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Giving “You” Back-The Survival of Self in Lieu of Abuse
Going to Senior Thesis Presentations at the college always makes me think. This year's most interesting was on Martin Buber, Emmanual Levinas, Jacques Derrida and other deconstructionists interested in Ethics, and the presenter introduced the concept in regards to politics, so all the next day I read Buber. The thing got into my head so much ( Read more... ) -
Random Quotes I found interesting
For some time, a friend has been sending me quotes from an ultra-orthodox Jewish teacher. I thought they were quite interesting so I'm pasting them here ( Read more... ) -
Yes, I am still alive!
Sorry I've been a bit lax with this. Hm, new news... Still not married yet, but starting counseling. So maybe 7 months to a year before the wedding. We also have acquired a cat. Yeah! 'Tis a cute yellow tabby.
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My brain is happy
So, after something of a stressful week, I am translating psalms to practice my Hebrew. I decided to start with Psalm 4, since I've read it since I was little. Still have to memorize it. I like the Hebrew wording.
Dalet
Psalm 4
La’ma’ natzeicha bin’ginut, mitzmor, l’David
For the conductor, on the neginos, a psalm of David.
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I attended a funeral today for the first time since I was about thirteen. My parents never let me see a corpse before and this one, on top of everything, was the body of a classmate. He was 24 and he graduated a year ahead of me. An avid journalist, passionate for the truth and fairness, kind and thoughtful, a lover of life, a pusher of limits, ( Read more... )
