[RobRoy]

Yeah, were they just racially Jewish or were they Jewish religiously too. Makes a big difference.

[wardaddy]

They were Jewish identity-wise...very unreligious. I din't socialize with any Hassidic or other uber-Orthodox. I did business with them but they are pretty clannish when it comes to hanging with Goys. I knew a lot of Israelis both in NYC and Israel. They spanked for the most part.

Having said that, I don't think Jews as a whole are as stoic with children as Southern Wasps. There seems to be less of the old credo "children are to be seen and not heard". Of course today, I think many folks including myself bend that rule quite a bit more than our parents or grandparents did.