Photograph.
Hasidic Deli Owner
Giving free candy to children
His wife-shot dead three minutes later.
This photograph so pierces my memory.
Goodness, kindness'rewarded with treachery!
January 1,2020
5:30 PM
There are rabbis and there are rabbis
Some are Orthodox, Hasidic, New Age, Conservative - what have you
Some are liberal, some more conservative
I am writing about my Jewish heritage now
The fact that I am a Middle Earth "nut" and a former Marvel Comics "nut"
doesn't deter me from that
Verse can be enjoyable whatever creed you subscribe to
or whatever religion you were born into
I don't eat pork chops
Am I a hypocrite or what?
The LES is still there
Spanish people playing dominoes
Orthodox and Hasidic people
Walking around
The years have changed the place
There is a nice mural with drawings of the past
Jewish life there
The years have changed the place
Chinese people walking through
A Roman Catholic church or two
Guess I'll remain a Jew
But I do not keep kosher
so some call l me a goy
Yet Sabbath services sometimes fill me with joy
Winds over the LES
Pushcart Coffee
serves tasty brew
I'll listen to whatever music I want to
Your taste may be better than mine
I'll forgive you if you choose wine over the brine
LES is now my home
Some gave me a tome
Eros and the Jews
I'll read it soon......
Went to Washinton Square Park a while back
saw the black "parkies" dancing aroud
Where was the music coming from?
I saw a Hasidic rock band playing
What a blend of cultures this city is !
What a strange blend of cultures!
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