May 5th, 2024
I wanted to talk about the Jews being barred from universities, their homes and businesses marked and boycotted, their identity used against them back in the all too recent 1930s, but 2024 kept flashing in front of my eyes.
I wanted to decry the dehumanization of Jews by the Nazis, but all I could hear was the resounding shouts just this week of “Kill the Jews” and “Hitler was right”.
I wanted to shout for the Jews being rounded up in Europe from 1940 on, but all I could see was the white pickups chasing them down on October 7th.
I wanted to scream out for the Jews being murdered indiscriminately, shot at point blank with a Walther P38, but the only sound I kept hearing was the repeated slaps of the AK-47s ripping through the air.
I wanted to cry for the innocents burned alive in death camps for too many years with no one to stop it, but all I could smell was the acrid stench of burning bodies on October 7th.
I wanted to declare “Never Again” over and over for the whole world to hear, but all I could stand and watch in shock was everything happening all over again, and the world standing deaf to our cries.
