Monthly Archives: September 2020

Haredi Dance of Death (Coronavirus)

Posted on September 30, 2020 by zjb

Oren Kessler@OrenKesslerUltra-Orthodox celebrate the little-known holiday שמחת מגפה, or Feast of the PestilenceQuote Tweet עקיבא ווייס Akiva Weisz@AkivaWeisz · Sep 28בחורי ישיבת ‘עטרת שלמה’ בראשון לציון חוגגים את יציאתם מהקפסולות עם סיום מסכת36.9K views0:26 / 0:2612:26 PM · Sep 30, … Continue reading →

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(ימים נוראים‎) Questions About Haredi Judaism In the Age of Coronavirus (חילול השם)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by zjb

  In the study of modern Jewish thought and philosophy there is a line of argument relating to the need to broaden the canon to include East European, i.e. Haredi Jewish perspectives. In terms of intellectual history, this is a … Continue reading →

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Red Rooster (Gemar Chatimah Tovah)

Posted on September 27, 2020 by zjb

Marc Chagall, Le Coq Rouge (1952)

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The God Is In The Details

Posted on September 25, 2020 by zjb

Here at Wikipedia: The idiom, “God is in the detail” has been attributed to a number of different individuals, most notably to German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) by The New York Times in Mies’s 1969 obituary; however, it is generally … Continue reading →

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(Everyone Trusts) God Is Good To The Wicked (Machzor)

Posted on September 24, 2020 by zjb

The liturgical poem or piyyut, V’chol Ma’aminim follows in the High Holiday Machzor the Unetaneh Tokef, the liturgical paean to human uncertainty and exposure and to the sovereign power of God. What appears on the surface to be a simple, … Continue reading →

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Shana Tova & Desolation of Time (2020)

Posted on September 21, 2020 by zjb

Sink, old year, be gone! With your pains and woes, Into the desolation of time! A new year now comes With new happiness and joy. And from sorrow and sadness The world frees itself! [H/t Joshua Meyers] [H/t Twitter]

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(1948) Reconstructionist Machzor (Holocaust & Zionism)

Posted on September 21, 2020 by zjb

This 1948 Machzor is a neat little time capsule. Of particular interest is the names of authors and translators in the back of the text. Included below are the authors and translators to the Yom Kippur section (vol.2). Also in … Continue reading →

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A Painted Memory (Shana Tova u’Metuka)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by zjb

This year during Coronavirus, alone at home with family, an apple and honey and a Machzor, this painted memory by Mayer Kirshenblatt is even more dream-like than it was last year. The memory builds upon the passage of time and … Continue reading →

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Neo Hasidism (A Review of the New Anthology)

Posted on September 17, 2020 by zjb

            Excellent critical review here at Jewish Currents by Daniel Craft of the 2-vol anthology edited by Arthur Green & Ariel Evan Mayse: A New Hasidism: Roots A New Hasidism: Branches Craft argues that Neo-Hasidism … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Chabad (Joshua Shanes)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by zjb

Joshua Shanes pours out here at FB about his 10 years at Chabad, what drew him into and then away from the community. And the FB post opened a torrential flood of responses, especially modern orthodox and Jewish Studies academics. … Continue reading →

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