Monthly Archives: July 2022

In Quest of Healing

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Abigail

We are just back from one of our weeks in California, in quest of healing for my neuropathy.  As I’ve said here before, the experimental treatment on offer at Loma Linda’s neuropathy clinic sees the illness as the result of … Continue reading →

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The Kiss of God

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Abigail

The Kiss of God Nowadays, on Wednesday evenings, I drive to the local Chabad, when I can manage it, to study the Parshah (section from the Pentateuch being read during that week by Jews worldwide).  Their building is still under … Continue reading →

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Book Matters

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Abigail

Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes By Jerry Z. Muller This well-crafted, exhaustively researched, intellectually balanced biography of Jacob Taubes may be on its way to becoming the talk of the town.  Since its subject is an … Continue reading →

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Disaggregation

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Abigail

Disaggregation Disaggregation!  What a title!  Masses of people will be pushing in to hear what I have to say about that one! It’s the polysyllabic term for what I need to do: separate out and deal with the present pileup … Continue reading →

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