[SJackson]

Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

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Of interest to anyone in the area, but typical of many early 19th century Jewish urban enclaves. Enjoyed the examples of liberal "do as I say" hypocracy, and the mention of the 60s riots, which drove merchants out of many inner city areas.

[Cicero]

This is about the Jews of Newark, but it was pretty much the same story with the Irish, the Italians, the Poles, and every other ethnic group that used to inhabit our inner cities.

All destroyed by the social experimenters and “urban renewal” instigators, who thought it would be a good idea to move blacks into these cities—displacing the original communities and eventually forcing them to flee for their lives.

[oyez]

Similar things are happening to other neighborhoods. Italians, Poles, Jews, Gentiles are all in the same boat.

[Snickersnee]

“Epitaph,” not “epithet.” But....

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The center of Jewish gravity at mid-century was the city's Weequahic section, made famous by native son Philip Roth, whose body of work reflects an ambivalence about Judaism and Jewish identity but none about the singular experience of growing up Jewish in Newark.

Technically, maybe. But you can read so much about Jewish Newark in Roth that you'll never want to hear another word about it ever again.

[dennisw]

read it all...very good

[appeal2]

Newark was a gem of a city. Small, we laid out, excellent highways in and out, a subway, rail links to NY and the Eastcoast. A nearby airport, a world-class seaport, and the Path train, a/k/a The Tube, which could take you to New York City, Jersey City and Hoboken for just 25 cents.

One major factor in Newark’s decline was the automobile. Once this form of transportation took over after WWII, any Jew with some savings moved out to one of the newer suburbs. There they could get 1/4 to multi acres, good schools and a sense of serenity and security that Newark stopped offering.

My mother went to Weequahic High, class of 1942, then considered the best high school in the state. This was a class of type “A” over achievers. They were part of the greatest generation and they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

[rogue yam]

But that relatively idyllic state of affairs could not survive the contrasting fortunes of an upwardly mobile Jewish community and a black populace struggling, mostly unsuccessfully, to overcome poverty, prejudice and a series of ill-advised government policies.

Funny that this sentence is really what the whole article led up to yet there is no actual description of these "ill-advised government policies".

[MplsSteve]

BUMP for later reading...

[onedoug]

Look for even more of America, post barry.

[no dems]

I am Pro-Israel and I love the Jewish people. BUT, American Jews are very Liberal (78$ voted for Obama.) So, let them disperse and divide up their Liberal, political power.