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Poems | This Is My Mother’s House; On the Day of Atonement

JL;DR SUMMARY Poet Yehuda Amichai, considered the most widely read Israeli poet of the 20th century, poignantly explores themes of kinship and conflict in his poems "This Is My Mother's House" and "On the Day of Atonement." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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JerusalemYom KippurJewish IdentityPoetryYehuda AmichaiConflictSix Day WarCultural ReflectionEmotional DepthKinship

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Born in Germany in 1924 and raised in Jerusalem after his family fled Europe, he fought in wars and advocated for peace."
Old City, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
"On the Day of Atonement in 1967, I put on my dark holiday suit and went to the Old City in Jerusalem."

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