Monthly Archives: September 2013

Evening Sky (Syracuse)

Posted on September 30, 2013 by zjb

I liked how the bright horizontal light at dusk in the evening sky appeared just over a bit of rolling lip of Euclid Ave in Syracuse.

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Ushpizin — Kurosawa (Religion[s] in Film)

Posted on September 30, 2013 by zjb

Talk about cognitive dissonance. I finally got around the other night to seeing the Israeli movie Ushpizin, available to watch free at Youtube. My favorite shots are the sukkah interiors. And I like the shady characters who enter into its domain, … Continue reading →

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Fourth Year of the Blog –Alan Brill & the Orthodox Beat at Emunot ve’Deot

Posted on September 29, 2013 by zjb

My older brother on the blogosphere, Alan Brill’s blog was my first realization of what you can do online. He tends to go deep, whereas I try to stay on the surface. –ZJB

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Summer Reading 2013

Posted on September 29, 2013 by zjb

With the Jewish holidays coming right on the heel of Labor Day, it feels finally like it’s time to get back to work. For what it’s worth, this is what I got around to reading this summer into and through … Continue reading →

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Yves Klein Monotone Symphony (Religion, Art, Music) (Sonic Nihilation)

Posted on September 29, 2013 by zjb

Yves Klein, famous for his monotone blue paintings composed and conducted a Monotone Symphony. Composed in the 1960s around same time as John Cage’s 4″3, it was recently reprised in New York. A pure D chord by instruments and voice … Continue reading →

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A Geographical Biography Of Moses Maimonides (Arab Aesthetic Naturalism) (Joel Kraemer)

Posted on September 25, 2013 by zjb

I just finished reading Joel Kraemer’s biography, Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds. The celebratory subtitle, which is actually kind of listless, conceals an important point having to do with the subject’s geographical place in … Continue reading →

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Arendt Conference — Wesleyan University

Posted on September 24, 2013 by zjb

Alas, something’s missing here. The upcoming Arendt Eichmann in Jerusalem conference at Wesleyan promises to be nothing short of fabulous. It’s about as high powered a cocktail as it gets. I’m sorry, though, to see no Jewish Studies representation, and … Continue reading →

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Jewish Holidays at Syracuse University (Diaspora)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by zjb

At a certain point the holiday crush got too much at Syracuse University. Because why should classes be cancelled for Yom Kippur and then Eid al Fitr, and not for Diwali or Chinese New Year? You get the point. So … Continue reading →

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End of Summer New Year

Posted on September 23, 2013 by zjb

I did not take these pictures — in the car moving fast on a bright day at the end of summer, the start of a new year. I like the combination of motion and things standing still. Beats getting stuck … Continue reading →

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Kabbalah Form & Content (Philp Berg z”l)

Posted on September 23, 2013 by zjb

Forget content. It’s form that matters. It’s what makes material.  It’s what works. For instance, the New Age self-help Kabbalah of the Kabbalah Center might be a mix of charlatanism and hucksterism. But Arthur Green gets it right about the … Continue reading →

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