Such a powerful piece of writing, from start to finish. "The Jews have our own civilization with its own definitions, its own destiny, even our own epistemology and intellectual universe. We are the children of the Midrash and the maaseh, the Law and the Land." - and with that conclusion your essay achieves nobility, greatness even. Truly inspired, and thank you.
Wow! Powerful as always. Like a prophet of old I came away with a sense of total awe, even if some words were too complicated for me to understand. even if there was no clear path on how to proceed. Whatever we must do is bigger than just picking a readily available mindset and run with it. We must dig and scratch and find God like our ancestors have done thousands of years ago, despite the bafflement and astonishment of sophisticated Egyptian or Hellenic visitors. Whatever we have is deep and profound, and takes a lot of unlearning before it's even slightly comprehensible.
My stomach is fine, Crelly. Christian Western Civilization (me I guess) is a made up domain (abstraction) which has killed an awful lot of people. The example of Jews who have and will survive it give it the lie. And yet history continues. It's world without end amen, as far as I can see.
Umumum.. I always regarded ending history as sort of a cross between a pipe dream and a joke. That is no longer the case.
I got three strands of it.
My fear had been that eventually I would be doxxed, and having responsibility for minors is significantly different from putting myself on the line solo.
They’ve been trained up.
Oh, and my parish priest growing up gave me the pertinent document:
Beautiful essay
Thank you!
Such a powerful piece of writing, from start to finish. "The Jews have our own civilization with its own definitions, its own destiny, even our own epistemology and intellectual universe. We are the children of the Midrash and the maaseh, the Law and the Land." - and with that conclusion your essay achieves nobility, greatness even. Truly inspired, and thank you.
Wow! Powerful as always. Like a prophet of old I came away with a sense of total awe, even if some words were too complicated for me to understand. even if there was no clear path on how to proceed. Whatever we must do is bigger than just picking a readily available mindset and run with it. We must dig and scratch and find God like our ancestors have done thousands of years ago, despite the bafflement and astonishment of sophisticated Egyptian or Hellenic visitors. Whatever we have is deep and profound, and takes a lot of unlearning before it's even slightly comprehensible.
Great offering. Jews are indigestible to Western Civilization, a murderous abstraction.
And yet I have three strands of it, Richard..God bless! Try to have a decent weekend.✌️
Acerb.ic.
I don’t like to like this, Dick. However, I am going to have to grudgingly agree. May I DM you?
👍
I just discovered that my email wasn't delivered. I just wanted to ask if your stomach was doing better.
(My DMs are open still.)
My stomach is fine, Crelly. Christian Western Civilization (me I guess) is a made up domain (abstraction) which has killed an awful lot of people. The example of Jews who have and will survive it give it the lie. And yet history continues. It's world without end amen, as far as I can see.
I saw an old Carlin vid just yesterday:
“If you think you have a solution, you're part of the problem.”
True that.
I knew you were busy. It was/is well worth it.
Umumum.. I always regarded ending history as sort of a cross between a pipe dream and a joke. That is no longer the case.
I got three strands of it.
My fear had been that eventually I would be doxxed, and having responsibility for minors is significantly different from putting myself on the line solo.
They’ve been trained up.
Oh, and my parish priest growing up gave me the pertinent document:
The Concordat of 1933.
That’s the sellout.
Later.