Comments on Apikorsus Online: A Simple Jew

I had guessed who the commentator was, because I u...

2008-04-08T17:49:00.000-05:00

I had guessed who the commentator was, because I used to be a big Rothschild's groupie.

Makes sense. And thanks muchly for providing the H...

2008-04-06T19:45:00.000-05:00

Makes sense. And thanks muchly for providing the Hebrew.

(After posting, I realized you were obviously already aware of the Facebook translation, but I decided against posting a third comment in row unless I had something more substantive to say.)

Thanks, fleurdelis. I found a few translations, a...

2008-04-06T17:15:00.000-05:00

Thanks, fleurdelis. I found a few translations, and I still haven't decided which I dislike least, so I'm sticking with the one with the parallel Hebrew.

The translation quoted in the account of his funer...

2008-03-28T07:13:00.000-05:00

The translation quoted in the account of his funeral on the Facebook memorial page is a little better:

"After my death, thus shall you mourn me
"There was a man --and see: he is no more!
Before his time did this man depart
And the song of his life in its midst was stilled
And alas! One more tune did he have
And now that tune is forever lost
Forever lost!"

I remember being impressed by the concise thoughtf...

2008-03-28T07:08:00.000-05:00

I remember being impressed by the concise thoughtfulness of that entire comment; I hadn't realized it was him.