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Heat Wave update from The Greatest City In The World (ehe): it was a
whopping 105-107 (real feel temp) degrees for the past two days! IOW,
most of the heat wave concern has been for the Midwest and North East
Coast, particularly NYC! NY EMS had the 6th busiest day in its history.
It's so bad, The Empire State Building (world's most famous skyscraper)
had to dim some of its famous night lights to conserve energy!ehe In
case many are unaware (unless one is living under a UK boonie rock!eh),
when the holidays swing around, 30 Rock's (Top Of The Rock (observation
deck reopened) - the Crown Jewel of NYC) lights coincide with the color
of each particular ethnic holiday. Green for St. Patty's; Red, White &
Green for Xmas, etc. -D, NYC "They all laughed at Rockefeller Center,
now they're fighting to get in!" - TONY BENNETT (umpteenth celebrity
I-talian, penned by umpteenth sweet, sweet Jewish NYers, George & Ira
Gershwin (b. Gershowitz) - greatest pop-songwriters of all-time).."The
greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish
survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves" -
JERRY SEINFELD (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer - after being criticized
severely, in September 1995, for airing an episode of his television
show Seinfeld in which the characterization of a rabbi was deemed
offensive - taken from Great Jewish Quotations by Jews & About Jews -
By Alfred J. Kolatch).."Palestine should be as distinctly Jewish as
England is English" - CHAIM WEIZMANN (a comment made in 1919, from
Great Jewish Quotations: By Jews & About Jews" By Alfred J.
Kolatch.."In fact, I'm not really a Jew. Just Jew-ish. Not the whole
hog, you know" eh - JONATHAN MILLER (sweet Yiddish-British, from
Complete Beyond the Fringe, 1987, by Alan Bennett et al).."You give us
22 minutes, we'll give you the world" - 1010 WINS NEWS NY: AMERICA'S
MOST LISTENED TO NEWS RADIO.."Between 1892 & 1924, 16 million
immigrants entered America through Ellis Island - 71 % of all
immigrants in the United States - seeking freedom of speech, freedom of
religion, and economic opportunities" - LITTLE BIG BOOK OF NEW
YORK.."New York City has the most skyscrapers in the world with more
than 130" (ibid).."New York City owes its intellectual vitality to the
presence of the Jews...the only people in New York who love books with
a passionate yearning which transcends their attention to all
terrestrial manifestations" - FORD MADOX FORD (British Novelist,
"Horizon" - 1926).."The intellectual life is why I'm a New Yorker. It's
why I stay here. I spend my summers in Europe, and if they ask me if
I'm an American, I say, "No, I'm a New Yorker." I don't know about
everyone else, but for me that's a positive statement." - ALEXANDER
ALLAND JR.."Jewish education has, over the years, brought to New York
State the fruits of a proud heritage of learning, a history of
scholarly achievement and a tradition of progressive educational
involvement" - NELSON ROCKEFELLER (former US V.P., NY Governor -
1959-73).."The basis of successful business is honesty; a business
cannot thrive where the parties to it cannot trust each other. In the
matter of numbers of the Jew counts for little in the overwhelming
population of New York; but that his honesty counts for much is
guaranteed by the fact that the immense wholesale business houses of
Broadway, from the Battery to Union Square, is substantially in his
hands" - MARK TWAIN.."I thank God I was born on the banks of the
Hudson" - DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER, pseudonym of WASHINGTON IRVING
(Irving Plaza fame), poet/author, A History of New York - 1809.."The
only credential (New York) was the boldness to dream" - MOSS HART, act
one, 1959.."Excelsior - ever upward!" - NY STATE MOTTO.."I am
frequently asked whether anti-Semitism played a role in my initial cold
welcome to the Senate. It is possible...But...I never attributed
anything that happened to me to anti-Semitism..A personal snub or
problem can be dealt with, but if you succumb to the paranoia that your
opponent is fighting you because of your religion or ethnic background,
then you might as well give up entirely, because there is no way to
change your identity" - JACOB JAVITS, NY Senator, ala Jacob Javits
Center (world's most famous convention center), "busiest man in the
Senate," from his autobiography, in which he advised aspiring
politcians).."The Jewish kid (Koufax) is probably the best of them" -
CASEY STENGEL (In answer to the question, "Who was the finest pitcher
in baseball history?" Quoted in Geoffrey C. Ward's Baseball: An
Illustrated History, 1994).."Because I'm a Jew, of course, but more
than that, because I'm a human being, and I care about what goes on in
the world. I think the whole world must be concerned with Israel - this
country is the hope of the future. It combines the wisdom of the old
and the energy of the young. If Israel goes, the whole free world goes"
- SHELLEY WINTERS (b. Shirley Schrift, sweet Jew, raised in NYC, When
asked why she devoted so much effort raising funds for Israel. Quoted
in Elinor & Robert Slater's Great Jewish Women, 1994).."There is no
brighter chapter in the whole history of philanthropy than that which
could be written of the work of the American Jews in the last nine
years." - HERBERT HOOVER (31st US President, Quoted in Joseph C.
