The Queen, Pancakes and the Wailing Wall

  by Kerch Youth Club

 

When I think of London

I think of

                        Big Ben

                        big houses

                        the Tower of London

                        fish and chips

                        green parks

I think of

                        Alyth Gardens

                        football

                        the rush hour

                        Starbucks

                        and the Queen

 

When I think of Kerch

I think of

                        the Black Sea

                        the Azov Sea

                        burial mounds

                        an ancient city

                        pancakes

                        family

                        red cars

I think of

                        traditions in our synagogue

                        Kerch fish

                        the griphon our symbol,

                        Bagerov Ravine*

                        and the Hero City**

 

When I think of Israel

I think of

                        the Wailing Wall

                        army

                        the Tower of David

                        oranges

                        war

I think of

                        menorah

                        challah

                        hummus

                        Hebrew

                        sand

                        and the sun shining all day.               

 

*    an anti-tank ditch outside Kerch where 7,000 Jews were killed in 26-29th Nov 1941

* *  Kerch is one of 13 Hero Cities in the former Soviet Union, including Leningrad and Moscow, cited  for their suffering and bravery against the Nazis.