You must remember this,
A bris is still a bris,
A chai is just a chai.
Pastrami still belongs on rye,
As time goes by.
With holidays in view,
A Jew is still a Jew,
On that you can rely.
No matter if we eat tofu
As time goes by.
Old shtetl customs, never out of date.
All those potatoes someone has to grate.
One flame in the window,
keep counting till there’s eight
To light the winter sky.
In the Bronx or in the Mission,
It’s still the same tradition,
That no one can deny.
We roam, but we recall our birthright,
As time goes by.
Dreidels and chocolate, never out of date.
Ancient Semitic glories to relate.
Blue-and-white giftwrap, ain’t this country great,
And festive chazerai!
It’s still the same old Torah,
It’s still the same menorah,
We’ve latkes still to fry.
December’s when I feel most Jewish,
As time goes by.
(Thanks, Hildy.)
Wonderful! And very Happy Hannukah to you and yours. Have a latke for me. I always eat mine with sour cream.
I have *got* to stop lightly scanning. I first read “Ancient Semitic” and “Anti-Semitic.”
And for some reason, I’ve never gone for sour cream on a latke; I like them with applesauce.
So what did you both do on your first night? My famliy got together, ate latkes and pork chops (oh yeah, we’re definately reform) and watched Midway on account of it being Pearl Harbor Day. (Tora Tora Tora or Torah Torah Torah might have been more appropriate =)
That should have read “I first read “Ancient Semitic” as “Anti-Semitic.”