Josh Kornbluth

Josh Kornbluth

Hebrew Alphabet

Gimel

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… as in “good.” — Modern Hebrew for Beginners If I could bring back those I love who have died, I would.  If I could save those I love who are sick, I would. But I can’t. What I can do is express my love to those I love. Is it foolish to assert that … Read more

Bet

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A dog doesn’t want me to be typing right now.  We’re at the Vermont home of my wife’s oldest brother, Denry, and his wife, Chris, and their daughter, Nadya.  They have two goats, one of whom has miraculously recovered from a complete de-horning, and two very friendly dogs (and, I think, two cats — they’re … Read more

Aleph

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In Modern Hebrew for Beginners, a book I just bought at Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley, a footnote says: aleph and ayin are pronounced with a stoppage of the air flow, much like the initial sound in “oh oh.” I once interviewed Michael Tilson Thomas, and asked him what he does in the moments before he … Read more