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2 Sept 2026 Conversations with Tyler Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity
“I think maybe his fascination with it, just like his devotion to Latin, I think drove me away from it. But he had also grown up in an era in Germany where there weren’t very many distractions, and I think the main entertainment of the week, best as I could tell, was going to the synagogue.”
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…How would you describe your current relationship to the Hebrew Bible? More distant than removed. I am not an observant Jew and haven’t been. I obviously identify very proudly as a Jew. My father was what in America would be called a conservative Jew, and he was deeply educated in the Jewish Bible and interpretations of the Jewish Bible. I think maybe his fascination with it, just like his devotion to Latin, I think drove me away from it. But he had also grown up in an era in Germany where there weren’t very many distractions, and I think the main entertainment of the week, best as I could tell, was going to the synagogue. Why do you think sons and daughters do not ask more questions about their parents’ and grandparents’ history when they can?…
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