Does anybody know anything about Edmond Fleg?
He wrote:
I am a Jew because , born of Israel and having lost her,
I have felt her live again in me, more living than myself.
I am a Jew because, born of Israel and having regained
her, I wish her to live after me, more living than in myself.
I am a Jew because the faith of Israel demands of me no
abdication of the mind.
I am a Jew because the faith of Israel requires of me all
the devotion of my heart.
I am a Jew because in every place where suffering
weeps, the Jew weeps.
I am a Jew because at every time when despair cries
out, the Jew hopes.
I am a Jew because the word of Israel is the oldest and
the newest.
I am a Jew because the the promise of Israel is the universal
promise.
I am a Jew because, for Israel, the world is not yet completed:
men are completing it.
I am a Jew because, for Israel, Man is not created:
men are creating him.
I am a Jew because, above the nations and Israel, Israel
places Man and his unity.
I am a Jew because, above Man, image of the divine
Unity, Israel places the divine Unity, and its divinity.
from WHY I AM A JEW by Edmond Fleg for my grandson who is yet to be born E.F.
P.S. His two sons died in the 2nd world war, he never would have a grandson.