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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. continued from page 5 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