Jew’s on First
This entry is dedicated to those worshippers of Allah who have at one time or another cried
“Itbah al-Yahud!” … Kill the Jew!
(See June 29 entries).
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Dead at 78 Comedian Buddy Hackett died on Tuesday, July First, 2003, according to the New York Times. According to Bloomberg.com, he died Sunday or Monday. |
Associated Press
Buddy Hackett, |
| Whatever. We may imagine he has now walked, leading a parade of many other stand-up saints, into a bar. |
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MIDRASH From my May 25 entry, Matrix of the Death God: R. M. Abraham’s Diversions and Pastimes, published by Constable and Company, London, in 1933, has the following magic square:
The Matrix of Abraham A summary of the religious import of the above from Princeton University Press: “Moslems of the Middle Ages were fascinated by pandiagonal squares with 1 in the center…. The Moslems thought of the central 1 as being symbolic of the unity of Allah. Indeed, they were so awed by that symbol that they often left blank the central cell on which the 1 should be positioned.” — Clifford A. Pickover, The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars, Princeton U. Press, 2002, pp. 71-72 Other appearances of this religious icon on the Web include:
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In the Picasso’s Birthday version, 22 of the 25 magic square cells are correlated with pictures on the “Class of ’91” cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Number 7 is Rod† Stewart. In accordance with the theological rhyme “Seven is heaven, eight is a gate,” our site music for today is “Forever Young,” a tune made famous by Stewart.
† Roderick, actually — the name of the hero in “Madwoman of Chaillot”