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New Beginnings: Poetry for the High Holidays
New Beginnings: Poetry for the High Holidays
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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Oct 11, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Tomorrow is the last day of the 2017 high holiday season, which began with Rosh Hashanah and ends with sukkot and Simchat Torah. This year, host Marcela Sulak wraps up the holidays with a selection of poetry from various poets. Text: “On the Eve of the Holiday,” by Hava Pinhas-Cohen, translated by Sharon Hart-Green, in “Bridging the Divide.” Syracuse University Press, 2015. “The Illustrated Bible,” by Meir Wieseltier, translated by Shirley Kaufman with the author, in “The Flower of Anarchy: Selected Poems.” University of California Press, 2003. Music: Dunet by The Bridge Project
Released:
Oct 11, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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