In 1935 there were about 16 million Jews.
80 years later we have returned
Not as Sisyphus, but as a people
Climbing to unexplored heights.
80 years later we have an Israel
and an America doing well.
Jews, and both countries
Have prospered by their mutual presence.
Still a marked people in much of the world,
Burdened with false claims of hideous atrocities,
That served as justification for a Holocaust
Which decimated those 16 million.
A return to 16 million
Marks a sober success.
Will the road brighten, and become friendlier?
I see no reason not to hope so…but keep a spear handy.
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