December 1, Never Again?

Last century, the Holocaust killed half of all the Jews.
When Israel was founded, (1948’s big news)
Jew hatred did not go away; it stubbornly remains.
Is it embedded in the human genome and our brains?

The Jews resolved, “Never again,” but Jews still die today.
Once more, Israelis murdered, hatred will not go away.
As Israel reacts with rage, the price is thousands dead.
This time it’s Palestinians; look where Jew hatred led.

Chorus:
“Never again,” Jews say, “No more;” Jew hatred still exists.
Never again, not one more time, but killing still persists.
Can we identify a flaw that lurks in all mankind?
Is jealousy or envy why the Jews are so maligned?

From Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, then Greece and Rome,
For centuries they sought to drive Jews from their God-given home.
Next Muslims, then the Christian Crusades sought to subjugate.
Then came the Nazis’ strategy: simply eliminate.

But through the centuries, the Jewish people still survive.
In fact, in countries where they’re free, the Jewish people thrive.
And now, in Israel we see that Jewish leaders failed,
Like everywhere, world-wide, when ultra-rightists have prevailed.

Chorus:
“Never again,” Jews say, “No more;” Jew hatred still exists.
Never again, not one more time, but killing still persists.
Can we identify a flaw that lurks in all mankind?
Is jealousy or envy why the Jews are so maligned?

Coda:
For Judaism has endured: survival that defies
Oppression, even Holocaust; Jews, from their ashes, rise.