Thank you for commenting Kevin. The way I tend to say it is that my blood is Jewish but my brain isn't - but what that means is that I am Jewish by descent but I don't believe in any religion.
I learnt to read Hebrew as a child (the letters anyway, and understood a few words) but that was long ago and I don't recall much except a small part of the Mah Nishtanah (Passover) song and a few other tiny fragments such as the months which we learnt to the tune of twinkle twinkle little star....
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
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Kevin T.S. Tan
Thu 25th Mar 2021 21:55
As a Dutch I'm a Holocaust-survivor (we all are) and anti-semitism is the most difficult thing to understand. I've noticed that a lot of Jews are studying Kabbalah to try to make sense of everything. Perhaps something for you as a poet? It seems fascinating but I can't read Hebrew.
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Thank you for commenting Vautaw. It is amazing isn't it, how poetry seems to have been created and valued in every time and place - perhaps the sounds of the womb are like a poem and humans have been comforted by poetry ever since?
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Heartbreaking Aviva. I will never understand the hate and judgment that resides in the human heart. Thank goodness we have writing and poetry as salve for our wounds and to give a voice to our inner child. Write on my friend. ❤
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Kevin T.S. Tan
Fri 26th Mar 2021 08:28
You're welcome Aviva. And if you ever want to talk about this subject, just send me a message. More than happy to share about it.
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