Rubo Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Inspired by Sip's post The Pink Cadillac There was this grandiose old pink convertible Cadillac floating on Wilshire Boulevard with its equally colorful characters on board. Rabbi was sitting in the back, side curls bouncing off the wind-like a whining Hebrew prayer- going up and down hitting on his black hat, which he was holding against the wind. The front seat was down and his legs were stretched like a Turkish Sultan. The front driver must of been one of his students and his white yarmulke contrasted sharply with the Cadillac’s pink.Despite of the apparent relaxed scene the Rabbi was being tormented by his conscious. His silence during the board meeting at the “tolerance Jewish museum” about exclusion of the Armenian genocide exhibit was troubling him. He often rationalized about such matters concerning other people's sufferings but never the less he did not have the moral courage to object the board members composed of most devoted Jewish community members. He sat there at the far end of the table and listened the Turkish consulate’s grievances regarding the Armenians. The more he listened the content of the letter “civil war”, “no genocide occurred”, “both sides lost lives” the more he felt small, insignificant since he knew those lies were manufactured for decades by the Turkish government and the killings of the Armenians were as indiscriminate as those of the Jews killed by the Nazis. His believe in God was questioned. He knew deep down that the politics has little in common with morality but supporting the Turks in a most blatant way was going against everything he experienced and believed in his religion. He knew Jews were in a similar historical crossroads and he could not find any rational reason to go along with the decision of the board to exclude the Armenians and yet he sat there in silence unable to object, unable to think, unable to feel human… The wind was blowing his side curls and the sun was shinning bright on his forehead. Rabbi picked up his prayer book and started rocking back and forth murmuring prayers. The car passed an Armenian grocery store but the Rabbi did not notice observed in prayer time and events lapsed in Californian tranquility… your comments are welcome [ March 09, 2003, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Rubo ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Comment: bad taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Well, just to clarify, the ones that I saw looked more like they were cruising around trying to pick up chicks in a "pimp" mobile but I guess seeing that they were (devoutly) jewish, maybe I should have been "reminded" on how horrible the state of political affairs is in the world. Maybe instead of looking at them and having this big fat grin on my face, I should have looked at them and had tears of sorrow, realizing that the institution they represent is officially not recognizing genocide and is thus my enemy. Saddly enough, I am not that deep and just the mere visual image of those two guys in the cadilac just made my day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubo Posted March 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 The sketch, which I wrote, is mostly based on true events, which took place recently in LA. The Jewish museum of tolerance “ironic name” removed all related Armenian genocide material due to Turkish pressure and certain Rabbi was instrumental part of it. While I certainly understand the knee jerk reactions due to political correctness I however transpose over those ordinary sentiments. There is a greater reality which lurks under every human soul and that is in essence where my interest rests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nané Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Comment: bad taste. I will take the oposite stand and say "not bad." A rabbi with a concience sound alien to me but if you say so ... Besides a few misused words I think you did a good job of putting your thoughts together. That's my humble opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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