tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186348180065102522.post7954609696441495956..comments2023-04-02T15:58:59.575+03:00Comments on Stand By Your Name: My Lesson in Bigotry הלקח נלמד: גזענותYam Erezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180272177901839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186348180065102522.post-14112041770625779972011-04-06T10:50:45.575+03:002011-04-06T10:50:45.575+03:00Actually I recently learned (hadn't been aware...Actually I recently learned (hadn't been aware of it previously) that in 2002, Argentina had an economic crisis (since when is that news? Probably why I didn't notice) and there was an "opportunistic *aliya*" therefrom (analogous to the post-2000 opportunistic *aliya* from the former USSR, as opposed to previous ideology-based -- or at least anti-Semitism-spurred -- aliyot from both countries). Can you untangle all that?<br /><br />Anyway, when the Argentinian aliya was being explained to me, I didn't have that visceral resentment that I feel toward the Russian aliya. I tried to figure out why (I get credit for that, don't I?). The only thing I could come up with was that I don't have any "baggage" with Argentinians, i.e., if they're not Jews by birth, at least their ancestors weren't persecuting my ancestors. Who ever heard of an Argentinian pogrom?<br /><br />Anyway, that's all I got. If anyone else has any words of wisdom, I'd be pleased to hear them.Yam Erezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180272177901839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186348180065102522.post-90859223406343815992011-04-06T10:40:21.755+03:002011-04-06T10:40:21.755+03:00It's a long way to Yom Kippur. Meantime, if yo...It's a long way to Yom Kippur. Meantime, if you meet a Russian immigrant, you can atone by saying "Za va, shas da rovia," which translates to "May you be healthy." I learned ot from the "L'Chaim" song in "Fiddler on the Roof." Russian immigrants bought our last house; they seemed delighted to hear me say it.<br /><br />They were Christmas-tree Jews: "Ve vant to be Americanzzz!" Fine with me; I was just stunned at the idea that they thought American life revolves around celebrating Christmas. Where COULD they have picked up that notion?Mollie Safersteinhttp://www.whyisthissitedifferent.comnoreply@blogger.com