Re: David Chevan comment on the New york Times

[Rachael Kafrissen <rokhl...>]

Speaking of which, did anyone else see the obit of Herb Gardner in the Times
today? How you could write about an artist whose work was so deeply
penetrated with his Jewishness without actually saying the word "Jew" is
breathtaking. For example, "he perfected a recipe that mixed intriguing
characters, usually with decidedly New York accents, and often absurd
situations." New York accents? Oy. He was a jew who wrote about Jews. Just
say it, for crying out loud- he wrote a cartoon called 'Nebbishes'.

-rokhl



----- Original Message -----
From: "cyril robinson" <lunar (at) siu(dot)edu>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: David Chevan comment on the New york Times


> This is my reply to David's comment which I thought I'd share with the
list:
>
>  > Dear David --Your comments are well taken. In a similar vein, the NYT
>  > obits and other articles of people who spend their lives helping other
>  > people (tikkun olam), often do not mention that they are Jewish,
> although it
>  > is apparent from the context. To what extent was their Jewishness an
>  > important influence on their lives and art? Apart from any motives,
this
> is just bad reporting.
>
>

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