Word Solace

Posted on November 6, 2018 by JMN
Rose Mallinger

The final resting place for Rose Mallinger, one of 11 killed in the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Credit Jeff Swensen/Getty Images.

… Jewish prayer is not primarily personal or spontaneous. It is communal reading. Public recitations of ancient words, scripts compiled centuries ago and nearly identical in every synagogue in the world. A lot of those words are about exactly this.

(Dara Horn, “American Jews Know How This Story Goes,” NYTimes, 11-2-18)

(c) 2018 JMN.

About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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