Kuyizinga elipholile lama-98 namuhla. Kule ngxenye yehlane lokhu kupholile futhi kusikhumbuza ngoShavuot wezinsizi zeminyaka yethu engamashumi amane eSinayi.
Ngilapha eMexico ngisebenza nomphakathi wasendaweni wamaJuda. Ukuba semngceleni nginamafasitela ahlukile emphakathini wamaJuda onqamula umngcele. Isinagoge lise-El Centro, eCalifornia futhi cishe isigamu sebandla livela kubantu abahlala ohlangothini lwe-US lomngcele; enye ingxenye izakhamizi zaseMexico ezihlala eMexico. Ezingxenyeni eziningi leli lungiselelo elihlukile liyasebenza. Izolo ebusuku senze inkonzo ngesiHeberu nangesiNgisi, ngabe senginikeza intshumayelo ngeSpanishi ngezihumusho ezimfushane zezikhulumi ezingezona ezaseSpain, idlanzana elincane kakhulu. Namuhla, ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, senza izinsizakalo ohlangothini lwaseMexico lomngcele, kuthi ngeSonto sibuyele ohlangothini lwaseMelika eShavuot kanye nokufundwa kweNcwadi kaRuth.
Akunakushiwo ukuthi, leli lungiselelo eliyingqayizivele linezinselelo zalo, eziningi zazo ezinqotshiwe, kepha ngezintsha ezivele njalo. Isibonelo, abaningi baseMelika bangamaJuda angama-Ashkenazic avela ezifundazweni zaseMpumalanga, kukhona nabambalwa baseCalifornia basendaweni. AbaseMexico, ngakolunye uhlangothi, bavame ukuba yiSephardic noma uhlobo oluthile lwamaJuda azikhethele wona. Bese kuba khona labo esingababiza ngokuthi "becabanga--being -Jews Jewish". Kuyamangalisa, yonke le nto iyabambana.
Ukuba semngceleni awukwazi ukugwema isimo sezepolitiki, kanti abanye emphakathini wamaJuda wendawo bangamaphoyisa okuqapha umngcele. Isibonelo, iqhawe elidubule ubushokobezi besinagoge laseSan Diego kwakungu-ejenti yokugada imingcele yamaJuda esuka lapha okwakusezinkonzweni eSan Diego. Noma ngabe umuntu uzama kanjani ukungahambisani nezepolitiki, akunakwenzeka. Isimo lapha sithinta wonke umuntu.
Njengoba le ncwadi imayelana nomphakathi wasendaweni wamaJuda ngizochitha imizuzu embalwa enkingeni yomngcele bese ngiqhubeka. Ukufingqa:
1. Kunenkinga yangempela yemingcele. Noma ngubani ophikayo uyisiwula noma umqambimanga.
2. Abaningi kulabo abasemakhanseleni, kodwa hhayi bonke kodwa abaningi, abafuni ukukhoseliswa kodwa bayizigebengu ezinodlame ezixubene nenani elanda njalo lezinkampani zezombusazwe. Izingane ziyaqashwa kanti abesifazane badlwengulwa mihla namalanga. Lokho akulona iqiniso, kodwa kuyiqiniso
3. Imiphakathi yaseMexico ilwesaba kakhulu lolu shintsho lwabantu. Bayazibuza ukuthi ngabe abantu baseMelika bayiziphukuphuku, bayiziphukuphuku, noma bamane bangaziswa kabi ngemidiya yabo.
4. Iningi lezindaba zase-US limane liqambe amanga. Kokunye, kucishe kufane namanga akhulunywa yiNew York Times ngesikhathi sokuQothulwa Kwesizwe. Abezindaba baseMelika abavamile ukuwela umngcele ngaphandle kokudala izindaba ezingamanga.
5. Abasebenza ngokuqapha imingcele basindwa, bathukuthele futhi badangele.
6. Akucaci ukuthi le nkinga izophela kanjani kodwa ama-DRW (ama-Distant Rich White) angakaze abe lapha noma ahlala ngemuva kwemiphakathi ebiyelwe, ekugcineni azoshiya labo abahlala ezinhlangothini zombili zomngcele ukuthi babhekane nale nkinga bese bememezela amanga isimo saxazululeka.
Manje buyela emphakathini wendawo wamaJuda. Ngihlala ngimangazwa indlela izinto ezisebenza kahle ngayo naphezu kwazo zonke izingqinamba zepolitiki, ezomnotho, ezolimi namasiko. Empeleni lokhu kungukuzalwa kabusha komphakathi okwesithathu. Lafa cishe ngonyaka we-1970 futhi isinagoge lashiywa. Cishe ngo-1973 ngenxa yempi emphakathini wamaJuda waseYuma kubangwa urabi, Ngemuva kokuthi izalwe kabusha kwaba nomzamo “wokuvusa” lesi sakhiwo. Ezinye zezinto zilondoloziwe, zatholwa, noma zalungiswa. Kuthe kuleli khulu leminyaka ukuthutheleka kwamaJuda aseMexico noma abaphendukele ebuJudeni kwanika isakhiwo nomphakathi impilo entsha. Manje kunezingane eziningi, imindeni esencane, nomqondo omusha wokuziqhenya ngezilimi ezintathu. Kulo nyaka kupendwe kabusha isinagoge kwaphinde kwalungiswa nezindonga ezindala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, othile wagqekeza esinagogeni wantshontsha isiliva lalo. Ngaphandle kokubuyela emuva nohlelo olusha lwe-alamu, kunomqondo womphakathi kanye nesimo sengqondo sokwenza.
Ngakho-ke njengoba sigubha ukunikezwa kwe-G-D kweMiyalo Eyishumi lapha emngceleni we-US-Mexico, uShavuot kusho okungaphezu kokukhumbula kepha futhi kufanekisela "ukuphinda ube yilungu" njengoba izandla zijoyina ngaphesheya komngcele ekugubheni impilo.
