By The Way, Did You Ever Realize

Zionism And Pessimism Are Not Compatible.

It Is Not Only A Matter, I Believe, Of Religious Observance And Practice. To Me, Being Jewish Means And Has Always Meant Being Proud To Be Part Of A People That Has Maintained Its Distinct Identity For More Than 2,000 Years, With All The Pain And Torment That Has Been Inflicted Upon It.

It Isnt Enough To Believe In Something; You Have To Have The Stamina To Meet Obstacles And Overcome Them, To Struggle.

It Is A Dreadful Thing To See The Dead City. Next To The Port I Found Children, Women, The Old, Waiting For A Way To Leave. I Entered The Houses, There Were Houses Where The Coffee And Pita Bread Were Left On The Table, And I Could Not Avoid [thinking] That This, Indeed, Had Been The Picture In Many Jewish Towns [i.e., In Europe, During World War Ii].

From Russia I Didn't Bring Out A Single Happy Memory, Only Sad, Tragic Ones. The Nightmare Of Pogroms, The Brutality Of Cossacks Charging Young Socialists, Fear, Shrieks Of Terror.