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brought with us. And on this
bright, cool, D.C. autumn
afternoon, spirited and united
(no airline pun intended), we
talked, we laughed, we took
pictures, we sang “
Am Yisrael
Chai.”
By now, the rally had
ended. Many of us had live-
streamed it on our phones,
listened to the speakers,
and had heard the original
60,000-person estimate grow
to 90,000 and rising. Capitol
police would ultimately
give an estimate of 290,000
participants, not including
those of us who were there,
but not at the Mall.
Somewhat disheartened,
but nonetheless undeterred,
we were told to reboard the
plane, as the return flight
crew had been summoned
early to get us back to
Detroit. We garnered what
news was available related
to our dilemma, from those
back in Detroit, from my
family in New Jersey, who
had come by bus and made
it to the mall, trying to make
sense of it all. Our Federation
team leaders, notably
Dennis Bernard, provided
us with helpful and useful
information.
And as we flew home, I
don’t know that any of us
felt short-changed. On the
contrary, we were energized
and invigorated, we Jews
and Zionists. We talked and
we laughed, and we took
pictures and we sang … AM
YISRAEL CHAI!
Monte Schloss is a Jewish educator
and secondary school science teach-
er. He resides in West Bloomfield.
Yiddish Limerick
Israel at War
Undzer Isroel haynt iz och un vay
A
lange mlkhome is on its way.
Ich ken nit essn, ich ken nit shlofn
Ich feel dos also in my mogn
Un dos iz altz that I can say.
Undzer: Our
haynt iz: today is
och un vay: a shout of sorrow
lange mlkhome: a long war
Ich ken nit essn: I cannot eat
shlofn: sleep
dos: this
mogn: stomach
Un: And
altz: all
By Rachel Kapen
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