Thanks Mary!
Crazy but i want to send him my book of poetry. I wonder if there's any chance he'll see it... probably not, but I'll send it anyway.

Hi all,
I'm hoping someone here can tell me the (postal) address to which I can send LC mail.
Thanks!

Cracked Bell, some minor clarification here: "HaShem" (literally meaning "The Name") is one of the names of God that religious Jews DO use in a more causal way since it is an indirect reference to God. Also, "Elohim" is a holy name that is not used outside of worship a...

I am in deliberation about the personal vs nonpersonal senses of God. I need to try to resolve same. Hal E. We have to keep trying, but you can never resolve the Infinite. The many names of God in Judaism point to this -- especially Hashem (God's Name that religious Jews don't write casually or pro...

At one point I was so filled with emotion that I yelled out "We love you Leonard." I hope he heard me! I heard you! I was so happy to hear you because you expressed what so many of us were feeling. I was sitting way up in the back and felt like everyone around me got a warm feeling when w...

Hi, just found another good article on this:http://www.jbooks.com/fiction/index/FI_Arnoff_Cohen.htm

Hal, An illuminating reply! To push on, let me try to separate out few different issues here that may have gotten mixed up a bit by all of us. First of all, Jewish tradition defines a person as Jewish if a) his mother is Jewish or b) if he has converted to Judaism. And once you're Jewish, there's no...

An interview linked here from 1994 might interest you. Eskimo, that interview was fascinating. It exactly speaks to my question. I did have the sense on reading the poem that it was ironic or a koan of sorts, but I just wanted to be careful not to label him in a way he didn't accept. There is, of c...

Tom, that makes me happy!
I was hoping I was reading the poem wrong.

I don't usually show anyone early drafts like this -- I just wrote the poem yesterday and need to work on it more. But I'm so excited to find this forum that I want to share it with you all and get your comments. --- Consolation (for LC) You look as old as you are vibrate in tune with your own chord...

Hi, I'm new to the board. I wonder if anyone has an answer to the following: Does LC consider himself to be a Jew and/or a Jewish artist? I had thought "yes" till I just read his poem from 1997 in which he wrote "Anyone who says/I'm not a Jew/is not a Jew," and then puts himself ...

Should be "Cohenim"!

("Kohenim" is the Hebrew word for descendants of the high priests)