For Openers

Words To Live By ...
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By Goldfein
from my perch on the other side of 50
s the majority of American Jews moved from the inner cities
— way the other side!
to the suburbs in recent decades, several Jewish federations
Often, I will make reference to
adopted
names to reflect the new reality. Can you solve the
something or use an old saying and meet with
mystery
of
the following names, identifying the central cities
either an astounded reaction or a roll of the
where
"the
old
Jewish
neighborhood" once could be found, in the com-
eyes or a look that suggests, "What is he talk-
munities
served
by
the
Jewish federations of Metrowest, Northwest
ing about?"
Indiana, Greater East Bay, Tidewater and Southern New Jersey?
Whether we knew them as proverbs, apho-
risms or words to live by, many of us "senior
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of proverbs and the endings, which were pro-
vided by a fourth-grade teacher and gleaned
from the Internet by former staff writer
Lonny Goldsmith.
• Better to be safe than . . . punch a fifth
grader.
The folks of a flirty young bride
• Strike while the . . . bug is close.
Said, "Somehow, we wish we could hide
• Never underestimate the power of .. .
Her come-hither punim.*
Our new machetunim**
termites.
• Don't bite the hand that . . . looks
Must see that they're in for a ride!"
dirty.
— Martha Jo Fleischmann
• You can't teach an old dog . . . math.
* face
• Where there is smoke, there's . . . pollu-
** in-laws
tion.
• Happy is the bride who . . . gets all the
presents.
• A penny saved is . . . . not much.
• Children should be seen and not .. .
spanked or grounded.
"Russia has an unbelievable contradiction in the intelligence of the
• If at first you don't succeed . . . get new
people
and the lack of intelligence of the system. Never in history has
batteries.
such
an
unintelligent system produced so many intelligent people."
• Laugh and the world laughs with you;
— Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres speaking at
cry . . . and you have to blow your nose.
Wayne State University on Tuesday.
• It's always darkest before . . . daylight
savings time.
"I am a member of a Church that allowed the Jewish people to suffer
and to die. I am part of a Church that needs your forgiveness for the
Just because the old sayings aren't around
times and ways we have failed to respect our genuine brotherhood as
as much does not mean there isn't some
people of the Covenant."
sense being generated in the young. ❑
— Detroit's Cardinal Adam Maida, in an apology
— Sy Manello, Editorial Assistant
made at Temple Shir Shalom last erev Shabbat.

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