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Each year before Rosh Hashanah, thousands of Jews visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. Rodger Kamenetz joined them and brought along a friend: Franz Kafka.

By God & Co.|September 1, 2010 1:00 PM|9comments
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God & Co. is written by Stephen Levinson and Joel Moss Levinson, with animation by Ed Mundy, illustration by Mike Herrod, and music by Craig Hillelson.
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  • http://www.viktorullmannfoundation.org.uk jacqueline cole

    I love all that I have read of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, especially his Tales and the one titled The Emperor and the Wise Man which I am going one day to create a musical play around for ensemble and narrator

  • http://mim4art.blogspot.com MIm

    This is a lovely video. The combination of illustrations, animation, and voice over worked very well. I can’t wait to read the book.

  • http://www.iamcharliesalem.com charlie salem

    Great piece

  • esthermiriam

    All those thousands of Jews, and all male?! Touching, but incomplete, wouldn’t you say?

  • M. Brukhes

    In the only sense tangible Kafka probably had met Reb Nachman, though in bowdlerized form: Martin Buber “translated” (adapted would be a more accurate description) Reb Nachman’s tales into German as his first foray into Hasidic culture, in 1906. Kafka, who subscribed to nearly all the German-Jewish publications of his day, and was thoroughly immersed in the ideologically and culturally diverse German-Jewish milieu of Prague, must surely have encountered Reb Nachman’s stories in this version–at a moment when his own writing style was just beginning to coalesce. I’m not sure I can sign on to the proposition that Kafka is a reincarnation of Reb Nachman, but I would more vigorously argue that he figures among many, many of Reb Nachman’s latter-day, ostensibly secular “Hasidim.” Present company included….

  • Sharon M.

    Pretty far-fetched. This guy could probably make any two people appear to be soul-mates. The Dalai Lama and Sarah Palin?

  • http://www.elliotelliotelliot.com Elliot Cowan

    Heya all.
    I animated and designed this piece.
    I’m glad you all like it.

    Esthermiriam – I was given a mountain of material to examine before I began production on this. If there was a single woman at the gathering she was well hidden.

  • http://www.kenmoredishwasherparts.info Nicolasa Kwack

    67. I haven’t checked in here for some time because I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are good quality so I guess I’ll add you back to my everyday bloglist. You deserve it my friend :)

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Pilgrimage

Each year before Rosh Hashanah, thousands of Jews visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. Rodger Kamenetz joined them and brought along a friend: Franz Kafka.