The Ashkenazi Revolution

121And they are people of wonder all of them,From them nothing is too wondrous,With a small finger they create a nationAnd with a thumb of their hand – an entire world…Even now they say – no, they announce!Everything is already prepared there in ViennaAt the end of two moments and five minutes –Let there be congratulations, a nation;Bearers of good tidings go out – no, they run!And they collect silver coins, they collect and they collect,And on the miracles, on the salvationThey write books, they write and they write.And who is the man who wishes a nation!And who is the man who wishes life!Buy, buy, Jews who are the children of the merciful!For two zuzim, two zuzim!During the period of the First Congress, Bialik wrote “Grass of the people”in which he censured the people for not having appointed, from among it, aleader. “That did not elect, from its midst, on the day of its inheritance andpain, one who is energetic and a man within whom beats a heart… with aclear head who illuminates the path of the people.” And thus, on the onehand Bialik ridicules Herzl, curses him, abuses him and rejoices in hisdownfall and, on the other hand, he pours disdain upon the people thatfailed to appoint a leader for themselves… Before us is a conflicted anddivided soul, that is captive to an uncontrollable urge to rain scorn right andleft, and to great surprise, Bialik voices, in his poem “The Convocation ofZion”, which was also written during this period, words of praise for thefirst Zionist Congress and for those who attended it. We are leftcompletely confused, and without a clue to know and understand what the“national poet” truly wanted. But the quality of his poems is evidence ofhis true will. The diabolical and satanic poems are far superior to those thatcontain good words for the Jews.