Not Shushan Purim Jews

Jews who’re orthodox make forays

into areas where mores

emphasize an education

where the Torah brings elation,

doing so far more than Jews

who feel that it’s OK to lose

the halakhah. They tend to marry

Jews and do not hari-kari

the Jewish gene pool choosing “others,”

who don’t resemble sisters, brothers,

far more than Jews without this label,

and travel more, when they are able,

to Israel than the Jews who’re less

committed to what they profess,

and act as though their peoplehood

extends beyond the ghettoed hood.

To all Jews loyal to the core,

they don’t exclude ones who aren’t Or-

thodox, but try to bring them back

into the fold. They don’t attack

their mores, but believe that less

is not enough to share largesse

the Torah offers. More, they think,

works better, so they do not shrink

the halakhah that’s their tradition,

and of their mores first edition.

Of course we shouldn’t have schism

about the issue “Judaism,”

and in our losing battle lose

what we don’t want to lose, more Jews,

which we cannot afford to do

when labeled genuinely as Jew.

Not Shushan Purims secondary….

We’re festive folk and fecundary!