# Chutzpah

**Published by:** [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible/)
**Published on:** 2024-11-11
**Categories:** poetry, israel, palestine, jewish
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@compossible/chutzpah

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What could it doTo a people to learnSo many family membersWere beaten and burned? Humiliated, Massacred andHounded From home. Across countries,Centuries. Culled in crusades, Murdered by catholics In Castille, Seville, Aragon Who preached a ‘universal’ spiritOf hatred of other faiths, other peopleAnd were themselves Immune to Jesus.‘Encouraged’ to convert By inquisitive ChristiansNothing you did was enough,To keep you safe.Expelled again En masse. Arriving somewhere newWith little moreThan hope and each other(though there is little else)To rebuild your lives, in places like:Odessa, Kishinev,Salonika, Warsaw.We all know how that ended.The hell where words must fail. It takes gumption,Mass murder. Particularly The women and children.Your people have long known,Too many have the stomach for it. After so many lossesYour wandering family Now has a homeTo be defended With everything you have.You refuse the historic victim role,There is nowhere else you will ever go. It takes chutzpah,Writing poemsAbout humanity And sufferingTo the Israelites.(Though I tryTo be a gentle guy). Forgive me:I would have spoken out tooFor your people In their great suffering.But not becauseYou are Jewish,Or I am a Jew.It is because we are brothers(From a different mother)And we knowWhat men can do,That I must speak to you.Read Part II of the Canto for David here:MantleEach day we watch Astonished As you grow in strength Into your blood feathershttps://paragraph.xyzFurther reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Jews_from_SpainThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi...Read 4,266 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But ...https://www.goodreads.comGaza is the horror that can't be denied. But Israelis will tryHeadlines Have Shifted to Iran, but Israel Is Still Starving, Bombing and Expelling the Population of Northern Gaza.https://www.haaretz.com

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