Erica Jong, award-winning author of Fear of Flying, novelist, and cultural commentator says, “Marcia Pally has written an absolutely brilliant and arresting book about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen… he has done the remarkable thing of writing prophecy and social criticism into his lyrics. Marcia Pally’s book analyzes his extraordinary talent. Please read it!”
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With this link you can watch philosopher Moshe Halbertal and Leonard Cohen’s rabbi , Mordecai Finely, discuss Cohen’s poetry and song and the book From This Broken Hill
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“Babylon and Boogie Street: Leonard Cohen’s exploration of covenants” is now out in Commonweal magazine. Photo by Philippe Gras/Alamy Stock Photo.
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Check out this conversation about Leonard Cohen on the new “My Favorite Album” podcast with Jeremy Dylan.
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Musician and podcaster Johnny Goudie, on From This Broken Hill. Goudie got it all–Leonard Cohen and God, women, and the politics of our time.
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley, spiritual counselor to Leonard Cohen, called From This Broken Hill I Sing to You “a superb book,” “sophisticated and accessible.” Finley continues, “As someone whose relationship with ‘Old Priest‘ was rooted in theological discussions, it is such a pleasure to see his depth so beautifully and originally articulated.”
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Leonard Cohen’s Jewish Theodicy: We Are Waiting for Godot, But It Is We Who May Never Arrive By Marcia Pally Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Volume 32, Number 2, Summer 2020, pp. 121-143 Abstract: The work of Leonard Cohen, […]