As I look at my World Jewish Congress (WJC) calendar - it is the month of Tishre (30th and last day) or the 29th in our calendar. It is also Rosh Chodesh the beginning of the new month for tomorrow is the first day of Cheshwan, the end of Rosh Chodesh and also “Jewish Social Action Month Begins”. It says so on the calendar. Thursday is the 30th in our calendar and is followed by Halloween on the second of Cheshvan or the 31st of August on our Calendar.
What is missing is the whole Nation of India celebrating lofting into the stratosphere, but way short of the moon, an empty space craft just to show they could do it and plan for an actual moon landing in the near future. The Indians, more than the Jews I think, spend more time engrossed with the moon because to the Jews the days on the lunar calendar mark off the special days here on earth.
But this essay began with the idea that Sarah Palin is actually the Golem created by the Republican National Committee to counter the lingering Hillary effect and bolster up the image of the Straight Talk Express ex-prisoner Senator John McCain. His suffering in a Hanoi prison was years ago but it is kept up fresh for the battle he and his partner, Sarah, are engaged upon.
But, Sarah Palin IS a Golem of sorts. She is a creation dreamed up and customized to win an election that John McCain cannot do all by himself despite all the “friends” he finds in his audiences. Sarah, the Golem, certainly has spiced up the last days of an entirely too long election cycle. Her only problem, as far as I am concerned (you can join if you wish) is to visualize (other than her obvious insufficiencies if she should have to become President) that her component parts are not the Alaskan physical beauty but the limited view of the world the eternal night up there allows its citizens. Then, too, the original Golem of Rabbi Lowe was a big shaped lump of clay that was the defender of the poor Jews of Prague. Sarah, the Golem, is mostly fishing gear, rusting cars in yards, and empty six can boxes and crumpled aluminum beer cans that can be found around ice hockey arenas. This is not the same as the futile efforts of an old man trying to use necromancy to save his Jews. Hoping that a Golem will solve our problems doesn’t really help.
I think India will reach the moon sooner than Sarah Palin has a shot at being President. Sarah, the Golem, is wishful thinking.