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Old 03-11-2007, 08:47 PM
Taualumna Taualumna is offline
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Human Interest stories are interesting not NEWS. I open up the paper on Monday morning and there's always some story about some 85 year old guy who collects pictures of cats riding tractors. Or some people who've hand painted those geese that sit in people's lawns for the past 50 years. They aren't news they're human interest. People apparently like hearing about other people who do things differently from themselves. The NYT is not just a national newspaper, it's a city paper that has to appeal to its residents.

I don't know why you're suprised that it discusses life in NYC in the NYT.
But why is this interesting though? Because she's adopted? Because there aren't too many Chinese Jews? A Russian adoptee's bat mitvah would not have been there, would it?
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Old 03-11-2007, 08:56 PM
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Yes, it's interesting because for the most part Chinese people aren't Jewish. It's a story that points out the unique multifaceted or fluid nature of identity in the US. One can take for granted the experience of being a member of two groups that usually don't overlap.
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Old 03-12-2007, 12:15 AM
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But why is this interesting though? ......Because there aren't too many Chinese Jews?
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A Russian adoptee's bat mitvah would not have been there, would it?
Hmmm....Being Russian *AND* being Jewish, would it surprise you that yes, such people exist?? I guess you've never seen "Fiddler on the Roof", huh.
Now go watch this "You-Tube" video of "Tradition" from Fiddler.......a catchy little ditty, if ever there was one.

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