Re: typically new york?...XENOPHOBIA RUN RAMPANT

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

    Yes, it's a wonderful town for many things Jewish. If you're out in the 
hinterlands like I am(and Boston is believe it or not for so many things 
Jewish...except maybe Klezmir) Jew York is a wonderful place!!! And that's 
why I love Jew York. Try walking around Boston with a mogen dovid around 
your neck and see how many stares you get(except in a Jewish neighborhood). 
I work at Haaahvard, and given people's crummy attitudes... you'd think I 
was a succubus.
     Trudi the Gitl the G


>From: George Robinson <GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: typically new york?...XENOPHOBIA RUN RAMPANT
>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:37:51 -0400
>
>A hard head helps, too.
>But -- to make a feeble attempt to get this silly discussion back on
>topic -- it's a great town for Jewish music (or nearly any other kind of
>music).
>
>George (hard head, thick skin, bad attitude) Robinson
>
>
>
>
>Steve Levin wrote:
> >
> > This is my first day on this list and this was the last topic of
> > conversation I thought I?d find. I lived in NY for 6 years (City and 
>Bklyn)
> > and I can tell you that NY can be a tough place to live and requires a 
>thick
> > skin.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> > [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Trudi Goodman
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:54 PM
> > To: World music from a Jewish slant
> > Subject: Re: typically new york?...XENOPHOBIA RUN RAMPANT
> >
> >  Being from Boston, I object to the stereotype that we are all a cold 
>bunch
> > of anal buttheads. The truth of the matter is that there are rude people 
>and
> > nice people everywhere. And though I enjoyed the photo I gotta say that 
>if
> > anyone wanted to say that ALL ISRAELIS are like that I'd object too. I 
>don't
> > know what Robert's experiences  were in Boston...but I've been treated
> > astoundingly rudely in Manhatten and wonderfully helpfully in 
>Brooklyn...I
> > LOVE BROOOKLYN.   It just depends where you are and what your own mood 
>might
> > be. My vote for some of the rudest people that I've ever 
>met...Midwest(Iowa)
> > to be exact, but that's just the ones I met. And hey...I hear they got 
>yidn
> > there, too!!!
> >     Trudi the G
> > >From: "Robert Cohen"
> > >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> > >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> > >Subject: Re: typically new york?
> > >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:55:30
> > >
> > >I object--vociferously!! New Yorkers have an almost totally
> > >undeserved
> > >reputation for rudeness; there's often or usually a certain
> > >arrogance, but
> > >it's combined with an invariable helpfulness, e.g., toward
> > >strangers.
> > >Boston, otoh, is not only intolerably cold climatically but must be
> > >the
> > >rudest place on earth; *all* of my top-ten rudest encounters ever
> > >with
> > >people have occurred here.
> > >
> > >--Robert Cohen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Khaverim --
> > >>
> > >>I have to say that while this photo, which I thoroughly enjoyed, is
> > >>undoubtedly typically Israeli, the rudeness implied (he's got God
> > >>on
> > >>hold while he talks to his broker, nu?) is also typically New York.
> > >
> > >
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