Born Jewish

As I came into the world, Jewish millionaires were jumping from windows.
While I clung to my cradle, Jews scurried across the earth seeking safety from oppression.
By the time I was ten, millions in Europe, died in death camps.
Jews became Christians; traded their names and compromised their traditions.
The US armed forces assimilated the men; factory employment, the women.
America became a “brave new world.”
After a lifetime of religious neglect, I wonder how I can still be Jewish?
Born Jewish is like being left-handed; you just are, no matter what.

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