Salomé: Woman of Valor
Adeena Karasick
Jim Andrews
In Hebrew, Salomé IS Shulamit,
from ShaloM: peace, fulfillment;
ShlaIMUt; completion, perfection.
Thus, in her very name,
(her alter name, pseudonym, of cultural
mnemonymy, anonymy, ignoMiny, synonymy)
Salomé as Shulamit
embodies
all that is perfect
imperfect and reaching towards—
in Shir ha Shirim she is the lover,
the bride to G-d’s bridegroom,
KOL ISRAEL, K’NESSET
ISRAEL the incarnation of desire