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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You clearly have problems with jewish people.  You call us insular, but when my family arrived here, we were only allowed to live is specific neighborhoods -- jews were not allowed in many places in the 50's and 60's....and there are still exclusive clubs that do not allow jews.  The communities that allowed jews became predominately jewish (if there was a significant jewish population in the region).

I have lived in places that were majority jewish; and I have lived in towns where I was the only jewish person.  Hell, in 1975, at the age of 11, we had a cross burnt in our yard.  I was not invited to anything there.

There are predominantly jewish clubs:  Woodmont Country Club is an example.  But, it was founded because non of the other clubs around would allow jews.  Get you facts straight![/quote]

Jews certainly weren't the only minority excluded in the US by far. Get your facts straight. Not sure the background of the MD jewish area, but I think they just had more democrats than in VA and were not part of the confederacy, therefore more jews moved there than to VA. I haven't heard of any neighborhood that built up because of some exclusive behavior by non-jews. You could be right, but at this time more jews move to MD because there are more jews there. Nonetheless, jews aren't excluded now from any non-religious establishment and many have been living in the US for decades, so why do some still behave as if they can only associate with other jews on a personal level? From wikepedia "Oftentimes children will attend Hebrew School with the sole purpose of learning how to read Hebrew for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. In these cases, the students will mostly learn the Hebrew words that are in the Torah portion they will be reciting." These are the types of families I grew up around and their exclusive behavior was pervasive in every activity. You still haven't answered the question of why these families feel the need to associate solely with other jews? What is the huge cultural connection that draws them together? Many of these children couldn't even tell me basic information about jewish history, language, ceremonies, etc. They just acted like they belonged to some exclusive country club.[/quote]

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