David's Harp: Name calling

The liberals call them conservatives

And the hard liners call them leftists

The free thinkers call them close-minded

And the open-minded call them Reconstructionists

The traditionalists call them Renewal

And the Orthodox call them ‘chiloni’

The secularists call them right wing

And the Reform call them ‘haredi’

The observant call them ‘apikores’

And the modern call them black hat

The non observant call them religious nuts

And the ‘seruga’ call them ultra this and ultra that

The kibbutzniks call them Chasidim

And the settlers call them Mesorati

The progressives call them Zionists

And the Conservatives call them ‘dati’

The religious call them ‘baal teshuva’

And the zealots call them true

The shomer shabbos call them ‘mechalel’

And the anti-Semites just call them “Jew”