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kaddish in two-part harmony
A conversation between an anthropologist and a musician along with a growing virtual minyan, on themes of death and dying, grief, ritual, and the interplay between music and words.about
recent posts
- a kaddish for too many suicide victims—but it gets better! by erin
- a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018 by erin
- guest kaddish: velvet marquesa flicka storm, 11 august 2005–9 april 2015 by erin
- the stones I cannot place by mira
- oh amy, how could you — a kaddish for amy smith by mira
- guest kaddish: Gudrun Fossum Vang (16 June 1905–3 April 1972) by erin
- occasional kaddish: for Josephine Selvig Anderson (11 April 1915– 22 January 2012) by erin
- and death is so much closer than it was—a kaddish for rebecca fromer by mira
- easy come easy go: a kaddish for adrienne cooper by mira
- nyt remembrances—a kaddish for departed strangers by mira
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- Franci McFarland on a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018
- Paula Swanson on a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018
- Laura on a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018
- Paula Deedee Quale Swanson on occasional kaddish: for Josephine Selvig Anderson (11 April 1915– 22 January 2012)
- erin on occasional kaddish: for Josephine Selvig Anderson (11 April 1915– 22 January 2012)
- Paula Deedee Quale Swanson on occasional kaddish: for Josephine Selvig Anderson (11 April 1915– 22 January 2012)
- marcia rosentha on harold lindenthal — nyc and hartford
- what is it about words? a rant in response to a preamble on a kaddish for eichmann
- kaddish for flicka on a kaddish for miss pants
- erin on a kaddish for the music man
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