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To: zonder who wrote (68863)	3/19/2003 8:56:44 AM
From: Fred Levine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

I don't know any group that doesn't feels some sense of superiority and ethnic pride. Even the Polish (variant of an old Lenny Bruce schtick--VBG!). I did, in a PM, relate a story of someone making offensive anti-gentile statements during a sermon in a synagogue. However, the story is not complete unless it related the call from the rabbi--immediately after sundown--apologizing for the slur. My wife is gentile. The rabbi was very specific saying that he wanted everyone feeling welcomed in the synagogue. Others in the synagogue also expressed apologies. However, a major concern of American Jewry is assimilation and intermarriage. The last statistic I saw claimed that 40% of Jewish males are marrying out of the religion. That doesn't sound like a statement of wholesale contempt of gentiles. fred