Are Jews more likely to live in MD or DC than VA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Restrictive covenants were also used in Kenwood (CC, MoCo), I believe.

Restrictive covenants were everywhere.

There is a pocket of a few streets in Silver Spring that were developed for the purpose of giving Jews a place to live, because it was difficult for them to buy in "good" (read: anti-Semetic) neighborhoods. All of the original owners on those streets were Jewish (and many still are today).

[Anonymous]

Many neighborhoods in DC Maryland Virginia and throughout the US had restrictive covenants forbidding sales to those of the Jewish faith and Negroes (the covenants' terminology not mine). These covenants remain in the chain of title but are no longer enforceable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many neighborhoods in DC Maryland Virginia and throughout the US had restrictive covenants forbidding sales to those of the Jewish faith and Negroes (the covenants' terminology not mine). These covenants remain in the chain of title but are no longer enforceable.

They were also used in northern states as well. De facto segregation was accidental as it may have appeared at first glance. I believe they became unconstitutional in 1948.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Restrictive covenants were also used in Kenwood (CC, MoCo), I believe.

Restrictive covenants were everywhere.

There is a pocket of a few streets in Silver Spring that were developed for the purpose of giving Jews a place to live, because it was difficult for them to buy in "good" (read: anti-Semetic) neighborhoods. All of the original owners on those streets were Jewish (and many still are today).

PP -- I'm curious. I grew up in Silver Spring and am wondering what streets/neighborhood this was. Do you know where this original Jewish area was/is? Am guessing it's near Har Tzeon. Am I right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many neighborhoods in DC Maryland Virginia and throughout the US had restrictive covenants forbidding sales to those of the Jewish faith and Negroes (the covenants' terminology not mine). These covenants remain in the chain of title but are no longer enforceable.

Can those be explicitly erased? My Dad did something like that with the street I grew up on. When the farmer who owned the original property sold and left, he organized the street and they removed the covenant somehow. I'd ask but he is deceased. I suppose it's not important, but I think he couldn't stand looking at the thing on a piece of paper, like it was tacit support of racism.

This was Missouri.

[Anonymous]

This has been an educational thread! I'm from Baltimore, which has a large Jewish population. Since moving to VA, I've noticed that there seem to be a ton of Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Restrictive covenants were also used in Kenwood (CC, MoCo), I believe.

Restrictive covenants were everywhere.

There is a pocket of a few streets in Silver Spring that were developed for the purpose of giving Jews a place to live, because it was difficult for them to buy in "good" (read: anti-Semetic) neighborhoods. All of the original owners on those streets were Jewish (and many still are today).

PP -- I'm curious. I grew up in Silver Spring and am wondering what streets/neighborhood this was. Do you know where this original Jewish area was/is? Am guessing it's near Har Tzeon. Am I right?

The pocket includes Watson Road and Harvey Road, which are just off Dale Drive between Georgia and Route 29. Original occupants included Ben Stein and Carl Bernstein.

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Michael Bloomberg's parents had to have their lawyer purchase their house and them sell it back to them so that their name wouldn't show up in the deed.