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High Holiday wisdom in poetry and prose
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (415+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Not melody, nor art of silver flute, A primal cry where human tongues are mute. Tekiah rings—a sudden, piercing dawn, The slumber from the weary spirit drawn. A solitary…...
Jewish biography: Isaac Babel, a Soviet Jewish writer who mythologized the condition of his people
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (323+ words) By Alex Gordon in Haifa, Israel For a Jewish writer, mythologization becomes a defense mechanism against a hostile reality. It helps him overcome the tragedy of reality. In 1937, a short note appeared in Literary Gazette in which Babel accused the…...
Private memoir describes an interesting Jewish life
1+ week, 2+ day ago (290+ words) Gerry Burstain, 90, recently penned a private memoir intended for his progeny and for close friends. I am among the latter category of the memoir’s recipients. Although healthy enough to be planning another trip to his native Israel, Burstain has faced…...
How did I not see this book before about cuisine in world history?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (308+ words) Cuisine & Empire, Cooking in World History by Rachel Laudan; University of California Press, 2013, paperback, 2015. By Oliver B. Pollak in Richmond, California I have enjoyed at least 57 national cuisines with multiple regional permutations, eaten Bouillabaisse, Cioppino, and Mohinga in their countries of…...
Today’s Jewish birthday: Jacques Lipschitz
3+ week, 2+ day ago (162+ words) Jacques Lipchitz (August 22, 1891 – May 26, 1973) was a Lithuanian-born French-American Cubist sculptor. Lipchitz retained highly figurative and legible components in his work leading up to 1915–16, after which naturalist and descriptive elements were muted, dominated by a synthetic style of Crystal Cubism. [Wikipedia]…...
Today’s Jewish birthday: Zalman Schachter
3+ week, 6+ day ago (146+ words) Zalman Schachter (August 17, 1924 – July 3, 2014) was an American rabbi, writer, and activist, and one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement and an innovator in ecumenical dialogue. [Wikipedia] Born in Poland, Schachter-Shalomi was raised an Orthodox Jew in a variety…...