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How can I keep this death alive?

How can I keep this alive in me,
This death, this horror:
By saturating my soul with
Their pain?
Immersing myself in the black hole of
Their agony?
So that my pen, my tongue
Is driven by the stark and tearing images of
Their suffering,
So that my dreams overflow with
Their torture
And my waking hours deeply breathe the aroma of
Their sacrifice,
That truly I may [...]

Who were you?

Who were you, dark and
Beautiful girl,
Your limpid pools unplumbable?
What did you see; what images rushed upon your fear-filled gaze
To stay, indelible in your mind
Until erased by death?
Who were you? What joy was robbed
And wrenched from those who loved you,
Those whose hands had once stroked your soft,
Sweet hair. And who you once
Made smile?
[Thoughts provoked on a [...]

Register Antisemitic offenders

The following account of blatant antisemitism in the USA makes for very disturbing reading. That the Reverend Eric P. Lee said what he did is in and of itself not surprising. He is anything but a Christian, according to the fruits of his life, which includes crusading for the homosexual movement and embracing Louis Farrakhan’s [...]

Israelis make concessions,

Less than 48 hours after Israel permitted more than a hundred trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and bring relief to the Arabs living there, those Arabs sent out a squad of killers Wednesday to take Israeli lives.
Two Israeli civilians were killed and two were wounded when the terrorists entered a fuel depot on [...]

Happy Birthday Israel - by Dr. Richard Booker

As a Christian minister, living in America, I recognize the great civil, moral, spiritual, and material debt I owe to the Jewish people and Israel. There is no way I can ever repay this debt. I can only show my gratitude by loving and serving the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, speaking out against [...]