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NOP Onbeisn At Al's Drug Store
By MARY KORETZ
It was in the Thirties that I bazucht
Wayne University. At that tseit most
of the shiler were Jewish, or there
were genug of us to create that ein-
druk. The relationship tsvishn Jewish
and non-Jewish persons was ein-
genemen and friendly. Nonetheless,
when onbeisn time rolled around or
we hobn genumen a coffee break,
Jewish students congregated in Al's
Drug Store and goysihe in the Green
and Gold.
Al's Drug Store occupied the
southeast vinkl of Cass and Warren,
directly oyf yener zeit from the main
building of the university. The Green
and Gold was adjacent to AI's. It had
been gebitn from a house to an eat-
ing anshtalt. In the many years I
attended Wayne, I was present nor
once in the Green and Gold. I had
been farbetn by my debate shutef,
who was not Jewish.
I did not reflect upon the tsshay-
dung that existed between Jews and
gentiles in our social Iebn. I accepted
this on question, as inevitable as sun-
rise and zunfargang.
Now I observe the two farshydine
groups intermingle on a social level
and the chasenes aynts mitn tsvaytn
that results. I wonder what caused
members of my dor to refrain from
this tetikeit. It occurred to me that
what made the untershayd was the
stories I ingested as a yung kind.
My parents and their bakante had
immigrated to the faraynikte steten as
young adults. Their meises were full
of pogroms, police brutality, denied
educational gelegenheitn, and kid-
nappings for army dinung. The mem-
bers of my generation spent klayn or
no time telling these stories to our
children. Afile if we did, these tales
were regarded as past geshichte. As
such they hobn farlorn their original
emotional impact. Unlike our children,
we would have felt intermarriage an
act of disloyalty to our eltern and the
Jewish community.
Perhaps the resurgence of interest
in familial and ethnic vortsln will turn
this movement arum.
bazucht
tseit
shiler
genug
eindruk
tsvishn
eingenemen
onbeisn
hobn genumen
goyishe
vinkl
oyf yener zeit
gebitn
anshtalt
nor
attended
time
students
enough
impression
between
pleasant
lunch
took
non-Jewish
corner
across the street
converted
establishment
only
farbetn
shutef
tsshaydung
Iebn
on
zunfargang
farshaydine
chasenes aynts
mitn tsvaytn
dor
invited
partner
separation
lives
without
sunset
different
intermarriage
generation
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■ 11
Getting
Plugged
In
tetikeit
untershayd
yung
kind
bakante
faraynikte steten
meises
gelegenheitn
dinung
klayn
activity
difference
young
child
acquaintances
United States
stories
opportunities
service
little
afi le
geshichte
hobn farlorn
eltern
vortsln
arum
even
history
lost
parents
roots
around
Mary Koretz has taught both chil-
dren's and adult classes in Yiddish at
Workmen's Circle.
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Sunday, March 28, 1993
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10 AM to 1 PM
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