It Was All an Illusion

All a mirage, an aberrant illusion acceptance in America professionally, socially we even became sought-after marriage partners… Educated people seemed to appreciate us to value us, to turn to us for advice We became country clubbers, jet-setters priding ourselves in having ‘them’ as good friends Leaving our hallowed traditions far, far behind we melted perfectly into the melting pot secure in our newfound prosperity comfortable in the halls of power Before too long, we had become ‘them’ indistinguishable our values from theirs our temple services, organ and all, like theirs their food became our food, their sons our sons-in-law their daughters, the mothers of our grandchildren… And sure enough, soon enough, ‘they rebelled’ for we had drawn too close, we invaders and they began to talk among themselves of our outsized ‘influence’ of our ‘domination’ of the financial professions all the old canards… And now that they have snapped we are once again no longer wanted no longer do we frequent their inner circles we are openly excluded, cursed at, spat at, assaulted Not to overdramatize what, after all, is to be expected we will be leaving soon we, the ever-wandering Jews it was all an illusion