Heyman's article "Twenty-Five Years of American Aid to Jews Overseas,"
which appeared in American Jewish Yearbook, 1939-1940)


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"Darrin" wrote in message

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Heat Wave update from The Greatest City In The World (ehe): it was a
whopping 105-107 (real feel temp) degrees for the past two days! IOW,
most of the heat wave concern has been for the Midwest and North East
Coast, particularly NYC! NY EMS had the 6th busiest day in its history.
It's so bad, The Empire State Building (world's most famous skyscraper)
had to dim some of its famous night lights to conserve energy!ehe In
case many are unaware (unless one is living under a UK boonie rock!eh),
when the holidays swing around, 30 Rock's (Top Of The Rock (observation
deck reopened) - the Crown Jewel of NYC) lights coincide with the color
of each particular ethnic holiday. Green for St. Patty's; Red, White &
Green for Xmas, etc. -D, NYC "They all laughed at Rockefeller Center,
now they're fighting to get in!" - TONY BENNETT (umpteenth celebrity
I-talian, penned by umpteenth sweet, sweet Jewish NYers, George & Ira
Gershwin (b. Gershowitz) - greatest pop-songwriters of all-time).."The
greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish
survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves" -
JERRY SEINFELD (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer - after being criticized
severely, in September 1995, for airing an episode of his television
show Seinfeld in which the characterization of a rabbi was deemed
offensive - taken from Great Jewish Quotations by Jews & About Jews -
By Alfred J. Kolatch).."Palestine should be as distinctly Jewish as
England is English" - CHAIM WEIZMANN (a comment made in 1919, from
Great Jewish Quotations: By Jews & About Jews" By Alfred J.
Kolatch.."In fact, I'm not really a Jew. Just Jew-ish. Not the whole
hog, you know" eh - JONATHAN MILLER (sweet Yiddish-British, from
Complete Beyond the Fringe, 1987, by Alan Bennett et al).."You give us
22 minutes, we'll give you the world" - 1010 WINS NEWS NY: AMERICA'S
MOST LISTENED TO NEWS RADIO.."Between 1892 & 1924, 16 million
immigrants entered America through Ellis Island - 71 % of all
immigrants in the United States - seeking freedom of speech, freedom of
religion, and economic opportunities" - LITTLE BIG BOOK OF NEW
YORK.."New York City has the most skyscrapers in the world with more
than 130" (ibid).."New York City owes its intellectual vitality to the
presence of the Jews...the only people in New York who love books with
a passionate yearning which transcends their attention to all
terrestrial manifestations" - FORD MADOX FORD (British Novelist,
"Horizon" - 1926).."The intellectual life is why I'm a New Yorker. It's
why I stay here. I spend my summers in Europe, and if they ask me if
I'm an American, I say, "No, I'm a New Yorker." I don't know about
everyone else, but for me that's a positive statement." - ALEXANDER
ALLAND JR.."Jewish education has, over the years, brought to New York
State the fruits of a proud heritage of learning, a history of
scholarly achievement and a tradition of progressive educational
involvement" - NELSON ROCKEFELLER (former US V.P., NY Governor -
1959-73).."The basis of successful business is honesty; a business
cannot thrive where the parties to it cannot trust each other. In the
matter of numbers of the Jew counts for little in the overwhelming
population of New York; but that his honesty counts for much is
guaranteed by the fact that the immense wholesale business houses of
Broadway, from the Battery to Union Square, is substantially in his
hands" - MARK TWAIN.."I thank God I was born on the banks of the
Hudson" - DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER, pseudonym of WASHINGTON IRVING
(Irving Plaza fame), poet/author, A History of New York - 1809.."The
only credential (New York) was the boldness to dream" - MOSS HART, act
one, 1959.."Excelsior - ever upward!" - NY STATE MOTTO.."I am
frequently asked whether anti-Semitism played a role in my initial cold
welcome to the Senate. It is possible...But...I never attributed
anything that happened to me to anti-Semitism..A personal snub or
problem can be dealt with, but if you succumb to the paranoia that your
opponent is fighting you because of your religion or ethnic background,
then you might as well give up entirely, because there is no way to
change your identity" - JACOB JAVITS, NY Senator, ala Jacob Javits
Center (world's most famous convention center), "busiest man in the
Senate," from his autobiography, in which he advised aspiring
politcians).."The Jewish kid (Koufax) is probably the best of them" -
CASEY STENGEL (In answer to the question, "Who was the finest pitcher
in baseball history?" Quoted in Geoffrey C. Ward's Baseball: An
Illustrated History, 1994).."Because I'm a Jew, of course, but more
than that, because I'm a human being, and I care about what goes on in
the world. I think the whole world must be concerned with Israel - this
country is the hope of the future. It combines the wisdom of the old
and the energy of the young. If Israel goes, the whole free world goes"
- SHELLEY WINTERS (b. Shirley Schrift, sweet Jew, raised in NYC, When
asked why she devoted so much effort raising funds for Israel. Quoted
in Elinor & Robert Slater's Great Jewish Women, 1994).."There is no
brighter chapter in the whole history of philanthropy than that which
could be written of the work of the American Jews in the last nine
years." - HERBERT HOOVER (31st US President, Quoted in Joseph C.
