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the space between | In reclaiming rituals around death, life comes full circle

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin July 31, 2015April 10, 2018

In “Open Closed Open,” poet Yehuda Amichai’s late, great masterpiece, he offers the following theology: “Open closed open. Before we are born, everything is open in the universe without us. […]

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the space between | Theater troupe offers a new stage for Israeli Americans

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