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A New York City Requiem
“Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine”
On the swearing in of Zohran Mamdani as the Mayor of New York City
Goodbye to what has been
A New York City with Jewish culture, with Jewish pride
Where non-Jews used Yiddish words with the right accent
With memories of Eastern Europe
Where we landed from afar and toiled for our children
We were from THE city
We assimilated for you, the biggest act of loyalty
For culture shtick
With beloved Playbill in-hand for Funny Girl and Fiddler on the Roof
And food schmaltz
The choice between a round knish or square knish at Katz’s deli
But really
Our Jewishness is carved into the New York City theatres and publishing houses
Carved into the Lower East Side sweatshops and Wall Street
And now
A new New York City
With a mayor and co. who demand a new kind of assimilation
The removal of a flag
The flag with a six pointed star won’t leave me
Now that it has been self-discovered
I will not forsake it, I will not forsake my Jerusalem
Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba
יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵיהּ רַבָּא
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