Heyman's article "Twenty-Five Years of American Aid to Jews Overseas,"
which appeared in American Jewish Yearbook, 1939-1940)

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Since it's a sig, absolutely nothing!...say it again!ehe
War...ehe..what's it good for?..absolutely nothing!..say it
again!ehehee That's why it comes after the body of the message,
remember?!eh DOH! eh Then again, as the NY Yid of Tid, I have been
known to incorporate signature quotes & trivia as a topicality theme.
eh Now back to our regularly scheduled programming (ehe): NY heat wave
update: the death toll is 26 and climbing. While we had a few days of
seasonable weather, the humidity is still unbearable. And as Michael
"billionaire" Bloomberg (4th Jewish Mayor of NY) said: "Some people
just don't want to be helped!" He was alluding to the cooling centers
that he set up throughout the 5 boroughs. -D, NYC "Louis B. Mayer may
have changed his first name from the Jewish-sounding Lazar, but he
couldn't change his very Jewish characteristics. It was part of the
folklore at MGM that the studio commisary had to serve chicken soup
with real pieces of chicken in it for lunch every day, at 35 cents a
bowl, in honor of Mayer's long-deceased mother" - YENTA'S LITTLE
SECRETS: Welcome To Hollywood (excerpt from THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE
TO JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE by RABBI BENJAMIN BLECH).."THE FOUNDING
FATHERS: Carl Laemmle was born in a small village in Germany, fled from
the poverty of his background to come to America, and founded Universal
Pictures. Adolph Zucker was born in Hungary, became orphaned as a small
child, came to America lonely and unloved, and built Paramount
Pictures. William Fox, also born in Hungary, came to the States as a
poor immigrant selling soda and sandwiches and working as a chimney
sweeper until he one day founded the Fox Film Corporation. Louis B.
Mayer was born in Russia, fled his father's junkyard business, and
eventually headed up the greatest studio of all, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Benjamin Warner came from Poland to seek his fortune in America. Here
he worked as a cobbler in Baltimore, peddled notions from a wagon, and
tried to eke out a living so that he could feed his four sons, Harry,
Sam, Albert & Jack. Then he bought a broken movie projector and one
thing led to another, until incredibly enough, Warner Brothers was
born." - ibid.."Three circumcised Jews and three anemic Christians" -
THEODORE "Teddy" ROOSEVELT (26th US President, b. NYC, NY Governor, A
characterization of six editors of The New Republic, of which Walter
Lipmann was a senior editor. Roosevelt had once called the
twenty-five-year-old Lipmann "the most brilliant young man of his age
in the United States." The editors were critical of Roosevelt's
belligerency toward Mexico) ).."Mrs. Roosevelt and I and most of the
children know your very amusing and very pathetic accounts of East Side
school children almost by heart, and I...thank you for them. When I was
Police Commissioner I quite often went to the Houston Street public
school and was immensely...impressed by what I saw there. I thought
there were a good many Miss Ballies {the schoolteacher heroine of Miss
Kelly's stories} there, and the work they were doing among their
scholars (who were so largely of Russian-Jewish percentage, like the
children you write of) was very much like what your Miss Bailey had
done. - THEODORE ROOSEVELT (expressing his appreciation to author Myra
Kelly for her stories about Jewish children on New York's Lower East
Side. Her touching stories, such as "A Passport to Paradise," which
appeared in McClure's, November 1904, were favorites of the Roosevelt
family, from Great Jewish Quotations: By Jews & About Jews By Alfred J.
Kolatch).."I'm a New York City girl - it's a little too quiet around
here for me" - DALE (Flash Gordon, 1980)