Tag: Es Brent

Es Brent! The Land Has Burned Before — And What We Must Do Now

Es brent, briderlakh, s’brent!Our poor little town, alas, is burning!And you stand and look like that, with folded hands... Our town is burning!Don’t stand there like that, brothers — extinguish the fire! Mordechai Gebirtig wrote these words in 1938 as a warning and a demand. The song was not content…