tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12975182.post112498672059524377..comments2017-01-15T16:30:51.865-06:00Comments on A Big Jewish Blog: How Pleasant to Meet Mr. Finkelstein!E. M. Selingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12975182.post-1125070933736213092005-08-26T10:42:00.000-05:002005-08-26T10:42:00.000-05:00Hmmm... About that "attenuation"--maybe it's only...Hmmm... About that "attenuation"--maybe it's only the case for, only a problem for, poets who are writing in a "non-Jewish language"? Thinking of the In Zikh poets here, of Glatshteyn saying that he could write about ANYTHING and it would be a Jewish poem: the luxury of writing in a language called "Jewish," no?E. M. Selingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12975182.post-1125067880843329362005-08-26T09:51:00.000-05:002005-08-26T09:51:00.000-05:00Hello back at ya, Eric. Always nice to know someb...Hello back at ya, Eric. Always nice to know somebody's out there. Classes started for me this week, but I want you to know that I have been thinking about your twelve points. The numerology suits me just fine, of course, but I have a feeling that if one really scrutinized them, they could probably be reduced to fewer than twelve. More importantly, a number of them give me a sense of how attenuated the idea of secular Jewish culture can get to be when one drifts away from certain Jewish religious constructs. I can't say anything more at present, mainly because I wrote about it this summer for my SJC/RP essay. So stay tuned. In any case, thanks for the tip on the Biale volume.Norman Finkelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03673105579717018812noreply@blogger.com