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Despite the – not mythic, completely true – fact that Jews are obsessed with food, and despite the appropriation of bagels, chopped liver, schmaltz herring, chicken soup and salt beef by many, many non-Jewish outlets, particularly in
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Is this more to do with assimilation? Like the Irish in Boston, Jewish diaspora became strongly part of the identity of the city and snowballed out. I don't know for sure, but I think there is something different than appropriation and closer to diaspora Irish going on here.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
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