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February 5, 2013
Funny, you don't look Jewish
Brooklyn, New York, July 2012. " Sometimes in Borough Park I'll be down the street and I'll see a guy with his son and the son will keep looking back at me. Eventually he'll ask his father, "Who is the guy behind us? Is he Jewish?" I always wonder what that parent says to his child. I tell my friends to try to educate their children so they know G-d created all kinds of people. One thing about the Jewish world, though - you might get stared at but once someone gets past you being different, you’re pretty much a part of the community." feature: The Black Orthodox // Wayne Lawrence - instituteartist.com
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 5, 2013 8:41 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Yep, and when Sammy Davis Jr married May Britt
he became an Afro-Jewish-Swede.
Posted by: Anon at February 5, 2013 10:28 AM
He became a hair style, Jewish and a Swede?
Posted by: Anonoh at February 5, 2013 11:20 AM
A joker in every deck!
Posted by: Will at February 5, 2013 12:35 PM
Go to Israel. Many Jews have made aliyah from Ethiopia. Mr. Davis would fit right in.
Posted by: Fat Man at February 5, 2013 1:01 PM
Yup, like the Jewish couple traveling in China, spot a temple. They go in and meet Ya Fong the Rabbi.
Their first comment is, "Funny, you don't look Jewish."
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at February 6, 2013 4:05 AM
In Jerusalem, when I see a black guy hanging around downtown with a toothpick in his mouth and a machine pistol around his neck, I find it reassuring.
In the US, it would be terrifying. Just as black, but a different culture...
I testify that this is literally true.
Posted by: AreaMan at February 6, 2013 5:03 AM
I can't remember his name offhand, and I'm too lazy at the moment to do a search, but I seem to remember that Charleston, SC had a black Orthodox Jewish police chief. Maybe they still do, since I also remember him being quite popular with both the citizens and the Department. In his case, he wasn't a convert, but grew up Jewish because of grandparents on one side of the family who were Russian Jews.
Posted by: waltj at February 6, 2013 9:31 AM