Re: [Cz-L] Explanation and Apology

[Plain text please... thanks]

My great-grandfather, Karl Singer, left in 1897 and settled in Brooklyn. B=
y 1910, the family had a live-in servant, attesting to their fortunate fina=
ncial situation. My father reported that when somebody spoke in Yiddish, m=
y great-grandfather would turn and ask: "Did somebody understand what he s=
aid?" Total snobbery and self-inflated view. In fact, so ridiculous in Am=
erica, but so important in Europe.

Kim Dramer

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Greenberg <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>
To: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Cc: Czernowitz-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 1:41 am
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Explanation and Apology

Hi Mimi,

It's funny that you mention the snobbish residents of the central part of=
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the town.

The same situation continued during the Soviet times. We felt a strong sens=
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of superiority towards the Jews of the "Volgogradskaya" (the lower part) wh=
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spoke Yiddish at home, were less educated, attended the less prestigious=20
schools, and their Russian was heavily accented.

Serah

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