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my father’s favorite boys

Posted on 30 May 201130 May 2011 by mira

Fred and Harold and my dad were like the Marx Brothers. Or the Coen Brothers. Or the Brady Bunch. Or. Or. Or maybe there was nothing like them at all.  A team. A pack. A family. A coven.  A comedy show. My father loved ‘those boys’ with all his heart, and all his might and…

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daily kaddish: memorial day weekend, iii

Posted on 30 May 2011 by erin

The third kaddish in a trilogy—for those whom we remember on Memorial Day weekend.

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daily kaddish: memorial day weekend, ii

Posted on 29 May 201130 May 2011 by erin

Kaddish #2 in a Memorial Day weekend trilogy: for all those we remember on Memorial Day.

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daily kaddish: memorial day weekend, i

Posted on 28 May 2011 by erin

First of a kaddish trilogy for Memorial Day Weekend—a Kaddish for all those whom we remember this weekend.

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daily kaddish: for galina on shabbes

Posted on 27 May 201128 May 2011 by erin

Recorded live at Mira’s mom’s house with Mira intoning the opening and operating iTalk on my iPhone.

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daily kaddish: for galina, on her yahrtzeit

Posted on 26 May 2011 by erin

Tonight’s Kaddish is for Galina Lindquist on her Yahrtzeit.

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yahrtzeit for galina

Posted on 25 May 201125 May 2011 by mira

your quizzical smile eyes cocked, waiting you say nothing, save ‘why?‘ and they pour out their secrets and you — you collect them and you do them justice but that’s just our business— that’s just our business your fingertips arranging their tales for the ages their children will read you they’ll wish they could find…

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daily kaddish: for mira’s grandpa

Posted on 24 May 2011 by erin

It took me a while to figure out how to play Mira’s grandpa’s Kaddish.

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malkah, magnes, and the military police

Posted on 24 May 201124 May 2011 by mira

Malkah was at the Madrid airport, as wholesome as she could be. She had a husband with her and two squeaky clean children with her. And all their camping gear. And all her archives notes. And all her permissions to conduct research. And she got detained anyway trying to leave the country.  It wasn’t the…

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daily kaddish: for nona and grandpa

Posted on 23 May 2011 by erin

A Kaddish for Mira’s Nona and Grandpa.

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