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W
hy is this summer different
from all other summers?
Because for the first time in
my life, I’
m spending more than two
months of a summer in New York City.
My wife and I have a brand-new
granddaughter there,
and we were asked if
we’
d be interested in
helping out for a little
while. It took my wife
about five minutes to
book an apartment on
66th and Broadway. So
now I’
m kind of living
the life of a real New
Yorker. I even carry a subway pass in
my wallet, so I’
m pretty sure that makes
it official.
I have been to New York many times,
both for business and pleasure, but
always for just a few days. But when
you’
re here for a few months, it’
s an
entirely different mindset. You don’
t
feel compelled to pack everything into a
tight schedule. You can leisurely explore
Central Park, stop and listen to street
musicians, compare the best gelato
street vendors (Lincoln Center, hands
down), study the architecture and just
get lost in the vibe of the city. In other
words, you can experience a true New
York state of mind.
Of course, the city is crazy expen-
sive. That’
s hard to get used to. Going
to the movies cost my wife and me
almost $50. Lunch can easily cost close
to $100. And a nice dinner … fugged-
aboutit! Let’
s put it this way, I’
m done
complaining about the price of things
in Detroit.
One thing this Detroiter could not
get used to is celebrity spotting. I prac-
tically brushed into Sean Lennon and
Liam Neeson. And then there’
s the
story of my close encounter with none
other than Jackie Mason. I was sitting at
a deli when suddenly in walks my all-
time favorite comedian. He sits down
next to me, and for a while I tried my
best to act like it was no big deal (I am
a New Yorker, after all). But the Oak
Parker in me could no longer restrain
himself and I just had to say hello. He
was instantly friendly, funny and doing
schtick for me. I was having a private
audience to a Jackie Mason show!
I told him his one-person Broadway
show was hysterical and he immediate-
ly asked me if I ever saw it.
“Well, not exactly,
” I admitted. “But I
saw it on YouTube.
”
“So I lost money on you!” He
snapped back.
He was in a talkative mood and I
soaked up every moment of it. He
loved all the accolades I was giving
him, and he didn’
t seem to be in a rush
to end the conversation. He asked what
I did for a living, and when I told him
I was a lawyer he said “Oy, I’
m sorry to
hear that.
”
Just a normal day in NYC.
New York is, of course, the largest
essay
Summer in the City. New York City
Jew-hatred that fueled Adolf Hitler’
s
murdering crusade — one reason we
needed a safe Jewish haven to begin
with.
If you doubt BDS’
bias against Jews,
consider why it denies the existence of
the one Jewish state in the world while
ignoring human rights violations in 50
Muslim-majority nations without chal-
lenging any Islamic country’
s right to
exist. I don’
t see Omar boycotting Saudi
Arabia’
s honor killings, beheadings or
the lashing of rape victims for adultery.
Omar has denied being anti-Semitic,
but her ongoing vendetta against Jews
seems irrational. When I read Ayaan
Hirsi Ali, another Muslim Somalian
who was elected to Dutch Parliament,
explain how she was raised in Somalia
to be a virulent anti-Semite indoctri-
nated with anti-Zionism that she is
only slowly learning to overcome, I
wished Omar would follow suit.
The answer to hatred and race bait-
ing is not more hate and racial division.
By pushing her intolerance and bias
against Jews, Omar is alienating obvi-
ous allies and further splintering her
own party. Paradoxically, she’
s only
helping bolster the real enemy against
her: Trump’
s white nationalism. ■
Originally from West Bloomfield, Susan Shapiro
is a New School professor and co-author of The
Bosnia List and author of The Byline Bible. She
will be at Temple Israel Aug. 21 to talk about her
new book, Barbie: 60 Years of Inspiration. This
essay originally appeared in Newsday.
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Mark Jacobs
continued on page 8
Comedian
Jackie Mason
and Jacobs
Jacobs and his buddy Greg Bernhardt at the
Celebrate Israel Parade down 5th Avenue