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I think that I have always been afraid to get too close to any “real” Jews because I didn’t have the sufficient knowledge base. I still have this experience. Like I’ll actually do something with other Jews every once in a while (Passover Sedar or dinner on the eve of Rosh Hashannah) and I always find that I am missing some things that I should know. I don’t know if the other people fully realize it … but I always end up feeling somewhat uncomfortable because I know that I don’t know stuff.
Informant was a woman in her early thirties
who came from New York and the American South. Her ancestors came from Russia
and Poland.
"To
Chew Someone Down" Bieganski Interview #1
"Poles
are Inherently Comic Janitors" Bieganski Interview # 2
"My
Father Began to Conceal His Jewish Origins" Bieganski Interview # 3
They
Worked Like Moles Their Whole Lives Bieganski Interview # 4
"She
Never, and I Mean Never, Threw Anything Away" Bieganski Interview # 5
"They
Always Kept One Token Jew" Bieganski Interview # 6
"White
Privilege? I Laugh" Bieganski Interview # 7
"Stalin
Died and I Was Set Free" #8
"The
Jew is Clever. The Pole is Obnoxious, Loud, and Stupid." #9
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