“Anna Miriam Keller is a Brooklyn based writer, poet and activist. She lives with her partner, Adrian and their interfaith baby Helen Rose.”<\/p>\n
Jews such as Anna Miriam Keller suffer terribly because they are more morally sensitive than the rest of us. <\/p>\n
She writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n I have a terrible recurring dream. I\u2019m hiding in the attic with Anne Frank and she\u2019s calling me \u201cKitty.\u201d I tell her that I have to go, I don\u2019t know where my daughter is, and she turns to me and tells me that we can\u2019t go anywhere. We are in hiding and we must stay this way until the war is over. All of a sudden, I hear boots on the stairs and the door swings open and it\u2019s Donald J. Trump \u2014 only he\u2019s naked, wearing a swastika sweatband on his head, and he says, \u201cI think Islam hates us.\u201d<\/p>\n I wake up sweating. I had this same dream for three consecutive nights in a row \u2014 only every night when Trump shows up in the nude wearing his Third Reich workout headband, he says something different. The second night of the dream he says, \u201cI\u2019m deporting your daughter even though she was born in New York.\u201d The third night he looks at Anne Frank and says, \u201cyou\u2019re fired.\u201d<\/p>\n There is a saying in Spanish: \u201cel le\u00f3n no es como lo pinta.\u201d The exact translation is \u201cthe lion is not the way they paint him.\u201d Of course, everything sounds better in Spanish. If you say the word \u201csacapunta\u201d out loud it sounds like you\u2019re cursing someone out in a romantic way. What you\u2019re really saying is: \u201cpencil sharpener.\u201d Words hold weight. In elementary schools across the country teachers say, \u201cchoose your words\u201d to their students. During the recent media frenzy it seems that many adults have forgotten this basic rule.<\/p>\n I watch the news. Here is what I see: On a recent interview with CNN Trump says that he is for a ban on Muslims coming into the United States. I check the date to see if it\u2019s still 2016 and I\u2019m living in New York City or if it\u2019s 1936 and I\u2019m living in Nazi Germany, because for one to say, \u201cMuslims shouldn\u2019t be allowed into the United States,\u201d to me is the same thing as saying \u201cJews should wear a yellow star when they walk down the street.\u201d<\/p>\n My daughter is half Mexican Catholic and Half Ashkenazi Jewish. In my home we speak mainly Spanish but at Grandma\u2019s house we speak English. There is a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe in my daughter\u2019s room and a Hebrew prayer book on her bookshelf. Just recently we celebrated her first birthday with a kosher Aztec Princess cake. In my home we choose our words wisely and with care.<\/p>\n \u201cI love you,\u201d we say, \u201cTe amo\u201d in Spanish. “Anna Miriam Keller is a Brooklyn based writer, poet and activist. She lives with her partner, Adrian and their interfaith baby Helen Rose.” Jews such as Anna Miriam Keller suffer terribly because they are more morally sensitive than the rest … Continue reading
\n\u201cAre you hungry?\u201d \u201cTienes hambre?\u201d
\n\u201cYou are Jewish.\u201d \u201cEres Judia.\u201d
\n\u201cYou are Catholic.\u201d \u201cEres Cat\u00f3lica.\u201d
\n\u201cYou are Mexican.\u201d \u201cEres Mexicana.\u201d
\n\u201cYou are a light.\u201d \u201cEres una luz.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"