People alive or not too long dead I'd like to have at a Seder:
Harold Bloom, Robert Pinsky, Susan Sontag, Larry Bird (you
heard me, Larry Bird), maybe just maybe Garry Kasparov, Francine Prose, Carl
Djerrasi, Richard Price (that just hit me and it's a great idea), Ayan Hirsi
Ali (wouldn't that be interesting?), Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (but she'd
probably bring her husband, Stephen Pinker, which could be a drag), EO Wilson (you
might think that's a stretch but I don't, he'd be great). . .
People I don't want at this Seder: Benjamin Netanyahu, Sheldon
Adelson, Cynthia Ozick, Michael Lerner. . . and while I'm at it, Paul Berman. .
.
Other people I'd like at the Seder:
Stephen Greenblatt, Bobby Fischer (sedated if necessary, but
I'd like it). . .
Other people I wouldn't want at the Seder:
Camille Paglia, Paul Wolfowitz . . .
Fantasy person I'd like at the Seder:
Red Auerbach. . .
Reaching back a little farther:
Hannah Arendt, what, are you kidding; It would be risky but
of course.
Clement Greenberg, not a chance
People I'd like: Maurice Sendak, Shalom Rabinowitz, (aka Shalom Aleichem), Gilda Radner (aka Roseanne Rosesannadanna).
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ReplyDeleteSendak, awesome. Same with Rabinowitz. Maybe too awesome. Who could say anything?
Deletefred, did not mean to delete your comment . . .
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