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Author: mira

Mira Z. Amiras is Professor of Comparative Religious Studies and founder of the Middle East Studies Program at San Jose State University. She is past-president of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, and has served on the Executive Council of the American Anthropological Association. She is co-founder, with Ovid Jacob, of Beit Malkhut, a study group in Jewish sacred text. She's most attached to the creatures of her body and her household — first and foremost, her kids, of course: Michael and Rayna — and then the other folks large and small of various species, including Roshi and Vlad, a whole lot of hummingbirds, the old parrot who lives next door, and a beautiful garden that does what it will.

the man in the pink suit

Posted on 2 August 20113 August 2011 by mira

When the family lived in Los Angeles, the tzaddik showed early signs of what was to come.  Only it was a bit more theatrical down there in Southern California. The tzaddik produced an opera, believe it or not—the opera David, by Darius Milhaud—at the Hollywood Bowl. He even borrowed back the bible story engravings that…

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daily kaddish: for amy winehouse

Posted on 24 July 201125 July 2011 by mira

All that potential down the drain… A kaddish for Amy Winehouse.

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kaddish, pain, and ascension

Posted on 20 July 20119 February 2016 by mira

I was very moved by Erin’s kaddish for the old Bay Bridge — which, of course, wasn’t about the bridge at all.  And I thought, oy, what a can of worms this kaddish has opened.  Daily kaddish may well be harmful to the health, I thought.  Every day you are in mourning, focusing on that…

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a kaddish for harry potter 7.2 — and the mum who inspired it all

Posted on 15 July 201116 July 2011 by mira

The very last Harry Potter film ever opened today. And yes — I saw it. And I’ll see it again tomorrow.  The ritual of seeing HP movies on opening day with friends is apparently sacred.  And I blew it saying yes to one friend and oops to the other. My attempt at a save is…

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a kaddish for summer dreams

Posted on 14 July 201114 July 2011 by mira

All year long I dream of all I’m going to get done in the summer.  This happens every single year. I have a stack of books to read that I’m really excited about. After all, I’ve waited all year for this.  Add to my summer reading, the reading that I managed not to read last…

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a kaddish for trout … and mosquitos

Posted on 8 July 20118 July 2011 by mira

Our most recent kaddish meditation was for fly fisherman Syl Nemes. The original article about him was in Erin’s dad’s blog, and his first paragraph caught my attention.  In there, he mentioned at one point encouraging people to share their experiences with fly fishing.  And so — I’m going to share mine. I know, I…

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a yizkor for Hy Glantz — guest post from Alana Glantz Zussman and Michael Jacob Zussman

Posted on 6 July 20117 July 2011 by mira

Here is the speech we read at Grandpa Hy’s funeral.  Hy (his full name was Herman) Glantz was born February 22, 1924 and died July 2, 2011 of mesothelioma. Most likely due to asbestos exposure while working in the Brooklyn Navy Yards in the 1940s. In the Glantz family there is a tradition started by…

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yahrtzeit for the moshiach

Posted on 5 July 20115 July 2011 by mira

So.  The moshiach died on this day.  He actually died on June 12, 1994 — but that’s the wrong calendar.  On the Jewish calendar, it was 3 Tammuz, 5754. Which this year works out to July 5th — today.  I got an invite from Chabad of the East Bay to come to their Farbrengen and…

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the letters

Posted on 3 July 20113 July 2011 by mira

Clearing out biofather’s house. Inventory of everything imaginable. Mostly art, of course — but there’s all the detritus.  Up in the studio, where the paintbrushes lived. And the rolls of silk paper and chops and engraving materials. Chemicals. Chinese watercolors. Favorite everythings: scissors, cameras, even silk cord.  That was all upstairs.  But then I ventured…

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I’m all kaddished-out, she said… — the real secret of mourning rituals…

Posted on 29 June 201129 June 2011 by mira

I know I brought this up on my last post — the one on suicides — about just feeling all kaddished-out.  And then, hearing of Randy’s suicide, feeling that there was more to say. Much more.  But then even that was not sustainable. I mean, here am I — Dr. Doom, as my housemate calls…

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Categories

  • kaddish in two-part harmony (552)
    • essays (158)
    • guest essays (11)
    • podcasts (388)
    • project news (13)
    • tzaddik stories (31)
  • Seymour Fromer z"l (16)
  • the rebbe's queer daughters (11)

Posts

  • kaddish for anke akevit (2015-20)
  • a kaddish for too many suicide victims—but it gets better!
  • a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018
  • guest kaddish: velvet marquesa flicka storm, 11 august 2005–9 april 2015
  • the stones I cannot place
  • oh amy, how could you — a kaddish for amy smith
  • guest kaddish: Gudrun Fossum Vang (16 June 1905–3 April 1972)
  • occasional kaddish: for Josephine Selvig Anderson (11 April 1915– 22 January 2012)
  • and death is so much closer than it was—a kaddish for rebecca fromer
  • easy come easy go: a kaddish for adrienne cooper
  • nyt remembrances—a kaddish for departed strangers
  • guest kaddish from David Mohr—for Kimba
  • killing you loudly—a kaddish
  • anything, anything but a mystical experience
  • daily kaddish: our project’s yahrtzeit

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Copyright

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Permission to use Lev Kogan's "Kaddish," © 1982 by Israel Brass Woodwind Publications
In-kind support: Global Pragmatica LLC®

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