When I lived in the western U.S.
people told me that as a Jew
I should value how the GOP
made religion the foremost
test for American citizens.
They said Democrats and Liberals
were secularists
secular meaning socialist
a.k.a. godless
there can be no covenant
no Eretz
unless you are free market capitalist
of course, socialism was
one of Zionism’s foundations
think Kibbutz for instance
Subtext: I should become a Jew for Jesus.
There are and have long been socialists
who are religious
their political-spiritual imagination
just happens to range beyond
the Rocky Mountains
or a golf course in DeSantis land
to touch the former ghettos of Europe
the current Cheders of Brooklyn
and Buenos Aires and lots of places
lost to the amnesiac memory
of rapturists.
Recently, ‘45’ wished my people
L’Shanah Tova before telling 70+
percent of us that we voted
to destroy America and Israel.
What I want to know is
if I change my voter registration
to Trumpist, will Kanye and Elon
also send me New Year’s wishes
How about Nick Fuentes?
Jeremy Nathan Marks lives in the Great Lakes region of Canada. His most recent book is Flint River published by Alien Buddha Press (2023).