opt),Vxtri 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 11111 ■ 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. / — / mg What The College Recruiter Didn't Tell You... I H COLLEGE For Jewish High School Juniors and Seniors (and parents) Sunday, March 28, 1993 • Agency for Jewish Education 21550 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield 10 AM to 1 PM No Charge Refreshments Do You Want To: ► Find out about Jewish organizations on campus? Comp= Jewish life on different college campuses? ► Get ideas on how to respond to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel propaganda? All These Activities ... And Morel ► Meet your future college friends • I Booths from campus Jewish organizations ► Performance by "Talk To Us" Sponsored by: Jewish Community Council and The Jewish News in cooperation with: Agency for Jewish Education, Bind B'rith Youth Organization, National Conference of Synagogue Youth, The Israel Desk, Michigan State Temple Youth, Birmingham Temple, Congregation Shir Tikvah, Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, Temple Kol Ami, Community Jewish High School (list in formation) 1 ► Panel discussion with college students from several Michigan campuses O v i O