Millennia ago, the Jews were slaves,
And they never forgot it, nor should we.
Remembrance of things past is how one saves
The lineage of one’s identity.
It was as slaves in Egypt that the Jews,
Never more than tribes, became a nation,
Like the separate, captive, black tribes whose
Unique ways fused through forced assimilation.
Their nationality was born of pain,
Cultural Dad ??? Martin Stellinga
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