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Tag Archives: 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
Redemption (On A More Bitter Note)
This seems apropos to Passover, and to the Easter story as well –the the death of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, who was the first American Jewish military chaplain to enter Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp. This article appeared in today’s … Continue reading
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Cheap Catharsis (Tarantino, Slavery and the Holocaust)
Not going to see Django Unchained for the same reason I didn’t go to see Inglorious Basterds. They are two versions of the same thing. I’m sure that Django is technically and brilliant and inter-textual. But while I can’t say … Continue reading
