eduard gurevich
eduard gurevich
Still Life with Judaica
Old Warshaw, Jewish Shoemaker
Morning Talmudist
website: eduard gurevich Art gallery.
from “Poland/1931” by Jerome Rothenberg
from POLAND/1931
Harry Houdini (March 24th, 1874-October 31, 1926
Wikipedia Handcuff Bridge Jump
Soon There Will Be No Survivors
Soon There Will Be No Survivors.
Seltzer
For Walter Backerman, seltzer is more than a drink. It’s the embodiment of his family. As a third generation seltzer man, he follows the same route as his grandfather. But after 90 years of business, Walter may be the last seltzer man. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/training/remember-these-days
75 Years Ago: Kristallnacht /Death Fugue by Paul Celan, and a brief film.
Death Fugue Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night we drink it and drink it we dig a grave in the breezes there one lies unconfined A man lives in the house he plays with the serpents he writes he […]
Walk to Ceasaria
My God, My God, may these things never end, the sand and the sea, the rustle of the waters, the flash in the heavens, the prayer of Man. by Hannah Senesh, executed by firing squad on this date in 1944. Regina Spektor’s rendition of the poem:
Lou Reed and Red Shirley | Jewish Currents
April 12: Lou Reed and Red Shirley | Jewish Currents.
Bruno Schulz
The Stories of Bruno Schulz, translated by John Curran Davis The Legend of Bruno Schulz, NEW YORKER Behind Fairy Tale Drawings, Walls Talk of Unspeakable Cruelty, NY TIMES
Inquisition Teapot
I got this from grandfather before he died. First used by hidden Jews during the inquisition, it is shaped like a teapot, but contains many secret Judaica pieces. The Hidden Synagogue. – Imgur.
Sometimes I dream in Yiddish
Sometimes I dream in Yiddish. It’s so long since I lived in a house where it was spoken. When my grandparents died–and they went young–it stopped. I never speak it now. I couldn’t. I can just barely understand it. But when I hear it, I feel oddly at home in the sound of it in […]
