kaddish in two-part harmony
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a kaddish for qaddafi. of sorts.
I feel like I’m supposed to write a kaddish for Qaddafi. And I’m having a lot of trouble doing so. What I want to do is defend him somehow. Say that he’s been maligned for decades. Tell you about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourguiba, Ibn Khaldun, Libya, Middle East, North Africa, qaddafi, Tebourba, Tunisia, unemployment
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a kaddish for farzad bazoft, and also saddam hussein
I never met Saddam Hussein. But I wanted to. We were guests, actually, of Tariq Aziz — who was Foreign Minister at the time. Little known fact: they both share a birthday (one year apart): April 28th. It was my … Continue reading
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Tagged Farzad Bazoft, Gulf War, Iraq, Middle East, Saddam Huseein, Tariq Aziz
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abraham, sarah, and hagar, a kaddish for patterns worth shattering
The question is do we feel sorry for Abraham, or do we say goddamn it, you knew what you were getting us into? Or is there some other way to resolve the whole bit? I’ve been thinking about this for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Chango, Hagar, Ishmael, Jewish identity, Middle East, parenting, Sarah, women, Yitzhak
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a kaddish for the israeli flag, may it rest in peace
People say that there are a lot of reasons to open up a bible. Here’s one of them you might not have ever been asked to think about. And a reason why using the bible — especially לך לך — … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Israel, Israeli flag, Jewish identity, Middle East, Tetragrammaton, YHVH
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