Re: David Chevan comment on the New york Times

[Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>]

And how many of those writing the obits are Jews in denial of their own
Jewishness?


Sylvia Schildt


on 9/25/03 8:21 PM, Rachael Kafrissen at rokhl (at) mindspring(dot)com wrote:

> 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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