After my year of kaddish ended, I stopped blogging on the Times of Israel about my experience of reciting kaddish daily with a prayer quorum. I felt that I shouldn’t continue, for that year had come to a close, and I didn’t want to cross the line between meaningful contribution and attention whoring.
Eight months later, however, I gave in and returned to the keyboard:
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2021
May
- 2021/05/12: A foolish consistency [Quote]
- 2021/05/09: Not for sale(?)
- 2021/05/08: The truth is like a lion [Quote]
- 2021/05/05: Kaddish for an individual
- 2021/05/04: To avoid criticism… [Quote]
- 2021/05/01: A good nationalism [Quote]
April ’21
- 2021/04/29: You think that way because you’re a poet
- 2021/04/27: Art is not what you see [Quote]
- 2021/04/25: Tradition: just do it?
- 2021/04/23: Become original without noticing [Quote]
- 2021/04/22: Blogging time commitment ~ worth it?
- 2021/04/20: Respond to your children with love [Quote]
- 2021/04/20: Forms of poetry; forms of life
- 2021/04/17: We are not human doings [Quote]
- 2021/04/12: My [Papa’s] watch
- 2021/04/10: The meaning of life [Quote]
- 2021/04/07: 2,000 – Thank You!
- 2021/04/04: Salted with my tears (Matzah Brie recipe)
- 2021/04/03: Death is a challenge… [Quote]
March ’21
- 2021/03/29: Monotheists? Not more moral.
- 2021/03/27: Power concedes nothing without a demand [Quote]
- 2021/03/22: Mourning my morning minyan
- 2021/03/20: No one ever becomes a master [Quote]
- 2021/03/16: Possibility [d’Verse] [prosery]
- 2021/03/15: Some of my best friends are anonymous
- 2021/03/14: The opposite of life [Quote]
- 2021/03/06: Withdraw the projection of our shadow [Quote]
- 2021/03/04: I don’t blog on Shabbas (the Sabbath)
February ’21
- 2021/02/27: What dies inside [Quote]
- 2021/02/25: What we take with us when we die
- 2021/02/23: Received: 2nd COVID-19 vaccine shot
- 2021/02/20: Unable are the Loved to die [Quote]
- 2021/02/18: Six-year-old burgeoning poet
- 2021/02/16: Teaching poetry to children? Help!
- 2021/02/14: Jewish and normal
- 2021/02/06: The best hamburger of my lifetime
January ’21
- 2021/01/31: Deed, not Creed?
- 2021/01/30: …Two minutes of silence [Quote]
- 2021/01/25: 1,000 – Thank You!
- 2021/01/24: Wherefore ‘ben Alexander’?
- 2021/01/22: Vaccine nation
- 2021/01/21: Belief chooses you [Quote]
- 2021/01/17: Homunculus of death
- 2021/01/14: This is not a poet
- 2021/01/11: Vicarious immortality [Quote]
- 2021/01/04: Today Papa did not turn 73
2020
December
- 2020/12/31: Holiday thoughts, part II: Jewish v. Not
- 2020/12/30: Holiday thoughts: Jewish v. Not
- 2020/12/25: The lightning-bug and the lightning [Quote]
- 2020/12/24: Social skills taught at preschool
- 2020/12/20: My most disturbing dream
- 2020/12/18: The heartwarming house sale
- 2020/12/14: First grade for my Israeli daughter
- 2020/12/14: Poetry is… [Quote]
- 2020/12/11: A fool’s wrong tools
- 2020/12/11: Something beautiful for Chanukah [Video]
November ’20
- 2020/11/29: “…Suddenly” [Quote]
- 2020/11/27: When the rabbi’s wife died
- 2020/11/22: The “synagogue of Satan”
- 2020/11/19: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s nickname for my father: ‘Maestro’
- 2020/11/16: Memento
- 2020/11/12: Blemished mourning
- 2020/11/08: Difference [Quote]
October ’20
- 2020/10/29: One death at a time, please
- 2020/10/23: Mourners relate to mourners
- 2020/10/19: To India (and others) with love
- 2020/10/15: Bhagavad Gita Verse 34, Chapter 6 [Quote]
- 2020/10/12: He was supposed to teach her math
- 2020/10/09: A father’s legacy
- 2020/10/08: Insane antisemitism
- 2020/10/05: Disillusionment
September ’20
- 2020/09/25: Keyboard Judaism
- 2020/09/22: A fishy lockdown
- 2020/09/15: I wanted to be a rabbi
- 2020/09/13: ‘Space’ in all dimensions
- 2020/09/11: Resting on Religious Laurels
- 2020/09/06: Artists want to hear that… [Quote]
- 2020/09/02: Israel, the secular elephant
August ’20
- 2020/08/24: An Arab friend?
- 2020/08/24: Speak to me in Arabic
- 2020/08/21: My lack of reverence
- 2020/08/17: Goldfish > Avocado
- 2020/08/13: Books and activities for multilingual children
- 2020/08/10: Skepticism feeding skepticism
- 2020/08/06: The second avocado pit
- 2020/08/05: Watching Disney movies with your kindergartner
- 2020/08/02: On raising a multilingual child
July ’20
- 2020/07/30: Why so public?
- 2020/07/26: Ethical will
- 2020/07/21: Those scissors
- 2020/07/19: More skeptic than kaddish
- 2020/07/13: Hey, look at me! I’m honoring Papa!
- 2020/07/10: Hosting kiddush for Papa’s 2nd yahrzeit
- 2020/07/06: We are but stories
- 2020/07/03: “I love you”
June ’20
- 2020/06/24: The right side of the brain?
- 2020/06/19: Mourning in the 2nd year
- 2020/06/16: The rabbi that ruined my Judaism
- 2020/06/04: Walking on God
- 2020/06/01: Beard
May ’20
- 2020/05/22: Because God
- 2020/05/14: Gamboling sounds and syllables
- 2020/05/13: Absence makes
- 2020/05/07: Change of venue
- 2020/05/04: Zvi Bernhardt z”l
April ’20
- 2020/04/30: Chapter Next
