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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.
“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”
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“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.”
― Assassin's Apprentice
― Assassin's Apprentice
Matthew’s 2025 Year in Books
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