Monthly Archives: April 2021

Book Review: A Scripture Index To Rabbinic Literature

Posted on April 7, 2021 by nathanalbright

A Scripture Index To Rabbinic Literature, by Caleb T. Friedeman [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Hendrickson Publishers in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This is a most useful book … Continue reading →

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On Chunking And The Backup Quarterback

Posted on April 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

I commented recently about how I segmented and chunked my travels and trips and chores to make them easier to deal with and easier to understand, and recently I had the chance to watch one of my favorite YouTube channels, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: What Matters In Jane Austen?

Posted on April 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

What Matters In Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, by John Mullen One of the aspects of Jane Austen as a reader is that you feel smarter as a result of reading what Jane Austen has written. Not only are … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lover’s Vows

Posted on April 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

Lover’s Vows, by August von Kotzebue, translated by Elizabeth Archibald This play is, on its own, a rather obscure example of German romantic and melodramatic playwriting, but it is well known to English audiences mainly because of its inclusion in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Thousand Heroes

Posted on April 5, 2021 by nathanalbright

In 1989, a United Airlines flight that had been intended to fly from Denver to Chicago ended up having a total hydraulic failure and had to make an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa. As someone who has an interest … Continue reading →

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A Segmented Journey

Posted on April 4, 2021 by nathanalbright

As I was driving home last night from The Dalles after the Last Day Of Unleavened Bread and a pleasant evening of eating, talking, and a bit of dancing (that was lamentably a bit hard on my feet), I pondered … Continue reading →

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In Praise Of Mansfield Park

Posted on April 3, 2021 by nathanalbright

Mansfield Park consistently comes up as the least favorite Jane Austen novel to many readers who greatly dislike Fanny Price, especially when she is compared to the more sparkling heroines of Austen’s body of work. In general, it may be … Continue reading →

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On Talmudic And Midrashic Reasoning

Posted on April 2, 2021 by nathanalbright

I had the chance to read (review forthcoming) a lovely resource on classical Jewish sources, and it led me to ponder what it is about such writing that I do and do not appreciate so much. In previous reviews about … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t They In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: Devo

Posted on April 1, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the funniest moments of Devo in popular culture, at least to me, occurred in the Todd In The Shadows song review of the Willow Smith song “Whip My Head” to the crisis of having Devo songs sung by … Continue reading →

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