ERASE
ERASE ME?
abolish me
demolish me
liquidate me
Euphemisms for my nullification
eradication
burning at the stake
Publishing giant Harper Collins began 2015
with an apology Last year they sold maps of the
Mid-East sans Israel The company originally insisted
that: Erasing Israel was necessary (sound familiar)
since displaying the reality of Israel’s existence would
be highly offensive to some of their customers
A triumphant whitewashing of a hate crime? Who gets
to decide what defines a hate crime? The haters or the
hated? Discuss
It may surprise you to know that in modern day Hungary
the biggest challenge to the powers that be is the Jobbik
party for whom anti-semetic + anti- Roma rhetoric abounds
Adolph would be proud
There is a movement afoot to bring back the prohibition
against marriage+sexual relations between Jews and non
Even walking with a kippa on is not too secure says David Wolfshein
a young Jewish activist in Budapest
All the more astonishing is the case of Bess Myerson (1924-2015)
the only Jewish Miss America It was 1945 & the director of the pageant
thought her name wreaked of Jew Go know she kept her name Bess said:
Whatever was left of myself in this game, I had to keep. I knew I had to keep
my name.
On the tour there were: NO JEWS signs in many cities (T.O: No Jews Dogs or
Negroes) Bravely Bess spoke on the Anti-Defamation League circuit Her speech
entitled: You Can’t Be Beautiful And Hate It is also true that you cannot hate and
be beautiful Think Adolph
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Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
John Lennon Imagine
Bess Myerson Jewish Miss America 1945
Winter 2015
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