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Nathan Abrams

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10 months

Whats it like being the only Jew in the welsh village?

Bywyd fel 'yr unig Iddew yn y pentref'

Dau academydd yn trafod y profiad Iddewig yng Nghymru heddiw.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

I've become so acclimatized to living in North Wales that I no longer instantly think of Carmel as a Hebrew place name.

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

A sneak preview of my next book.

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Nathan Abrams

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1 year

A new book from the University of Wales Press about North Wales Jewish History

Escape to Gwrych Castle | UWP

www.uwp.co.uk

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

My latest column: 'The secret Jewish history of Wales’ high streets is hidden in plain sight'

The secret Jewish history of Wales’ high streets is hidden in plain sight

Nathan Abrams, Professor in Film, Bangor University Bangor’s High Street is changing as traditional businesses close down and lie empty or are replaced by restaurants and student accommodation. But...

nation.cymru

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

My pieces on @ThinkJew have hit over 50,000 views. Thanks for your support over the past year and shana tova!

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

To mark the forthcoming Hedgehog Awareness Week, the Welsh word for hedgehog is draenog #haw2021

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

My latest piece: Dahl's antisemitism 'apology' is a reminder to challenge the myth of Wales as a 'tolerant nation'

Dahl's antisemitism 'apology' is a reminder to challenge the myth of Wales as a 'tolerant nation'

Nathan Abrams Much has been made of the apology by Roald Dahl’s family for his antisemitic views – but does it really count? A statement on the Roald Dahl website, titled ‘Apology for anti-Semitic...

nation.cymru

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

Copies of this free map are available. Please get in touch! Rowch wybod i mi os dach isio y map yma am ddim. #JewishHistoryofBangor #HanesYrIddewonymMangor

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5 years

Please can we have less focus on the poor holidaymakers and more on those who will lose their jobs #ThomasCookcollapse

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5 years

Michael Abrams z"l obituary

Michael Abrams obituary

Other lives: Doctor and public health consultant who worked for the Department of Health

www.theguardian.com

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Nathan Abrams

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10 months

New book alert: forthcoming #kubrick #eyeswideshut

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

Very pleased to have been nominated as Teacher of the Year by my students for 2021.

Bangor Uni SU

@Bangorstudents

3 years

We will be announcing the winners of the Student Led Teaching Awards, live on our Facebook page at 2pm tomorrow! (Friday 14th of May) Byddwn yn cyhoeddi enillwyr y Gwobrau Addysgu dan Arweiniad Myfyrwyr, yn fyw ar ein tudalen Facebook am 2yp yfory! (Dydd Gwener 14eg o Fai)

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Nathan Abrams

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4 years

Delighted to announce the launch of new book series devoted to exploring the life, work & legacy of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. The series will examine his films but also his influence & heirs from a multidisciplinary perspective. Edited by @GeorginaOrgill & me @AuteurPub

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Nathan Abrams

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7 years

Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual by Nathan Abrams via @AmazonUK

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Nathan Abrams

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3 years

Our long-delayed Llandudno Jewish history exhibition is finally happening.

Amgueddfa Llandudno Museum

@LlandudnoMuseum

3 years

The Lockdown exhibition is now closed and we are getting ready for A Jewish History of #Llandudno . Our launch includes a guided walk by #Jewish historian Gareth Roberts taking place Sunday Oct 17th at 10am starting here at the museum. Booking is essential.

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Nathan Abrams

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5 years

"The Office for National Statistics, which is responsible for the census, said it had consulted with the public." This evidence should be published by @ONS .

Ethnic minority Welsh not automatic census choice - BBC News

Singer Kizzy Crawford, who has Caribbean and Welsh heritage, wants more options on the census.

www.bbc.co.uk

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8 years

If the BBC thinks #OneOfUs is good prime time drama it should sell the whole department to @Channel4 and not just #GreatBritishBakeOff

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6 years

I'm pleased to announce that our forthcoming book 'Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film' is in the copyediting stage for a Spring 2019 publication.

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5 years

For non-Welsh speakers: first prize in the category of best ambassador, higher education, 2018-2019 @ColegauCymru @Cymraeg @CollegesWales @learncymraeg @learnwelsh #cymraeggwaith #cymraeg

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5 months

Two interview requests today: Labour and antisemitism and Stanley Kubrick. That's how it is when you are one of the few Welsh-speaking Jews.

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4 years

To mark the passing of Jewish artist Karel Lek, here are the ones I own

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8 months

It says much that this year we have had to think twice about laying a wreath remembering those Jews who died fighting in both world wars for fear of antisemitism #RememberanceSunday

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5 years

A vote for the Conservatives is not a vote against antisemitism Don't let the Tories use Jews as a political football

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5 years

While one child is hoovering, the other is reading the Hebrew Bible (in Welsh) #parenting

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5 years

I was privileged to give Nicholas Snowman OBE chairman of Wartski's, founded in Bangor in 1865, a guided tour of the city's Jewish heritage today.

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1 year

We light this candle in memory of Emma Gaertner of Nuernberg who was murdered in Minsk, aged 70, and all of the victims of the Holocaust. #YomHashoah #yellowcandle #ReachCulture @YellowCandleUK @yellowcandle

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4 years

Although I didn't make the shortlist, I was gratified to be nominated for Student-Led Teaching Awards in two categories this year: Teacher of the Year and Postgraduate Teacher of the Year. Thank you to my students for their appreciation.

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3 years

I've been summoned! It's like getting an Aliyah in shul #vaccination

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3 years

I'm delighted to announce that I will be leading on a grant for the UKRI Ideas Address COVID-19 scheme titled 'Between environmental concerns and compliance: How does media messaging affect motivation and choice between disposable versus reusable facemasks?'

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2 years

Nice coverage in the @JewishTelegraph for my @gofundme appeal to help complete my North Wales Jewish history project. @LlandudnoMuseum @BangorUni

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2 years

I’ll be talking about being Jewish in Wales (in Welsh) on this ⁦ @BBCRadioCymru ⁩ programme.

BBC Radio Cymru - Cymry a Mwy, Rhaglen 1

Pan mae gen ti wreiddiau o fwy nag un lle, pwy wyt TI? Rhaglen sy’n archwilio hunaniaeth.

www.bbc.co.uk

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5 years

Dwi ar @Newyddion9 heno yn siarad am y map, app ac arddangosfa Yr Iddewon ym Mangor #cymraeg

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5 years

@TracyAnnO @UKLabour How are we on our way to anything good?

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6 years

Planet of the Apes seminar today...

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2 years

My contribution to public discourse about Welsh language culture.

Welsh speakers should do more to welcome incomers - academic

An award-winning learner says he feels like an outsider, despite having lived in Wales for 16 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

I discovered a somewhat obscure Welsh-Jewish link today. This is a shirt commemorating the 1957-1958 World Cup playoff between Wales and Israel.

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2 years

The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick is now out in paperback. @ndabrams #IQHunter @BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyMedia …

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2 years

Ooh, I made the front page of a newspaper again. This time the @JewishChron .

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10 months

Teaser: My radio programme on Jews and Judaism in north Wales is coming soon:

BBC Radio Cymru - Trai Iddewiaeth, 24/09/2023

Taith un dyn i geisio trysori'r olion olaf o gyfraniad Iddewon i gymdeithas Gogledd Cymru.

www.bbc.co.uk

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5 years

Launch of 'A Jewish History of Bangor' exhibition, map & app. The Bangor Arts Initiative, Deiniol Centre, Bangor High Street, 17 March, 2-4 p.m. Free. All welcome.

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4 years

If primary schools do close next week, let's not pretend that the online provision even begins to count as an education.

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