In Their Own Words (some) Jews Reveal Themselves for What they Are
Doc Tavish
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[Ode to Hertzl's Zionism]
HERZL
ORGANIZES ZIONISM
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"NATIONAL FUND"
FOUNDED
19th and 20th Centuries C.E.
To Paris, came Herzl to report the news;
Anti-Semites crying: "Death to the Jews."
"Dreyfus is guilty," rattled the reviews.
The disease, Herzl worked to analyze,
The world Zionist movement organize.
"Jews must have a homeland to colonize."
Herzl, the diplomat and organizer,
Saw the Sultan, the Czar and Kaiser;
Their help was nil, their counsel no wiser.
In Basle, the first Zionist congress met;
The National Fund was founded, policy set:
Zion shall be purchased with Jewry's sweat.
Only through labor can Eretz be freed;
All its land the nation must hold by deed,
For Jews to share, according to need.
European Jews gave Herzl support,
Then American Jewry manned the fort; <<<!
Funds came from people of every sort.
Writing a Hebrew that had no rival,
Ahad Ha-Am fought for its revival:
"Land alone, not enough for survival."
JEWRY IS DIVIDED
19th and 20th Centuries C.E.
To fanatics, Zionism was man-made:
"We'll wait for the Messiah, and not trade
The foundation for redemption, God-laid."
The Territorialists' urgent fight
Was for Uganda, as a temporary site
To ease European Jewry's plight.
Poland's Jewish Bund fought nationalism:
"Jews must help labor, build world socialism." <<<!
To their sorrow, time taught them realism.
Misled Jews feared Judaism compromised,
With dual loyalty, Jews stigmatized.
Their error has now been recognized.
Assimilated Jews called Herzl "Dreamer,"
And many of them thought him a schemer.
Time and events proved him a redeemer.
Baron de Hirsch said to Herzl: "I decline
To give a cent for soil in Palestine."
But gave millions for land in the Argentine.
If all forces in Jewry had stood fast
By the Zionist program in the past,
Millions would now in Israel be massed.
A NEW CIVILIZATION
19th and 20th Centuries C.E.
Since exiled, Jews went to Zion to die,
At the "Wailing Wall" stood to pray and cry.
The "BILU" came to work and occupy.
They were young college-student pioneers
Who had endured persecution, pain and tears,
And their Christian classmates' cruel sneers. <<<!
In Zion they found dry desert, no peace,
And Arab effendis who would never cease <<<!
Inciting Felaheen, hardship to increase.
When Edmond de Rothschild came to their aid,
The foundation for grape-growing was laid;
A factor in Israel's foreign trade.
Colonies werebuilt, malaria swamps drained;
To plow and plant, "Luftmenschen" were trained.
Through faith in Zionism, much was attained.
Life was organized, the Yishuv progressed;
Duties assigned, everyone assessed.
Through toil and sweat, the land repossessed.
Every Aliyah made a contribution
To this grand pioneering institution
Building a nation its constitution.
GERMAN JEWS
ASSIMILATE
19th and 20th Centuries C.E.
All anti-Semites are to reason blind,
Morally base through culturally inclined. <<<!
Numberless Germans were of this kind. <<<!
The Jewish community, small in size,
Was to boast of many a Nobel prize;
A factor in German scientific rise.
In commerce, their leadership far-reading;
Baptized Jews got professorships, teaching;
Of their "Fatherland," never stopped preaching. <<<!
Artists and writers were given acclaim;
Their books and music received world fame.
To make Germany great, was their aim.
But many felt they were on probation
And tried escape through assimilation:
"We're Germans of Moses' orientation."
Spurned by the "Junkers," ashamed and harried,
Many left Judaism, intermarried,
They wished their past forgotten and buried.
For their country they fought with mind and heart;
In World War I they did more than their part.
German patriotism, they turned into an art.
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