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
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and death is so much closer than it was—a kaddish for rebecca fromer
The house is empty. I’m not sure what to do and death is so much closer than it was— The phone isn’t ringing starting 5 AM and every ten minutes or so thereafter Even the delusions have stopped having culminated in … Continue reading
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Tagged death, fear, kaddish, mothers, Mrs Tzaddik
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daily kaddish: thanksgiving
With only a few more daily Kaddishim to go in our project, Mira and I appreciated the chance to make a Kaddish recording together with our gathered beloved. Continue reading
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Tagged daughters, fathers, friends, mothers, Thanksgiving
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daily kaddish: for Alice Gire
She mostly kept to herself, or at least it seemed that way. I wonder what else I don’t remember, or never knew, about the woman next door. Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Gire, drunk driving, mothers, neighbors, snowblowers, sons
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guest essay: Dude!
Don’t assume rabbis, or any Jewish people for that matter, will be mensches when you need them to be. Continue reading
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Tagged Chabad, daughters, ethics, Lori Goldwyn, mothers, Neptune Society
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reasons for staying alive
We were signing papers. Getting them notarized. It was a jocular moment. I was trying hard to keep it that way. I was giving him complete authority to take over my affairs should my brain start to melt and/or body … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, death and dying, life cycle, mothers, parenting
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