
Peter Himmelman
@peterhimmelman
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Grammy & Emmy Award Nominated Singer-Songwriter: Film Composer: Award Winning author of Suspended By No String : Founder of Big Muse : Proud Jew Since 1959 🇮🇱
New York
Joined September 2008
This reminded me of Politburo members who after Stalin’s speeches, dared not be the first to stop applauding.
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Every kid has a dream. I had a few. One was to become an oceanographer. Another was to become a fighter pilot. The one I actually pursued was to become a rockstar. For a short while, when both Island Records and Sony were pumping money into my career, I became what you might
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I'm excited about my upcoming event with Rabbi David Ingber at the 92nd Street Y — Sept 9 in NYC. Conversation & Song. "I’m looking out my window right now: the leaves of the maple trees are turning a dark crimson; the hawks are swooping down into the
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What could Amanda Knox’s wrongful imprisonment possibly have to do with Israel after October 7? More than I imagined. @yudapearl @DavidSuissaJJ @jpodhoretz @RachelGur @davidbjpost @92ndStreetY @RabbiAdamJacobs
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A film festival exists to help people see things with clarity. Often, they are difficult things. That’s why the Toronto International Film Festival’s initial decision to withdraw The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue—a 10/7 doc—lands like a cold slap.
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From the blog of Peter Himmelman at The Times of Israel
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NYC and Environs! Join me and @romemudavid on Tuesday evening 9/9 for an amazing evening of thoughtful conversation, music, and s.spiritual uplift. @92ndStreetY @jpodhoretz @yudapearl.
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Join Rabbi David Ingber and writer/musician Peter Himmelman for reflections and musings on faith, aliveness, and wonder through the lens of music.
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Brian Eno’s Selective Outrage: The erasure of Jewish history, Israeli reality, and the moral complexity of a decades-long conflict
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A friend says I’m too focused on Israel. He’s probably right. "On War, War's End, and New Visions: If Not Now, When?" (essay in two parts).I am focused. Whether it’s “too” focused is subjective. But to be clear, I’m not only concerned with a nation state—or allegiance to its.
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“Antisemitism is always a means rather than an end. It is a measure of the contradictions yet to be resolved. It is a mirror for the failings of individuals, social structures and state systems. Tell me what you accuse the Jews of, I’ll tell you what you’re guilty of.” — Vasily.
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“When I Finally Learned To Hear”. It wasn’t the hailstones dropping from the sky.It wasn’t the crows calling from the fields of wheat.It wasn’t the great waves as they broke upon the shore.Or the anger of the crowds out in the street. It wasn’t the wind whistling through the
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