--On Monday, September 03, 2001 7:59 PM +0200 Arwin van Arum 
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>
> I see the misunderstanding now ... it is my fault. I misread the lines:
> "For a Jewish poet to be able to write like a Jew, in western Europe and
> in a western European language, is almost a miracle." He is faulting
> Jewish poets for generally NOT writing like Jews, with Rosenberg being a
> rather pleasant exception.

  Godfrey Daniels, Arwin!! -- He is NOT "faulting Jewish poets" etc. Wake 
up!! You are working too hard! It is simple: he is acknowledging the 
environmental, awesome, shaping power of culture and language, in this case 
"western Europe and in a Western European language." Please tell me you 
understand this, so I can start breathing again and have my faith in 
humanity restored.

  Ken

 P.S. 2 min. is my personal best.