Post by David G. ImberAnd your above comment is not an opinion?>>
Of course it was, but I didn't call it "history".
Listen, I give up. Do what you do and zeit gezunt.
DGI
PS: Those who don't understand this message might benefit from a visit
to the Japan Yiddish Club in beautiful downtown Tokyo. Despite
DarrinT's demurrals, the world is much, much bigger than NYC.
http://www.kanji.org/kanji/jack/yiddish/jyc.htm
David, NYC (Mother of American Judaism) has more Jews than Jerusalem,
as well as having more shuls, yeshivas and Kosher eateries than any
other city on planet earth! It's a Jewish city of firsts, and the only
city in the world that can combine a rich number of Jewish
institutions, a plethora of venues and synagogues, and a very large
diverse Jewish population. Ditto for every nook & cranny of NYC! From
The World's Largest Jewish Synagogue (Temple Emanu El in Manhattan -
center of the universe) to the World's First Jewish Children's Museum
in Crown Heights Brooklyn (largest Orthodox population in the US, if
not the world), everything in NYC is done on a grander scale.
So why on earth would a Jew (myself included) want to SHLEP to GOYISHA
Tokyo when "everything Jewish" resides in NYC!? In general, every celeb
and their mother vies for the obligatory Manhattan penthouse. Even
native New Yorkers like sweet Barbra Streisand are on waiting lists for
the famous Dakota (former home of John Lennon - one of NY's most famous
adoptive sons), which overlooks Central Park. I know of very few people
(celebrity or otherwise) who want to reside in Tokyo! Remember, if you
can make it here, you can make it anywhere! You come to NYC to dream,
not To-k-yo! LOL!
Sidenote to Brighton Beach: the surrounding areas of Manhattan Beach,
Coney Island (world's most famous "amusement" park - home to the
Brooklyn Cyclones and the new multimillion dollar stadium - Keyspan
Park) & Sheepshead Bay are also heavily populated with Russians. David,
your time would be better spent explaining to our resident cluebird,
why NYC is anything but typical! LOL! Yes, every major city has
Rockefeller Center/Plaza (NBC World Headquarters - hub of
broadcasting), Broadway (hub of theatre), 5th Avenue (hub of retail),
Wall Street (hub of finance & banking), The UN, Statue of Liberty,
Central Park (world's most famous recreational park - home to
Strawberry Fields memorial), Twin Towers (formerly the eyes & ears of
the World's great trade), Madison Square Garden (world's most famous
concert/sports venue), FAO Schwarz (world's most famous/expensive toy
store), Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall,
Juilliard, MTV Studios, The Food Network, NBC's The Restaurant, The Art
Institute of NYC (where the world's greatest chefs have trained), and
the largest population & mass transit system for any single city in the
US! LOL!
The "atypical" list goes on and on!eh David, you've heard of The
Accidental Tourist!?eh Well, our Jeremy is The Polish Tourist - he
never leaves his one Manhattan block!eheheheh And then has the CHUTZPAH
to ask: "Where are all the 17,312+ restaurants in the cuisine capital
of the world?"ehehehehe There's a reason why he claims to be a
restauranteur in Mexico and not in Manhattan - center of the
universe!ehe Always remember: when in Mexico, be sure to bring your
American Express, because the water obviously runs like fine wine
(LOL), and the pesos is 40 cents to the American dollar!eheheheheeh
IOW, you can open up 20 restaurants for every one in Manhattan!eheheh
David, ever ask yourself why every other tv show/film is set and/or
filmed in NYC!?eh Every wonder why NYC is the most romanticized city in
song!? Ya think it has anything to do with being universally
acknowledged as The Greatest City In The World? Ya think?ehe -D, NYC
"Yiddish wasn't just words, you see, it was an attitude. It was sweet &
sour. It was a shrug & a kiss. It was humility & defiance all in one" -
ERICA JONG (author, umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer).."Jewish education
has, over the years, brought to New York State the fruits of a proud
heritage of learning, a history of scholarly achievement and a
tradition of progressive educational involvement." - NELSON ROCKEFELLER
(former US V.P., NY Governor - 1959-73).."There are 9 million
interesting people in New York and only 78 in Los Angeles." eh - NEIL
SIMON (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer, most successful playwright of the
20th century - Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Odd Couple, The Goodbye
Girl, etc.).."It wasn't until I got to New York that I became a Kansan.
Everyone there kept reminding me that they were Jewish or Irish, or
whatever, so I kept reminding them that I was midwestern. Before I knew
it, I actually began to brag about being from Kansas! I discovered that
I had something a bit unique, but it was the nature of New York that
forced me to claim my past." - WILLIAM INGE.."The basis of successful
business is honesty; a business cannot thrive where the parties to it
cannot trust each other. In the matter of numbers, the Jew counts for
little in the overwhelming population of New York, but that his honesty
counts for much is guaranteed by the fact that the immense wholesale
business of Broadway, from the Battery to Union Square, is
substantially in his hands" - MARK TWAIN.."The extraordinary European
Jews who emigrated to New York were enriching the city's intellectual
life with an intensity that has probably never been equaled anywhere
during a comparable period of time. I was raised largely by these
Jews...They were my teachers; they were my employers; they were my
friends. They introduced me to a world of books and ideas that I didn't
know existed" - MARLON BRANDO (excerpt from "Songs My Mother Taught
Me").."New York City owes its intellectual vitality to the presence of
the Jews - the only people in New York who love books with a passionate
yearning which transcends their attention to all terrestrial
manifestations." - FORD MADOX FORD (British Novelist, "Horizon" - 1926)