Monthly Archives: September 2017
Ironically I just started reading a book written by Stalin’s daughter in the 60s where she happens to be telling about those very years. She referred to them as living simple and modest lives which included music, parties, cakes etc. And I was thinking to myself, wasn’t that exactly when Holodomor was??
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Brief but maybe poignant?
I’ve been making slow forays back into the blog land. Mostly I’m still catching up on what everyone has been doing and occasionally I’ll contribute an article of interest 🙂 it’s a slow burn return but I’m here and present.
Hopefully soon I will be able to share what’s been going on but let it be known that in many ways my head has just been in a different space. And I couldn’t half ass it with the blog so I took an extended break instead.
I’ve been reading a bunch though. Partially to reduce the number of TBR books in my house. Partially to let go of those I really just wanted to read and not keep. And partially becaus some part of me wanted to revisit certain old favorites. So I’ve been bouncing back and forth between these new ones and oldies on my shelves reorganizing my head and home.
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The Jew as Pariah: Adam Kirsch Reviews Mihail Sebastian’s ‘For Two Thousand Years’ – Tablet Magazine
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Oh, Honey! – Tablet Magazine – Jewish News and Politics, Jewish Arts and Culture, Jewish Life and Religion
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Jewish Books Are Awesome 