"I refuse to help Israel's war effort because I'm as sorry for a wounded Arab as I am for a wounded Israeli. People fundamentally are all the same and I can't discriminate. People should have no greater concern for the suffering of one race than they have for any other. I believe in, and want to help as far as I can, to understand mankind and what ever color, creed, religion, or nationality. And I think this sort of philosophy, however broad and general it sounds, is the only basic one that the leaders of the world can work from to attain world peace."
-- Brian Epstein

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* Of course Brian was the 5th ~ The Beatles were unable to exist without him *
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Am I the only one in the world who would have totally given up ever seeing The Beatles become famous ~ if it meant Brian would have been okay? :(

Shabbat Shmooze ~ Nu?	Mar. 1st, 2008 @ 07:17 pm

I feel obligated to provide a shmooze... if anyone cares.
So here's something I had put on hold just in case this sort of situation cropped up and I didn't feel like bothering:

( So, nu? )

Tags: shabbat shmooze, yiddish

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Shabbat Shmooze ~ Sorry I'm late, so kvetch about it why don't you? ;P	Oct. 27th, 2007 @ 10:56 pm

So I missed Shabbos, so sue me. We were otherwise occupied. I've got a good excuse and it's called goyishe kop!

Consequently, because I recently signed up for Vekslblat – The Yiddish World of Michael Wex's monthly e-zine – I'll just nick a little anecdote from his site. I was quite amused by this little incident that happened to him recently ~

From website The Yiddish World of Michael Wex

"Rabbi! Rabbi!" It's the same tone of voice that calls out "Medic!" in war movies.

"I'm not a rabbi."

"Fine, don't be a rabbi. Just help me."

( 'Nu? What can I do?' )

by

Michael Wex, author of Born To Kvetch

Tags: humor, shabbat shmooze, yiddish

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The Oys of Yiddish and the Joys of Paul Simon	Nov. 26th, 2005 @ 07:57 pm

I often wonder if Eppy understood Yiddish*, and his opinion of the language, considering his repressed self-hatred of his Jewishness. (He once turned down management of a very young Paul Simon because he "looks too Jewish" ... !)

I'm almost positive zayde (grandfather) Isaac, an immigrant from Lithuania, must have spoken it. If the Epstein family was anything like mine with the Polish language (my father's paternal grandfather came from Poland) then daddy Harry would at least have known a few choice words and phrases.

What tickles me the most about Yiddish is that so many of its words and phrases have been adopted into the American lexicon. Sometimes a person isn't even aware he's using a Yiddish word.

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Recently I found evidence that Eppy did indeed speak yiddish, in the following:

"Recognizing his negotiating skills, the Shorins sent Sy to London in 1964 to negotiate the rights for Topps to produce Beatles trading cards. Arriving without an appointment, Sy succeeded by speaking in Yiddish to Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topps#Company_history ( Read more... ) ~*~*~

Speaking of Paul Simon:

( pictures! )
Many, many more photos - and lots of other goodies! - can be found at Paul-Simon.Info
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Tags: 60s, beatles, brian epstein, fifth beatle, jewish, paul simon, yiddish

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