{"id":106,"date":"2019-04-09T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/14-2\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2019-04-11T19:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:08:09","slug":"a-jew-matures-in-the-new-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/a-jew-matures-in-the-new-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A Jew Matures in the New World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jeff Schiff<\/h4>\n

Myself at your age I made $25 piecework a week $17 overtime<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Once in a while<\/span>\u00a0Papa and I<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 also<\/span>\u00a0took on the side a tuxedo<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

or\u2014<\/span>you should pardon the expression\u2014<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a<\/span>\u00a0christening ensemble<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0You think there is in this life always<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0easy choice<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Listen we are in America<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Baruch Hashem<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>because<\/span>\u00a0it was available steerage<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0your grandfather knew a man<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0From <\/span>nothing<\/span>\u00a0we saved passage<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Tante<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Rose we helped too<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Not that she would at first listen<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But<\/span>\u00a0what is without family<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>And<\/span>\u00a0why else are we here<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You think there is some pleasure in bending<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0nakht<\/span><\/i>\u00a0aun tog<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

over<\/span>\u00a0Peter Pan collars<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0novelty button holes\u2014<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Shabbos<\/span><\/i>\u00a0too\u00a0<\/span>don’t<\/span>\u00a0forget<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>oh<\/span>\u00a0sure for this we got double)<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0but<\/span>\u00a0how much betrayal<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 is<\/span>\u00a0worth an extra few dollars<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>But enough already<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Life is to enjoy<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Simcha<\/span><\/i>\u00a0for everybody<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Could it hurt for\u00a0<\/span>once<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 bigshot<\/span>\u00a0wiseguy knowfromeverything<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to<\/span>\u00a0pay attention with your heart<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Wait and see<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 One day <\/span>you’ll<\/span>\u00a0do for your own the same<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 What else<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is our pleasure<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeff Schiff Myself at your age I made $25 piecework a week $17 overtime\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Once in a while\u00a0Papa and I\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 also\u00a0took on the side a tuxedo\u00a0\u00a0 or\u2014you should pardon the expression\u2014\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a\u00a0christening ensemble\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0You think there is in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}