Syria and Ukraine are further examples that violent, Fascist Nationalism, Anti-Semitism and Genocide are still loose in the world.
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
Elie Wiesel
The following is a poem I wrote about true experiences:
The Photograph
Zelda Pratelbaum was a hoot
a jeweler's touch with blintzes
a bad wig a dead husband
"the looks of a movie goy,
great humor, laughed, you don't
know"
always holding my forearm
not afraid to remind me of
sex
showing me photos of herself
naked
from albums stacked on a
gilded coffee table
David Pratelbaum Photographer
stuck under yellowed scotch tape
I made repairs
She paid me in blintzes
I protested
She paid me in blintzes
I protested
Our freezer full of
white boxes of blintzes
Above Mrs. Pratelbaum's sofa
were photographs
lots of photographs
city winter scenes
a cocktail party
a black and white giraffe
just one that looked like
a shot of relatives
The photographer
not David Pratelbaum
old scratched worn
I asked if they were Relatives
she showed me more
naked pictures
Laughing
we ignored
A family standing
under a fruit tree
lawn and stone home
falling behind
all holding suitcases
No one looks into the
camera
*Previously posted at opednews.com