Posted on 12/29/2013 8:00:50 AM PST by the scotsman
'The thriving cotton industry brought Jewish merchants to the southern states of the US in the 19th Century. Their synagogues once attracted hundreds of worshippers but now, many Deep South Jewish communities are preparing to shut up shop.'
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Um, I could be wrong, but, isn’t using the word “cotton” and “south” in the same line of thought considered racist now? Sure wouldn’t want to offend anybody. Hehehehehe.
Good story, excellent pictures.
Why does it require a foreign publication to do such a respectful and touching article on a disappearing part of America?
There are stories like this and of this quality in the New York Times, regularly.
I understand that most here won’t read that paper because of the politics, but they are the only publication that I am aware of in America, that still does these types of stories.
If you are willing to look past their politics, which I am, you can still read interesting and in-depth articles there.
Rupert Murdoch, on the other hand, destroys every newspaper he touches, relegating them to stories about nothing of importance, such as which Kardashian has done which nonsensical thing on any given day.
The Wall Street Journal also remains a home for interesting news stories.
Ping.
Probably for the same reason the foreign press is the most reliable source for info on various US government scandals and scams.
Very interesting. Thank you.
I was all over Mississippi, Alabama, and, Georgia for years and don’t recall seeing any cotton being grown more than a couple or three times. Could be I just wasn’t in the right places but I didn’t see near as much as I expected to see. There use to be a LOT of cotton grown in West Texas but these days so much of that farm land is dormant as well.
You may want to tout the New York Times and slam Rupert Murdoch but you got a major fact wrong in your attack. Murdoch owns the Wall Street Journal, which you praise in your last sentence.
Well the local Urnalists are pretty busy right now - protecting the ØbaMessiah is a full time job.
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That is the best Mug Ever!
But Shouldn't it Say "Yuns"?
Y'all is more Texan.
It’s too bad the New York Times can’t be trusted... because you’re right - they still have the manpower to put out interesting stuff. But that’s past for me now - I subscribed until they let Okrent go - then a gave ‘em up. It was just too much.
You’ll run into you’uns and we’uns in the Blue Ridge but outside of that region, y’all is pretty universally southern.
Wow, sad.
There seems to be a thriving Jewish community in some southern cities, at least, like charleston.
What the writer is lamenting is the loss of small town America not a particular region (though that’s all he can see). People get tired of the ‘big city’ way of life and eventually move back to small town America. This is not unique to Jewish communities. It is true for all communities.
The point he makes about the loss of small towns is touching
I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and I say “ yall”. But it’s usually followed by a “hon”.
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