Reasons you would want to be Jewish.

[molly bloom]

Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

Mordecai Richler.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris


I'm basing my observations on the Montreal Jewish community. There are lots of Jewish-only scholarships, subsidized programs for young people to go to say, Israel. From my experience working in a large stockbroker's office, I can see that the Jewish high-ups were definitely willing to use their influence to help other people of the Jewish community with business opportunities.

Yeah, I mentioned the Israel program. Whatever your bosses did was on their own, and not official, and the Montreal community was historically kinda insular, and, from the POV of south of the border, kinda backward. Kinda more like any group of immigrants networking with their own (the Koreans do that down here, these days) , than any official Jewish community socialism, which is the way I read your earlier post.

[Fake Boris]

Molly

WTF paranoid ?

What's paranoid in noting that people who went to the same schools, grew up together, etc, are doing business together when they're older ?

[molly bloom]

Re: Molly

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
WTF paranoid ?

What's paranoid in noting that people who went to the same schools, grew up together, etc, are doing business together when they're older ?

Does anyone ever say- look at those Catholics, sticking together!

Two Jews do something together and it's:

Typically Jewish.

[lord of the mark]

From what I can gather, the peculiar linguistic-religious-political situation in Montreal historically made the Montreal Jewish community more insular and tightknit than most in North America.

And yeah, Koreans do stuff like that, Viet Namese, etc. Sicilians used to. Catholics in general? I doubt it. At least here, where the Catholics are of pretty diverse national origins.

So I think I agrees with both of youse.

[Fake Boris]

Molly

Give it up.

I'm not saying it's 'peculiarly' Jewish, in a kind of essential way. Just remarking that it's only normal that a small, exiled minority, would acknowledge the benefits of sticking together to preserve their cultural specificity.

Communities build their own, informal social networks. There are many human sentiments of solidarity that arise from proximity... If your neighbor doesn't have anything to eat because he's lost his job, you'll give him something, but still you're probably not UPSing flour and vegetables to people 500km away from your city.

[lord of the mark]

Re: Molly

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Give it up.

I'm not saying it's 'peculiarly' Jewish, in a kind of essential way. Just remarking that it's only normal that a small, exiled minority, would acknowledge the benefits of sticking together to preserve their cultural specificity.

Communities build their own, informal social networks. There are many human sentiments of solidarity that arise from proximity... If your neighbor doesn't have anything to eat because he's lost his job, you'll give him something, but still you're probably not UPSing flour and vegetables to people 500km away from your city.

The French Canadians in New England were quite well known for this, IIUC.

[Japher]

for the jokes, of course

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Barnabas
4) Feeling chosen and special

If the Jews are the "Chosen People," why did God give all the oil to the Muslims?

[MOBIUS]

For having the US as your *****.

[Sirotnikov]

@ Zkrib

[Cort Haus]

Molly, you're from Cov!

I spent a couple of years living there, have many fond memories, and still visit it. Whereabouts did you live?

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by molly bloom
From my home city, a Jacob Epstein:

My hometown Epstein...

[Fake Boris]

I wish I could enjoy these hunting trips too (somehow I was counting on Mobius, but, eh) :

[Sirotnikov]

Mobious & friends - could you not threadjack by posting huge unrelated pics? thanks