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Date Posted: 13:28:20 08/02/07 Thu
Author: Lynn
Author Host/IP: ip72-193-232-42.lv.lv.cox.net / 72.193.232.42
Subject: I went to a reform shule Barb...
In reply to: Barb 's message, "I grew up as you did, Lynn...changing dishes for the holidays....." on 13:08:25 08/02/07 Thu

Your gonna laugh at this one...

When I was younger a bunch of kids on a Friday evening went to an Orthodox synagogue and threw a bunch of pennies out in the middle of the street. They wanted to wait and watch what they would do when they came out of the synagogue. I could have told them that they would have picked them up, but that would have spoiled their fun. The kids had no idea how hard it was for most of these people before coming to America, and that 1 cent meant something to them. To the kids it may have seemed like a penny and what can a penny buy, but save 100 pennies and before you know it, you have a dollar. Them kids didn't even think about it because they probably had a dollar or more that they threw in the street. They could have bought ice cream or candy with it. Instead they wanted to make fun of the Jews. How sad.

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[> [> [> [> [> I think, Lynn................... -- Barb, 13:32:14 08/02/07 Thu [1] (clgrtnt3-port-9.dial.telus.net/161.184.44.9)

By the sound of it that those kids wanted to "prove" that Jews like their money! Isn't that one of the oldest and most misguided misconceptions of all! :-(

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Your so very right about that Barb... -- Lynn, 13:59:39 08/02/07 Thu [1] (ip72-193-232-42.lv.lv.cox.net/72.193.232.42)

they were called penny pinching in my day. That's why the kids did that. If they only knew of the struggles during the Depression, they would understand why so many people during that time who came from other countries held on tight to whatever money they had.

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