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May 13, 2008
Bright Lights Big Verse: Poems of Times Square
New York, NY
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May 14, 2008
Passwords: Raymond P. Scheindlin on Judah Halevi
New York, NY
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May 15, 2008
Adam Kirsch and Joshua Mehigan
Brooklyn, NY
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May 15, 2008
Jackson Heights Poetry Festival and Workshops
Jackson Heights, NY
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May 17, 2008
Jackson Heights Poetry Festival
Jackson Heights, NY
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May 14, 2008, 6:30 pm
NYPL Mulberry Street Branch, 10 Jersey Street (bet. Lafayette and Mulberry St), New York, NY
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Raymond P. Scheindlin draws upon the letters and poems of Judah Halevi (1085-1141), the pre-Modern Hebrew poet and philosopher, to recreate the last year of Halevi’s life during which he abandoned his Spanish homeland to journey to the land of Israel. Though Halevi is generally considered the precursor of Zionism, this new reading of his poetry locates his pilgrimage in the sphere of personal piety and calls attention to the influence of Halevi on Islamic religious ideas.
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