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https://jewishjournal.com/culture/poetry/303325/disloyal-jew/?fbclid=IwAR3fRN3ctLKYWY3oUyNOsrbYxcYiSHcPQR4SLP2ONUlGOZaQp62zkxgINxQAugust 22, 2019
Poem: Disloyal Jew
BY Reb Irwin Keller | Aug 21, 2019 | Poetry
I am a disloyal Jew.
I am not loyal to a political party.
Nor will I be loyal to dictators and mad kings.
I am not loyal to walls or cages.
I am not loyal to taunts or tweets.
I am not loyal to hatred, to Jew-baiting, to the gloating connivings of white supremacy.
I am a disloyal Jew.
I am not loyal to any foreign power.
Nor to abuse of power at home.
I am not loyal to a legacy of conquest, erasure and exploitation
I am not loyal to stories that tell me whom I should hate.
I am a loyal Jew.
I am loyal to the inconveniences of kindness.
I am loyal to the dream of justice.
I am loyal to this suffering Earth
And to all life.
I am not loyal to any founding fathers.
But I am loyal to the children who will come
And to the quality of world we leave them.
I am not loyal to what America has become.
But to what America could be.
I am loyal to Emma Lazarus. To huddled masses.
To freedom and welcome,
Holiness, hope and love.
I am not loyal to a political party.
Nor will I be loyal to dictators and mad kings.
I am not loyal to walls or cages.
I am not loyal to taunts or tweets.
I am not loyal to hatred, to Jew-baiting, to the gloating connivings of white supremacy.
I am a disloyal Jew.
I am not loyal to any foreign power.
Nor to abuse of power at home.
I am not loyal to a legacy of conquest, erasure and exploitation
I am not loyal to stories that tell me whom I should hate.
I am a loyal Jew.
I am loyal to the inconveniences of kindness.
I am loyal to the dream of justice.
I am loyal to this suffering Earth
And to all life.
I am not loyal to any founding fathers.
But I am loyal to the children who will come
And to the quality of world we leave them.
I am not loyal to what America has become.
But to what America could be.
I am loyal to Emma Lazarus. To huddled masses.
To freedom and welcome,
Holiness, hope and love.
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'Disloyal Jew' (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2019
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Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)1. Beautiful!
Thank you for sharing it with us, babylonsister.
BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)2. Thank you for posting
this!
Let us ALL aspire to be "disloyal" citizens like this!
dlk
(11,575 posts)3. Lovely and Meaningful Poem - Thanks for Sharing
djacq
(1,634 posts)4. 2016 Jewish Vote; Clinton 71, Trump 24
Way to go Orange Slice... Way to go.
IdealsAndReal42
(89 posts)5. Thanks for this.
sacto95834
(393 posts)6. Thank you...
for sharing. Beautiful and inspiring.