Sh!t happens... life goes on

Me and the Farm Manager were discussing the situation in Gaza. She’s got extended family in Israel, so it’s a topic she’s invested in. Fortunately, all those relations have multiple passports and can catch a flight to Montreal or New Jersey if things go south. That appears to be happening. I read somewhere, and I can’t personally vouch for the source, that almost half a million Israelis have left the country since 10/7. But enough about relatives… which brings to mind an anecdote about the New Brunswick born Hollywood mogul, Louis B Mayer. Long ensconced amongst Hollywood’s Jewish elite, Mayer had occassion to have Albert Einstein as a dinner guest. Upon hearing that Albert had concocted something called “the theory of relativity,” Mayer is alleged to have replied that he had a theory about his relatives too. A lot of big names in Jewish culture were never fully on-board with the Zionist agenda. Mayer and Einstein were two of them. Edgar Bronfman was another. Bronfman was head of the World Jewish Congress for decades. He was a staunch advocate for Palestinian rights. Unfortunately, the WJC was more interested in his money than his advice. History is full of make-up stories. Folks who inflicted assorted war crimes on one another, like the Germans and the French, for example, were inter-marrying and signing trade deals a generation later. Shit happens. It’s often ugly shit. It’s almost always being manipulated by hate-mongers who seek to profit from division and despair. Here’s my advice; leave the shit behind and get on with life.