"Christ Killers"
Bob Dylan
gave us something
to think about
through the power
of rhythm and soul
you go your way
and I'll go mine
Adam Sandler
made us smile
when life began
to show its
hideous face
tears can wait
Funny People
is hilarious
Michael Savage
proved to be fit
as my personal mentor
from inept to adept
he helped to advance
my critical thinking
Woody Allen
was there for me
when I couldn't
make up my mind
over what woman
was best
Manhattan taught me
valuable life lessons
Jonas Salk is
worthy of my
admiration
the man is
a miracle worker
he saved millions
of lives by creating
the vaccine for Polio
From monotheism
to Hollywood
communism
in-between
they survived Hitler
to produce
cellular phones
atomic energy
the Heimlich maneuver
and yes even Google
Bernie Sanders
was running
a campaign on ethics
all that support
he received
was a crucial blow
to anti-Semitism
The chosen people
throughout time
have endeavored
to make a more
sensible life
out of all this madness
The world is not
spinning in harmony
but it's better off now
after all their contributions
Wailing Wall -- Silard Isaak
In Genesis 17: 2-9, God promised Avraham that he would found a great nation, which would possess “the whole of Canaan.” Due to their descent from Avraham, Jews believe that they are God’s chosen people. Deuteronomy 7:7-8 states, "The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people; but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your ancestors," while Deuteronomy 14:2 further states, "For you are a holy people to YHWH your God, and God has chosen you to be his treasured people from all the nations that are on the face of the earth." However, Christians believe that they (who are the religious successors of the Jews) have replaced them as the chosen people, and have often identified Jews as “Christ Killers” due to the role they played in the Romans’ crucifixion of Jesus. In the mid-20th century they survived the orchestrated attempt by Adolf Hitler to exterminate them. However, Jews occupy a distinguished place in human cultural and intellectual history. Historically, they developed monotheism, and Christians and Muslims alike have borrowed and adapted their theological postulates. Most of the major Hollywood studios were run by Jews. J. Robert Oppenheimer headed the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb. Martin Cooper invented the 1st handheld cellular mobile phone in 1973 and led the Motorola team that marketed it in 1983. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google while they were computer science students at Stanford University.
ReplyDeleteBob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is a significant singer/songwriter who is a Nobel Prize in literature laureate due to songs such as “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)”
ReplyDeleteYou say you love me
And you’re thinkin’ of me
But you know you could be wrong
You say you told me
That you wanna hold me
But you know you’re not that strong
I just can’t do what I done before
I just can’t beg you anymore
I’m gonna let you pass
And I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
You say you disturb me
And you don’t deserve me
But you know sometimes you lie
You say you’re shakin’
And you’re always achin’
But you know how hard you try
Sometimes it gets so hard to care
It can’t be this way ev’rywhere
And I’m gonna let you pass
Yes, and I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
The judge, he holds a grudge
He’s gonna call on you
But he’s badly built
And he walks on stilts
Watch out he don’t fall on you
You say you’re sorry
For tellin’ stories
That you know I believe are true
You say ya got some
Other kinda lover
And yes, I believe you do
You say my kisses are not like his
But this time I’m not gonna tell you why that is
I’m just gonna let you pass
Yes, and I’ll go last
Then time will tell who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine
Adam Sandler is an actor/comedian/screenwriter/director who has starred in many popular movies, including “Funny People” about stand-up comedy. (Michael Savage (Michael Alan Weiner) is a controversial author whose radio show “The Savage Nation” promotes his political ideology, which he calls “conservative nationalism.” Woody Allen (Allan Stewart Konigsberg) is a comedian/writer/director/actor who has won 3 Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and 1 for Best Director; his films include “Manhattan,” which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen; he was nominated for 16 screenwriting Oscars (more than any other writer), 7 for directing, and 1 for acting. With funding from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (“March of Dimes Foundation, founded by US president Franklin Roosevelt) Jonas Salk developed the 1st polio vaccine. Henry Heimlich inventor a technique of abdominal thrusts to stop choking. Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent in US Congress history, sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2016 and became the nation’s leading democratic-socialist. The Wailing Wall, the holiest place where Jews are allowed to pray, is a section of what was at one time the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest place; it is also the site where Muhammad tied his horse before ascending to Firdaus (Paradise).