tag:dreamwidth.org,2014-01-20:2150903 librarygeek librarygeek 2019-08-22T12:06:56Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2014-01-20:2150903:25009 2019-08-22T01:15:19Z 2019-08-22T12:06:56Z determined public 2 Disloyal Jew<br /><br />By AOP Rabbinical Student<br />Irwin Keller<br /><br />I am a disloyal Jew. <br />I am not loyal to a political party. <br />Nor will I be loyal to dictators and mad kings. <br />I am not loyal to walls or cages. <br />I am not loyal to taunts or tweets. <br />I am not loyal to hatred, to Jew-baiting, to the gloating connivings of white supremacy.<br /><br />I am a disloyal Jew. <br />I am not loyal to any foreign power.<br />Nor to abuse of power at home.<br />I am not loyal to a legacy of conquest, erasure and exploitation.<br />I am not loyal to stories that tell me who I should hate. <br /><br />I am a loyal Jew. <br />I am loyal to the inconveniences of kindness. <br />I am loyal to dream of justice.<br />I am loyal to this suffering Earth <br />And to all life.<br />I am not loyal to any founding fathers. <br />But I am loyal to the children who will come <br />And to the quality of world we leave them. <br />I am not loyal to what America has become. <br />But to what America could be. <br />I am loyal to Emma Lazarus. To huddled masses.<br />To freedom and welcome, <br />Holiness, hope and love.<br /><br />Irwin Keller, 2019<br /><br />Website for author: <a href="http://www.irwinkeller.com">http://www.irwinkeller.com</a><br /><br /><a href="https://m.facebook.com/alephalliance/photos/a.10152541950382590/10157981825502590/?type=3&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Faleph.org%2F">https://m.facebook.com/alephalliance/photos/a.10152541950382590/10157981825502590/?type=3&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Faleph.org%2F</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=librarygeek&ditemid=25009" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments