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Saturday, November 16 Holy Shit
My last post on this site, was me doing what I used to do; ranting about this and that, poking fun of myself, doling out a little not-so-PC humor. After I posted the rant, it occurred to me that this kind of light airy thing was what I had started a personal web site to write. Except, that less than two weeks after launching my first site, “911” happened. Needless to say, I didn’t exactly want to write light airy things after that. But lately, I’ve been in this mood, a kind of fuck-it-all-let’s-move-on frame of mind. So I let it seep into these electronic pages. But I read my site last night and it felt odd to me. Maybe because I was taking advantage of the old “I can say it, but you can’t” rule and calling myself a Jewish American Princess. I’ve always adored poking fun of my own special blend of Jewishness. But last night I went to sleep feeling like, in these times, maybe I can’t do that anymore. Then of course I was hit with the, “Naah. Then they really win.” If we give back Jewish humor which largely consists of Jews poking fun of ourselves, that we’ve given back everything. Laughter is life isn’t it? Or at least a big part of it. Anyway, I went to sleep with my own internal PC battle raging in my skull. This morning, I decided to treat myself to a greasy plate full of eggs and went out in search of this thing they call breakfast. What greeted me as I bounced down the stairs was a copy of my neighbor’s New York Post lying in the entryway. “AMBUSH” read the headline laying out the horrific details of yesterday’s massacre; the bloodletting they are now calling “the Sabbath Massacre.” My light airy mood, melted into the black smudge the New York Post always leaves on your fingers. I took the black bleeding paper out with me in the rain, by the time I got to my corner breakfast joint, the post was all over my hands and the images were all over my heart. How Islamic terrorists who say they are on a holy war, can feel good about murdering innocent people, I have no idea. That’s not my idea of god-liness. But for them to murder those people while they are on their way back from worshipping at a holy site; The Tomb of the Patriarchs, said to be the burial ground for Abraham, a place held holy by Jews, Moslems and Christians alike, goes somewhere past horrific into a new dimension that I do not have the words for. I do not want to have the words for this place. This place of self-righteousness that allows people to commit cruelty beyond what one would think a human was capable of. But this is not the first of these affronts to all things holy. The sting of the Passover massacre is still in the air. How can we forget the murder of women, children, families coming together to celebrate the story of Moses? Now Passover has a sibling; “The Sabbath Massacre.” So I say to these villains in the name of holy-ness. What exactly can you find in these acts that is holy? How can you call yourself victims? How can you call yourselves martyrs? How can you call any of these acts heroic? I'm pretty sure if you look up "heroic" in the dictionary it will not say, "One who attacks innocent people while they are returning from prayer." The irony is that the Israelis had just pulled out of this section as a “goodwill gesture.” A GOODWILL GESTURE I am forced to watch on television and to read constantly how the Palestinians and all their supporters many of which are in this country demand that Israelis pull back. Well can we take a moment here to observe the reward? Meanwhile, why do I feel it’s highly unlikely that some emergency meeting of the UN will take place to discuss the atrocities being conducted against Israel? The only thing we’re going to have shoved down our throats is the out-cry that will come from whatever Israel does in retaliation, Hebron was to be a model for Palestinian and Israeli co-operation. Sharon pulled out of Hebron to show how it can be when we all play nice. So this is how it can be? And when the Palestinians have their own state, why should I believe that it will be the end of terror and murder from amongst their ranks? Do you really think it will stop? My only hope is that giving the Palestinians their own state will prevent them from having any more excuses to murder Israelis. If they continue to do so it will be a lot harder for the UN and the world to turn such a blind eye. Because if they do, then the UN and the world, and the folks who hold up their anti-Israel signs in Union Square Park, will be saying out loud what we already know so many of them are thinking, that hating Israel is just a very useful cover for hating Jews. I take back what I said in my last rant. I am not a Jewish American Princess. I am a Jew. I am an American. And I’m too pissed off to be a princess.
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