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Wilfred Owen and the Binding of Isaac

October 07, 2022 by DAVID M KATZ in Wilfred Owen, Dylan Thomas, Akedah

Wilfred Owen turns the story of the binding of Isaac on its head to powerful effect in his poem “The Parable of the Old Man and the Young.”

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October 07, 2022 /DAVID M KATZ
Wilfred Owen, Dylan Thomas, Akedah, Rosh Hashanah
Wilfred Owen, Dylan Thomas, Akedah
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Three Haikus for Elul

September 25, 2022 by DAVID M KATZ in Haiku, Theseus, Elul, Rosh Hashanah

The tight simplicity of its 5-7-5 syllable count of the English-language haiku made it a worthy tool to help me penetrate the darkness of my self-ignorance.

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September 25, 2022 /DAVID M KATZ
Haiku, Theseus, Elul, Rosh Hashanah
Haiku, Theseus, Elul, Rosh Hashanah
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