Atheists & Agnostics

with a babushka holding bread. The Reds versus the Whites. Great story involving bullets. She never learned English very well, but ended up in our household at the end of her life.
She blamed her troubles on the Jews.
I had a great many Jewish friends and was troubled by her animosity.
I was fourteen or so when she moved in. I reflected, in fact to this day, about how we think our ancestors were so sinless in our progenation. But I studied and learned about humanity in such a way that America, in my mind's eye, is filled with my grandmothers.
My younger brother, unaware of my misgivings, waves the Lithuanian flag. I am sure, in Lithuania's long history, there have been many good things promulgated by its leadership, but I am embarrased by its leadership, its populace, perhaps peasantry, that developed such a hatred of the Jews.
But what I have learned, is there are people susceptible to developing hatred as an excuse for not achieving their dreams.
My grandmother's dowry was spent for her brother's opportunity in Brasil. He was never heard from again.
Many search for glorious ancestry, but finding the dark side has its benefits.
I am much more grounded in reality. I still have Jews among my closest friends.