The provinces of his body revolted,/ The squares of his mind were empty, / Silence invaded the suburbs, / The current of his feeling failed: he became his admirers. -W.H. Auden April, 2013 “Who did you used to be?” a technician asked me while drawing my blood at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA. […]
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My father Isadore Solkoff
Obituary notice ISADORE SOLKOFF, 1902-1989, Friend of Jabotinsky, Briscoe, and other early Zionist leaders UNION, NEW JERSEY, January 15, 1989: Isadore Solkoff was buried at the Temple Binai Abraham Cemetery. In an Orthodox Jewish service officiated by Rabbi Phillip Goldberg of the United Hebrew Community of New York, the mourners were reminded of Solkoff’s work […]
4. Helen Keller: The Story of my Life
CHAPTER XVI BEFORE October, 1893, I had studied various subjects by myself in a more or less desultory manner. I read the histories of Greece, Rome and the United States. I had a French grammar in raised print, and as I already knew some French, I often amused myself by composing in my head short […]
The answer to A.J. Liebling’s remark: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
Some books are to be tasted: WorkPress overview by Jessica and Matt Beck, March 26, 2012 By Joel Solkoff (State College, PA United States) http://www.amazon.com/review/R334DOKHWPN31W One of my father’s favorite quotations was “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to […]