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Blog entries tagged: Burning Man

Afterburn

The Wandering Jew shares his final thoughts on Burning Man—and a photo you’ll want to see.

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Video of the Burn

The video wrap up of Burning Man.

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The world’s largest havdala candle

Saturday night is the culmination of Burning Man, the moment that gives the event it’s name, when they actually burn the Man. It’s the only time virtually all the 40,000-plus residents of Black Rock City are in the same place and focused on the same thing.

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Guest Post: The Wandering Jewess on art and spirituality at Burning Man

My companion for the week at Burning Man was the Wandering Jewess, who as the director of the Six Points Fellowship, knows a thing or two about art. Here’s her take on the Burn’s artistic offerings and their relationship to Jewish experience:

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Burning Shabbat

The high point of activities for the week at Sukkat Shalom was easily the Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat service. 

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Jewish mothers and burning men

We had our first day out on the playa, the dry lakebed that is the site of Burning Man. I realize I haven’t fully explained exactly what Burning Man is, which may be because I’ve largely felt inadequate to the task. Painting a picture in words of this otherwordly place seems daunting mostly because metaphors seem entirely insufficient. But I’ll give it a go. 

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Wandering Jew in the desert, again

Live from Burning Man.

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Go West, Young Man!

Follow Ben Harris as he hits the road!

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