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California Jews

I’m from Los Angeles, California. And to say the least, there are a lot of Jews there. I was raised by Jews, grew up with Jews, went to school with Jews etc. etc. It’s not that Los Angeles is only Jewish. In fact it is very diverse. There just seem to be a lot of every type of person. The point is that never in my life did I ever have to face that fact that I am part of a group of people that make up less than .09% of the world.
During my first week at the University of Michigan, I met many people who had never met a Jew before in their lives. Many people made comments like “oh, that’s so Jewish” or “I Jewed him” down. The comment that bothered me the most occurred during my first week at the University of Michigan. I was riding the bus to Central Campus and was talking to another freshman. I was telling him how I was from Los Angeles and that I loved movies. He then proceeded to say, “oh, well you must be Jewish. I mean if you’re from LA and you like movies.......


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