A City that used to be Nice

  
   At times I blink twice, even thrice
      at Chicago, a city that used to be nice
   where I grew up in a lower-middle class milieu
      but never was discriminated against as a Jew … 

   Today I live in an upper-middle class part of the city
      and what folks shout at me is not very pretty
   Swastikas drawn on our schools, even attempts at murder
      An Israeli friend just visited us ~ what she witnessed unnerved her
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 10/7/2025 12:05:00 AM
Division is the tool..In many guises it is Used.' So much pressure to conform.' Let your mind run back on 2020 and what was a (great un-norm.) blm funded by scoros and others..Who take Take take mostly undercover.'
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Date: 10/6/2025 5:38:00 PM
sad what's happening to Chicago and even here in Dallas, a city that used to be safe and nice...that's why we moved to the exurbs...
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Date: 10/6/2025 4:21:00 PM
Oh gosh, Gershon, it grieves my heart. Will this frustrating world ever learn. Such acrimony and sorrow in the world. Shalom u’vrakha to you and your family and the Jewish community everywhere. ~
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Date: 10/6/2025 9:58:00 AM
That's terrible, too bad about what's happening.
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Date: 10/6/2025 6:56:00 AM
..a misquote..."if you want to unify a mob give them something or somebody to hate".
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Date: 10/5/2025 11:59:00 PM
So sorry the city has its ugliness! You for sure are a part of its culture and beauty! Keep shining Gershon!
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