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MY PEOPLE by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

First Line: THOU HAST NOT COME FROM THE GHETTOS OF PARIS AND THE VILLAGES OF RUSSIA
Last Line: WHO HAS PLACED ME ON THIS STRANGE PAGE OF LIFE?
Subject(s): JEWS; JUDAISM;

THOU hast not come from the ghettos of Paris and the villages of Russia.
Thou art not the Rejected.
I have seen the sun throw his cloak about thee and the rain huddle close to thee.

Who art thou?
Art thou the torch-bearer in the dimness of mist?
Art thou the organist of old, love-worn music?

Who art thou
Who has placed me on this strange page of life?



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