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Re: David Chevan comment on the New york Times
- From: Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>
- Subject: Re: David Chevan comment on the New york Times
- Date: Fri 26 Sep 2003 00.45 (GMT)
On Jewish self-loathing and/or self-deprecation --- Hollywood started the
ball rolling a long time ago.
During WWII none of the refugees depicted in movies were ever Jewish. And
that includes Casablanca.
Shana tova to all, a gut, zis, gebensht yor,
Sylvia Schildt
Baltimore, Maryland
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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