I finally found it. The only picture my mother has of my long dead uncle, as a man. A picture in a fallen soldier booklet. In Hebrew.
Tributes, fit for a king, made by his adoring friends. Poems he sent my mother. Though I can speak and read Hebrew, in a workable way, I can't understand this type of complex Hebrew. Hebrew is a tough language to master.
After enduring the Holocaust, when nine years old, and then other dramatic life events, he was killed in the Sinai war. He was 20 years old. A grenade, was mentioned. After all these years, his death is shrouded in some mystery.Inconsistent accounts that lead my mother to suspect friendly fire sealed his fate. My mother's memory of him was daunting. Never said a nasty word even when bullied by his envious brothers. So funny that those hearing his humor, fell to the floor. This was confirmed in the eulogy book. Bodies on the floor, begging him to stop before they lost control of their bladders. Aside of his going missing when housework was up to him-- a sainted angel. His ideal woman- a violinist or a pianist. Meeting him was high up on my bucket list for the afterlife. I always felt that had he lived, our lives would have been vastly improved. Just a strong feeling is all.
So, now the keen observer of post titles, might be wondering what this has to do with the great hero of our time-- Edward Snowden. Ah, I wish everyone understood how significant was his stance, his choice to take action, and then his flight from a system of justice, turned into something obscene. An injustice system whose sole goal would be to silence his acts of conscience. High treason on the part of judges and government officials of all sorts. No one but the brave and true are facing prosecution.
There is a massive crisis in the American courts. America is not safe for Democracy , ya'll. The fact that most don't know this makes it a depressing massive crisis. If you dig deeper-- you have to stop. Who can stand this degree of sinister? Not me. And, you can only share your SENSES with a few. Otherwise, you will be pegged as some paranoid. Who needs that shit? Not me.
(shameless display of self because was told the pics on last post, were bad.)
also:
Well, now the true purpose of this post:
Uncle Yaakov.
Is there an uncalnhy resemblance or what?
Bonus injustice alert:
A dark first day of the jewish New Year. Sure, we can garden and smile and play. No one is asking anyone to do more than give this political prisoner some legal funding or a facebook like. Any attention or support whatsoever. That too seems to much. It's strikes me as a tragic response to seeing an American boy being destroyed by our goverment.
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