Comments on: Just Call him McDavid http://jcarrot.org/just-call-him-mcdavid Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aliza http://jcarrot.org/just-call-him-mcdavid/comment-page-1#comment-2998 Aliza Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:44:31 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/just-call-him-mcdavid/#comment-2998 balabusta, I left out another quote from the article, that I considered putting in, but decided against so as to keep the post short and sweet: "Jews are not immune to poverty. Between 8 and 9 percent of American Jews live below the poverty line, which in 2006 was $16,079 for a family of three and $20,614 for a family of four. America's overall poverty rate is higher and growing. According to numbers culled from the 2006 census by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 12.3 percent of Americans live below the poverty line. " Perhaps I should have included it. balabusta, I left out another quote from the article, that I considered putting in, but decided against so as to keep the post short and sweet:

“Jews are not immune to poverty. Between 8 and 9 percent of American Jews live below the poverty line, which in 2006 was $16,079 for a family of three and $20,614 for a family of four.

America’s overall poverty rate is higher and growing. According to numbers culled from the 2006 census by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 12.3 percent of Americans live below the poverty line. ”

Perhaps I should have included it.

]]> By: balabusta http://jcarrot.org/just-call-him-mcdavid/comment-page-1#comment-2997 balabusta Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:34:16 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/just-call-him-mcdavid/#comment-2997 It's really weird for someone in the official Jewish community to assume that there are no low-income Jews who might need foodstamps. Wait, did I say it was weird? No. It's really too damned normal for someone in the official Jewish community to assume that no Jews are poor. After all, he didn't seem them in schul on the hagim. (Oh yeah, they can't afford the tickets or the synagogue dues.) It’s really weird for someone in the official Jewish community to assume that there are no low-income Jews who might need foodstamps.

Wait, did I say it was weird? No. It’s really too damned normal for someone in the official Jewish community to assume that no Jews are poor. After all, he didn’t seem them in schul on the hagim. (Oh yeah, they can’t afford the tickets or the synagogue dues.)

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