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The American Tree of Life

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Centuries ago this country began as a newly planted sapling in distant, fertile soil

It took root, prospered and grew...spreading its roots from Virginia and Massachusetts up and down the coast, surviving the storms and the uncertainties of revolution. The tree was nourished by the blood of patriots...some enlightened, some religious and many simple citizens who wanted to experience a freer life.

The American Tree of Life grew and gave sustenance to a growing population as it spread its roots and branches west and while doing so engulfed and overran many living creatures and peoples who had carefully tended the land before their arrival.

And then, in the 1860’s, another catastrophe hit the American Tree of Life. This battle to save our sacred tree nearly sundered the tree in half by laying waste to much of its rapidly growing roots, branches and leaves.

At issue were those who had been brought to tend to the American Tree against their will and were made to support the American Tree of Life without having their own freedom.

The tree survived this calamity, but a major branch was assassinated and many of its leaves of population died and suffered greatly.

The American Tree of Life survived other wars, depressions, assassinations and natural disasters because its citizens nurtured the Tree. The roots were nourished by learning, by sharing, by mutual respect and patriotic love for the country.

Every once in a while, the tree had to be trimmed of its more violent, hate-filled smaller branches and the country’s arborists… in the form of informed voters and ethical leaders, as a rule, took on that task and were successful in helping the now vast and increasingly colorful tree to prosper.

The American Tree did, as other trees have, experienced its cold winters but has always survived those periods to emerge full of life and optimism in the springtime. Its branches grew and soared high in the warm summers, its roots sank deeper into America's soil and showed off its greatness and diversity in the fall.

Throughout its long story, the American Tree of Life has weathered prejudice, hatred, book burning and violence.

The American people tending the Tree with vigilance and understanding have always been able to successfully battle the forces of evil and ignorance in the land and keep these forces at bay.

But something happened in 2016. The head arborist of our American Tree of Life encouraged his followers to poison its democratic roots and hack off its branches of knowledge, kindness and history in order to graft on to the Tree many thorny branches composed of hatred, greed and ignorance.

Yesterday, in a branch of the American Tree…the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh was dealt eleven fatal blows to its vitality by a violent man and this week bombs were sent to prominent American leaders by an ignorant man, devoid of humanity who lived in a van plastered with hate-filled slogans, threats and pictures of his perceived enemies of the country.

Now, our American Tree of Life is facing one of its greatest challenges. What we do collectively on November 6^th will determine if the American Tree of Life begins vigorous new democratic growth or withers and dies.

Zeny