July 2012
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Jul 23rd
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“Through the initial physical challenge of the fast, the soul is agitated and its...”
– —Ilyas al Kashani, on the purification of the fast (sawm) during Ramadan (h/t Maryam Eskandari)
Jul 22nd
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Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Anonymous asked: Our Sunday's get started in bed with our eyes closed listening, conjuring and celebrating with "On Being" with Krista Tippett. This is our grounding for the week ahead. Last week we could not find it on our home station WBEZ, Chicago, and we have been terribly distressed. What happened? Where are you? Rogene and Larry Kirkegaard
Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 12th
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“So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated...”
– Jeanette Winterson, from In Defense of Poetry
Jul 12th
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Jul 11th
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“Many who were circumcised And versed in Jewish lore. Perhaps the Germans have...”
– —Rabbi David Wolpe This is the final stanza from the L.A.-based rabbi’s poem in the Washington Post in which he responds to Germany’s decision to ban circumcisions. Stinging words.
Jul 11th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
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