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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (203889)	9/21/2006 10:20:51 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

No, I didn't forget anything that was relevant to the point. Have you ever known any German Jews from that period (or Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Austrian, etc.--they were all shipped out)? I have. Many. Most of my closest friends for some reason have been children of people who were kicked out, luckily left before the shit hit the fan, and whose parents still have the numbers engraved on their arm. My father-in-law is one. They aren't, for the most part, especially observant Jews. But they remained Jews. They live in Jewish neighborhoods. Many of them go to synagogues occasionally, contribute to and work for Jewish charities (my father would say, "I've never seen a Christian work for Jewish charities" when I asked him why he spent much of his free time working at 2 particular organizations). She was in the US, not Tunisia anymore. A different place. Still anti-semitic and restrictive, for sure, when Allen was growing up and when she came here. But not dangerous, except in a few neighborhoods. Oh, nevermind, what's the difference. For heaven's sake, Madeleine Albright's parents did the same thing--and he was a fairly well known guy. How they kept that a secret from her I have no idea. And why they kept it a secret--it makes me nauseous.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (203889)	9/21/2006 10:33:43 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"What they put my father through. I always was fearful," Etty Allen said in a telephone interview. "I didn't want my children to have to go through that fear all the time." a sensitive comment,no doubt. I wonder how Mr. Allen, how kept a confederate flag in his office for years, would reflect on such a comment if it was made by a black constituent about their concerns reflected by the flag he displayed as a public servant. Makes you wonder if he gets it now!