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Franci Louann's avatar

Love this poem. Learned word Tallit. I've been wanting latkes. Now I understand about the oil.

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man of aran's avatar

Thanks, Franci!

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Rosemary Nowicki's avatar

Thoughtful as usual Alan

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Thank you, Rosemary. Greetings of the season to you too.

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Annie Choate's avatar

The devastation in Chagall's 1938 looks so much like the devastation in our world today with different players.

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man of aran's avatar

Yes, indeed it does. Thank you for reading, Annie.

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Rebecca Cook's avatar

Thanks for this. Lovely.

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Thank you, Rebecca! And you’re welcome.

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Marc Mannheimer's avatar

Maltz museum in cleveland ohio has several chagall paintings, some in a show called "degenerate ", featuring art banned and condemned by nazis for anti government depictions, nudity, Jewish artists, etc. Thank you for the poem and its sentiment. I am a jew who likes Jesus quite a bit, though Jews for Jesus is a different thing entirely.

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man of aran's avatar

Glad you like it, Marc. Thanks for the tip on where to see some Chagalls, in an interesting context. I had to look up Jews for Jesus and yes, it is a very different thing. An odd sect indeed.

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you.

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Thank you, Margaret.

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