Word: hosanna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Finding each passing minute inexpressibly sweet, Donat lives with-for him-a reckless bravado. Mounting the pulpit for his sermon to the students, he tears up his prepared notes and launches into a compelling hosanna to the joys of living dangerously, accepting all manner of challenges and temptations, throwing off the winding sheets of conformity. The boys love it, of course, but the church elders are shocked...
Transmitting his plans to the Philadelphia congregation, Wright wrote: "Herewith the promised hosanna-a temple that is truly a religious tribute to the living God . . . Here you have a coherent statement of worship. I hope it pleases you and your people." Replied Rabbi Cohen: "You have taken the supreme moment of Jewish history and experience-the revelation of God to Israel through Moses at Mt. Sinai-and you have translated that moment with all it signifies into a design of beauty and reverence...