Comments on: The Art of the Jewish Journey http://jepaikin.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/the-art-of-the-jewish-journey/ .judaism.theatre.music.philosophy.politics.canada. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Leonard Cohen’s “psycho-religious” Jewish Journey, Part II « judaism.arts&culture.philosophy.politics.canada. http://jepaikin.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/the-art-of-the-jewish-journey/#comment-616 Leonard Cohen’s “psycho-religious” Jewish Journey, Part II « judaism.arts&culture.philosophy.politics.canada. Fri, 22 May 2009 13:44:47 +0000 http://jepaikin.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-616 [...] 22, 2009 · No Comments This is a brief follow up to an earlier post about Leonard Cohen’s incredible Jewish Journey and status in my books as an all around [...] [...] 22, 2009 · No Comments This is a brief follow up to an earlier post about Leonard Cohen’s incredible Jewish Journey and status in my books as an all around [...]

]]> By: Rich http://jepaikin.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/the-art-of-the-jewish-journey/#comment-602 Rich Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:37:57 +0000 http://jepaikin.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-602 What appeared in the book of longing was missing bit. Here's the whole thing from <a HREF="http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/jew.html" rel="nofollow">The Leonard Cohen Files</a> Anyone who says I'm not a Jew is not a Jew I'm very sorry but this is final so says: Eliezar, son of Nissan, priest of Israel; a.k.a Nightingale of the Sinai, Yom Kippur 1973; a.k.a Jikan the Unconvincing, zen monk; a.k.a Leonard Cohen, Certified Food Worker, San Bernadino County, CA; a.k.a The Founder, Order of the Unified Heart; a.k.a The Best Dressed Man in Montreal (local newspaper) The thing that I find most delicious about this is that "Priest in Israel" and "Certified Food Worker" strike me as delightfully parallel, if you think about it. What appeared in the book of longing was missing bit. Here’s the whole thing from The Leonard Cohen Files

Anyone who says
I’m not a Jew
is not a Jew
I’m very sorry
but this is final

so says:
Eliezar, son of Nissan,
priest of Israel;
a.k.a
Nightingale of the Sinai,
Yom Kippur 1973;
a.k.a
Jikan the Unconvincing,
zen monk;
a.k.a
Leonard Cohen,
Certified Food Worker,
San Bernadino County, CA;
a.k.a
The Founder,
Order of the Unified Heart;
a.k.a
The Best Dressed Man in Montreal
(local newspaper)

The thing that I find most delicious about this is that “Priest in Israel” and “Certified Food Worker” strike me as delightfully parallel, if you think about it.

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