What Books Should Be Required Reading For An Educated Jew Today?
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Arts and Culture–Ellipsis, Genesis by Joanna Chen
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We speak of beginnings
as we trudge uphill to the observatory,
sparks lifting in the sudden gloom—
our laughter ahead of us, our sadness
hovering somewhere in the firmament
within the unrhyming silence? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
we long to articulate.
Clouds gather above our heads,
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and there’s a pause in the script:
three dots as Cain’s eyes scan the ground
for a rock. Three dots while Abel,
standing a little away from his brother,
turns around to face him,
faint surprise circuiting his face.
Another pause…
Adam and Eve,?offstage?in the dark,
are still fumbling?together—
dirt under their nails,?anger?in their hearts—
until a sudden breeze whips up,
and clouds make way
for the next calamity.
Joanna Chen is a writer and translator who lives in Israel’s Ella Valley. Her latest translation of Tehila Hakimi’s Hunting in America is forthcoming from Penguin. Her own work has appeared most recently in The Washington Monthly, Consequence and Lilith, among others
Question of the Week: What Book Should Be Required Reading to Be an Educated Jew Today?
We Jews have always considered ourselves people of the book, but there can be significant disagreement as to which ones are required reading. We asked rabbis, scholars, educators, artists and writers as part of our Books to be an Educated Jew Project, and now we want to know what books YOU think one should read to be an educated Jew.
Policy professional who has worked extensively with the social science research community, Congress, federal and state agencies, and advocacy coalitions
1 个月I hesitate to call it required reading but the book that made me fall in love with Jewish American literature was “Call It Sleep” by Henry Roth. I read my dad’s tattered 1962 copy when I was a kid and it changed my life. The essays of Amos Oz have also been so instrumental in shaping my thoughts on Israel (e.g., his 1967 essay “The Meaning of Homeland”).