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Category: kaddish in two-part harmony

The Academic and the Musician. The academic immerses in Kaddish with thoughts of thinking rather than feeling—the emotions being too raw. The musician spends her time in making us feel, whether we want to or not.  And making the music of kaddish. Making music kadosh. A flurry of emails ensue between the two. Their blogs lock horns, as do the writers themselves. They start a joint blog. They start a podcast.

A commitment to a year-long project has begun: a kaddish in two-part harmony.

A conversation among an anthropologist, a musician, and their audience on themes of death and dying, grief, ritual, the interplay between musician and listener.

Protected: a sample recording

Posted on 11 June 2024 by erin

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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a kaddish for the forestry buff who also played horn pretty well

Posted on 21 December 202321 December 2023 by erin

a kaddish for my teacher, Boris Rybka

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kaddish for anke akevit (2015-20)

Posted on 6 July 20206 July 2020 by erin

Rest in peace, sweet Anke Akevit. You were a sweet cat.

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a kaddish for too many suicide victims—but it gets better!

Posted on 8 June 20188 June 2018 by erin

This is a kaddish for too many suicide victims. Since suicide is a contagious disease, and it’s in the headlines again, I think it’s urgent for parents, friends, family, teachers, coaches, and vague acquaintances of young gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer, and questioning folk to be on the alert in coming weeks. LGBTQQ youth are statistically…

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a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018

Posted on 27 February 201828 February 2018 by erin

Sigrid was sweet, fun, goofy, curious; all the usual cat things. Silky and beautiful. By far the most beautiful cat I have ever known.

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guest kaddish: velvet marquesa flicka storm, 11 august 2005–9 april 2015

Posted on 25 April 2015 by erin

Dad (Paul F. Vang) wrote this remembrance of a darned sweet black lab, whom I named (see below) and will always remember as the best lap-lab ever. There was nothing quite like relaxing in a recliner with Flicka stretched full-length on your lap. We miss you, Flicka.

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the stones I cannot place

Posted on 13 November 201213 November 2012 by mira

My mother’s ‘passing’  has crippled my writing.  And apparently that’s not all. It would be unfair to blame her, per se, because that would be rude.  But I’ve had a sneaking suspicion that she’s had a hand in it.  Some lesson left to teach. I thought what would be fitting (I had this brilliant idea…

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oh amy, how could you — a kaddish for amy smith

Posted on 18 August 2012 by mira

My plan was that nobody else would die.  Ever.  My plan was to leave the death-and-dying biz to someone else; give someone else a turn.  My plan was that enough was enough. At least for this year. My plan was that only the elderly die, and that sometimes it’s a blessing and an end to…

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guest kaddish: Gudrun Fossum Vang (16 June 1905–3 April 1972)

Posted on 9 April 2012 by erin

Dad wrote this remembrance of his mother on her Yahrtzeit in an email to the family last week, and he agreed with my suggestion to post it here.

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occasional kaddish: for Josephine Selvig Anderson (11 April 1915– 22 January 2012)

Posted on 25 January 20129 February 2016 by erin

My great-aunt Joad died a few days ago, of wicked old age. I didn’t record a kaddish for her tonight. Instead, I recorded some traditional shofar calls.

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  • Protected: a sample recording
    by erin
  • a kaddish for the forestry buff who also played horn pretty well
    by erin
  • in the beginning…
    by erin
  • kaddish for anke akevit (2015-20)
    by erin
  • 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

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