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Tag Archives: suffering
(Idea & History) Hermann Cohen After Marx
[Max Lieberman, Women Plucking Geese (1871)] In the introduction to the Religion of Reason, Hermann Cohen claims that the unity and uniqueness of the idea of God “elevates belief to a speculative height that by comparison all other problems become … Continue reading
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Votive Objects & Material Religion
Went to see “Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place” at Bard Graduate Center Gallery. I understood that I was off to look at objects, but what are votive objects? Something loosely to do with “religion.” What I … Continue reading
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(On Not Suffering) Caffeine Suppositories (Yom Kippur)
After excruciating headaches this Yom Kippur, I appreciate that this definitely seems to be a thing. From the Forward, you can read the article here about the use of caffeine suppositories to ease the horrible effects of withdrawal on the … Continue reading
Son of Saul (Art At Auschwitz)
Who cares about the Holocaust anymore? Who goes to see a Holocaust movie and what does one want from it? These were my thoughts going in to see Laszlo Nemes’ Son of Saul this afternoon. For some time now, so … Continue reading
Theology, Poetry, and Crossword Puzzles After Auschwitz (Jacob Petuchowski)
Despite its dowdy title and drab cover, Jacob Petuchowski published Theology and Poetry: Studies in Medieval Piyyut as a popular and user-friendly book for the middle brow American Jewish reader. It’s a very modern book, a complex little thing with four … Continue reading
Theology, Poetry, and Crossword Puzzles After Auschwitz (Jacob Petuchowski)
Despite its dowdy title and drab cover, Jacob Petuchowski published Theology and Poetry: Studies in Medieval Piyyut as a popular and user-friendly book for the middle brow American Jewish reader. It’s a very modern book, a complex little thing with four … Continue reading
“My People Was Burned to Death in Poland” (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
A world on fire. And no one cares. Whenever I work through Heschel’s Man is Not Alone, I spend a lot of time on his construction of the ultimate question. It’s not “Is there a God?” It’s not “why is … Continue reading
