Sadly, A.B. Yehoshua, one of our most important writers,  passed away today.  His last days were active and I’m sure he used them well.  He constantly argued about the need for the society to pay more attention to literature and the arts, and he was so right.  We have dumbed down even more since the beginning of the epidemic.  

I am on my way to give a lecture on  the yiddish poet, Anna Margolin.  It will be in Hebrew with readings and music in Yiddish, with a few poems in English.  I can’t remember ever having to do a lecture in three languages.  At what point will I cave in?  Like the children in school who are about two grades behind in their learning skills, I’m back to stuttering grad school when it comes to explaining myself.