For M-Jo, Ginger, Suzy, Gene, and all the others I know.

The Knesset is debating futilely again,
"Who is a Jew?"
But I'm visiting Yad Vashem instead as
the world's already decided for us.

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose

Mere generations ago
Jews and Christians
were turned into soap
because their mother
or father or one of their grandparents
were Jewish.

A Jew is a Jew is a Jew.