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accepting Putin’
s statement that Russia
didn’
t interfere in the 2016 election, after
having just been told by 17 American
intelligence agencies that Russia did
interfere …
Dayenu — surely this should have
been enough to show Trump’
s allegiance!










His immigration numbers obsession
and his despicable policy of separating
children from their parents, many of
whom will never be reunited again!
Dayenu — this action has to be enough!
Recently Trump’
s harangues voicing
his dislike of John McCain (deceased
seven months ago) a war hero and
ultimate patriot (while Trump never
served in the armed service due to “bone
spurs”). Dayenu — surely this outra-
geous behavior should be enough!
If all this is not enough, what could be?

Ron Lowy

West Bloomfield

How to Spot a Jew-Hater
A leading right-wing national weekly
newspaper in Poland recently published
an article on its front page, “How to
recognize a Jew.
” The Tylko Polska ran
the story that recognizing a Jew involves
“
names, anthropological features,
expressions, appearances, character
traits, methods of operation” and “
dis-
information activities” that might mark
a Jewish person. “How to defeat them?”
the headline added. “This cannot go on.
”
Nowadays, Jews all over the world
have a much more urgent task: How
to spot Jew-haters. Every day, there is
evidence of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic
words and actions in Europe and in the
United States. There are so many exam-
ples, including a photo shared over the
internet of a Ruth Bader Ginsburg post-
er in Brooklyn with a swastika covering
her face and the words, “Die, Jew bitch!”
On the same day, Norway’
s Attorney
General ruled that Norwegian rapper
Kaveh’
s exclamation, “F*** Jews,
” in front
of families with children at a food fes-
tival, “
could be understood as criticism
of Israel, targeting the state of Israel and
showing dissatisfaction with its policies.
”
Ten days earlier, a float in a Belgium
carnival paraded two caricatures of
Orthodox Jews with large crooked noses
and suitcases of money, as if this were
just some funny innocent cartoon.
The New York Times, often guilty of
reports and essays blatantly critical of
Israel, just published “
Anti-Semitism is
Back, From the Left, Right and Islamist
Extremes,
” (Patrick Kingsley, April 4,

2019). “
Anti-Semitism has become a sec-
tion of today’
s political Venn diagram,
”
Kingsley writes, “where the far right
can intersect with parts of the far left,
Europe’
s radical Islamist fringe and even
politicians from American’
s two main
parties.
”
One of those politicians, Ilhan Omar
of Minnesota, questioned American
Jews’
allegiance to the United States
and said that Jewish organizations like
AIPAC were buying Jewish support,
tweeting, “It’
s all about the Benjamins,
baby.
”
The Democratic Party offering mild
criticism/enabling of Omar is similar to
the Republican Party quietly criticizing
President Trump’
s defense of some white
nationalists as “very fine people,
” many
of whom chanted “Jews will not replace
us.
”
As Kingsley writes, “bigots have seem-
ingly become more brazen, creating a
climate that has made anti-Semitism far
more permissible and dangerous.
”
I have never seen so much blatant
anti-Semitism in my 62 years of life. Yet,
it often seems so ordinary and common
that I begin to wonder, what can I do
about it?
We need to keep our eyes and ears
open to Jew-haters everywhere, whether
it’
s in the guise of poisonous BDS sup-
porters, politicians questioning the legit-
imacy of Israel or universities enabling
blatant prejudice against Israel. It’
s easy
to forget that extreme criticism of Israel
is more than just politics … it can turn
into swearing against Jews or essays
about how to spot Jews and defeat us.
We cannot stay quiet, naïve or apa-
thetic. Accepting Jew-hatred as normal
and the way it’
s always been is the first
step toward accepting a terrible fate that
should never be tolerated.
We used to proudly say, “Never
again!”
We should never accept anything that
could lead to the tragic words of “well,
here we go again.
”

Arnie Goldman

Farmington Hills

Correction
Shirlee Wyman-Harris took

photographs for articles on Charles
Silow and the Program for Holocaust-
Survivors and Families/Jewish Senior
annual benefit on March 28 and April 4,
respectively.

Yiddish Limerick

PESACH

Di shtub azay Pesachdik, di tzimern will shine
Der tish azay shain mit di glezlakh of vine.
Mir essn un trinken, the Haggadah we read
Mir zingen di zmiros, ich bin hayzerik un mid.
It’
s Pesach, mein Pesach, so please kum arayn.

Di shtub - the house
Azay Pesachdik - So Pesach ready
Di tzimern - the rooms
Der tish azay shain - the table so beautiful
Mit di glezlakh of vine - with the little glasses of wine
Mir essn un trinken - we eat and we drink
Mir zingen di zmiros- we sing the hymns
Ich bin hayzerik un mid - I am hoarse and tired
Kum arayn - come inside.

By Rachel Kapen

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