Category Archives: lapel buttons

20th Century Jewish Cultural Hero

Posted on 2009/05/05 by davka

I col­lect (Amer­i­can) Juda­ic lapel but­tons. I have approx­i­mate­ly 3000 unique items. Each one rep­re­sents a dif­fer­ent moment in the Amer­i­can Jew­ish expe­ri­ence. Peri­od­i­cal­ly I share them here. As the “Che fran­chise” con­tin­ues to grow, few oth­er cul­ture heroes (meant metaphor­i­cal­ly) seem able to … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Sho’a Nightmares

Posted on 2009/04/21 by davka

In April of 1997 I wrote (as an aside) to a forum of col­leagues: I think every teenage Jew­ish child ought to have a week of Sho’a relat­ed night­mares. If we can reen­act the Exo­dus and liv­ing in Sukkot, why not the Sho’a? Only … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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