Sometimes numbers become labels for particular events. When I was growing up, all of us knew 1492 as a label for the discovery of America. And 1941 recognized Pearl Harbor. The following selection from a poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) reminds us of the awful importance of 6 million.
While mentioning this poem of witness and remembering, I want also to remind you of the very special Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness, to held in Washington, DC, March
27-30, 2014. (Early-bird registration ends on Valentine's Day, February
14th at midnight.) Hope to see you there.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
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