Acidic Rabbi

שָׁלוֹם

People Love Dead Jews

A song by Acidic Rabbi

Candles burning on a stand in a church

Verse 1

There’s a young man dying inside of every church.
You can buy him in the gift shop with all the other merch.
They got Bibles and crosses and candles in all kinds of hues,
But they ain’t got no answer for why people love dead Jews.

The nave of a synagogue with a red carpet and gallery seating

Verse 2

The circumcised young child later went to Hebrew school.
Sometimes he’d find a dice game when he should have been in shul.
Then came his bar mitzvah; there was music, dancing, and booze.
Yeshua was a cool kid, kicking his blue suede shoes.

Painted portrait of a man in dark clothing, 1528
Martin Luther

Verse 3

Martin Luther was the leader of the Protestant Reform.
His teaching spread like wildfire, kept the congregation warm.
He wrote “The Jews and Their Lies”; you could buy it on Amazon, only slightly used,
And it might learn you something about why people love dead Jews.

Black and white photograph, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr.

Verse 4

MLK was the king of kindness and also a Zionist.
There are some jokers denying this; they think he must have been lying to us.
They think they can rewrite history to be anything they choose.
No wonder so many people love dead Jews.

A single candle burning in the dark

Verse 5

Anne Frank was a rock star among Jew and Gentile.
When I was six, I had a picture of her and was transfixed by her beautiful smile.
She was a sister I never had; cheered me up when I’d get a bad case of blues.
It’s a good thing there’s more than one reason why people love dead Jews.

Detail of an old terrestrial globe with a map and a cartouche

Verse 6

Social justice warriors with their marches and their chants,
Slim chance they could find Gaza if you handed them a map.
Given a book of history, that’d be an offer easy to refuse.
Who are these charlatans teaching children to love dead Jews?

Evening sun shining through window blinds

Verse 7

I pull back the blinds, find they’re still out there in the street,
Unaware that they’re on stolen ground, unaware that they’re the elite.
Atrocities in Sudan and Syria rarely make the news.
As my Bubby said, “No Jews, no news.”

Wooden pews in a church interior

Verse 8

The rabbi received no royalties for the Sermon on the Mount.
It’s a moot point now anyway; those words no longer seem to count.
Parishioners won’t hear mercy preached, starved for wisdom in their pews,
And that don’t bode well for anyone, not even you.

Ink drawing of a brimmed hat

Verse 9

I can tell by your vibrations that you’re not like us.
If I turn my back on you, you’d throw me under the bus.
You say, “Why don’t you go back to where you came from?
Why can’t you people learn to lose?”
I’m Mordeci, the Acidic Rabbi, and I say f*** you.

A stone gate in the old walls of Jerusalem

Verse 10

I feel a little better, but I don’t need to drop the F-bomb again.
I’m too busy making my way to Jerusalem.
That’s the holy city within; to get in, you’ve got to pay your dues.
If you want to pass through the great gate, prostrate and ask to take refuge.

St Peter’s Basilica and its dome in Rome

Verse 11

Let me tell you a story ’bout Europe in ’38.
The Pope was thinking things over and decided it was safest to collaborate.
He said, “Children, they want us to mind our P’s and Q’s,
So don’t gum up the works by sticking your neck out for some Jews.
And don’t forget who’s behind the Spanish Flu.
Our murdered saviors, they always stand accused.”

A tree-lined street in Detroit, about 1910

Verse 12

My grandfather was an immigrant, found work in Detroit laying bricks.
He was an uneducated peasant from Poland, not unlike your hillbillies and hicks.
He seldom left the neighborhood, because if he did, he’d often come back bruised.
I always wondered if he was surprised to find Americans also love dead Jews.

A Holy Bible resting in a hotel drawer

Verse 13

Motel 6, grab a Gideon’s Gospel of John.
He asserts most convincingly that the Hebrews are Satan’s spawn.
He said, “We’ll be going to heaven while they’re on their hell-bent cruise.”
Thanks for asking why people love dead Jews.

Credits

Photos: Verse 1: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0), Verse 2: Michael D Beckwith (CC0), Verse 3: Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528 (public domain), Verse 4: Marion S. Trikosko, Library of Congress (public domain), Verse 5: Daniil Ryzhkov (CC BY 3.0), Verse 6: Arnold and Jacob Floris van Langren, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain), Verse 7: SavidgeMichael (CC BY 4.0), Verse 8: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK (CC BY 2.0), Verse 9: David Ring (CC0), Verse 10: Yair-haklai (CC BY-SA 4.0), Verse 11: Jebulon (CC0), Verse 12: Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress (public domain), Verse 13: Dan Keck (CC0). All from Wikimedia Commons.