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Q: Why are so many Russian Jews

engineers?
A: Since the beginning of their

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regime, the Communists held
the Jews of Russia in contempt
and regarded them with suspi-
cion (a revolution doesn't change
everything).
In spite of their promises of
equality, the Bolsheviks believed
the Jews were more loyal to Ju-
daism than communism. The
Reds especially disliked Zionists,
who, until the 1917 revolution,
represented a major portion of
Russia's Jewish population.
Consequently, Jews fre-
quently were denied education
and career opportunities in
those areas the authorities be-
lieved were most susceptible to
"adverse" Jewish influence, such
as the arts, the diplomatic corps,
journalism, literature and med-
icine. Also, Jews largely were
kept out of science, for fear they
might pass on vital information

Q: Are some foods, like shrimp,
less treife than other foods, like
pork?
A: No.

that pork is the ultimate in treife
is that the Torah specifically for-
bids the pig as food (Leviticus
11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8). Shrimp,
Remember the old adage on the other hand, falls into the
about someone being a little bit category of sea life prohibited be-
pregnant? The same goes for cause it has no fins or scales.
kashrut.
Another reason may be that
pork is a staple
throughout eastern
Europe, where many
American Jews have
their roots. Jews typi-
cally considered ham
., • • • and sausage "gentile
food." No such label
was attached to
shrimp and catfish,
however, which
rarely were even seen in
eastern Europe.

Either something is kosher or it
is not. Ham, shrimp, bacon, crab
and catfish, among others, are
all equally treife.

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Q: Is it true that Robert
Goulet's real name is
Stanley Applebaum?

From readerG.K• in Dearborn

A: There are plenty of sing-

ing sensations with Jewish
connections, but Robert
Goulet is not one of
them.
Mr. Goulet was born
Robert Gerard Goulet (
on Nov. 26 in
Lawrence, Mass. He is
60 years old.
Other
suave,
swingin', polyester-lov-
ing crooners with no
Jewish connections: En-
glebert Humperdinck,
Wayne Newton and
Tom Jones.

Q: Do any Jewish Holly- K
wood stars have unusual
phobias?
A: Don't bring your

insect collection when
you're invited to Steven
Spielberg's home. The
famed director hates
them.
Roseanne (formerly
Barr and Arnold) and
Gene Shalit are afraid
Girls from Samarkand en route to Israel, where they can study to be artists, doctors or—yes
of flying. Houdini had
— engineers.
claustrophobia. Carly
to the Soviet Union's enemies.
Over the years, a
Simon fears crowds, and David
Soviet authorities determined number of Jews
Steinberg is afraid of snakes and
that engineering was relatively have come to re-
elevators. Radio talk-
immune from Jewish "cos- gard pig meat
show host Howard
mopolitanism" and "bourgeois as "the most
Stern hates
nationalism." Academically in- treife" foodstuff.
germs.
clined Jews were steered toward And they've evenX-
(This infor-
engineering (although Jews of- narrowed this
mation is from
ten were denied admission to col- down to certain
The Celebrity
leges and universities cuts of the ani-
Almanac by
altogether).
mal and the way the meat is
Ed Lucaire.)
The result was that two and served. Families who don't think
three generations of would-be twice about sitting down to a
Jewish artists, novelists and meal of bacon or pork ribs would
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