Word: haimish
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...mitzvah speech and by the fact that her interest in religion has also drawn her parents to Judaism. To Oppenheimer, “her bat mitzvah was the antidote to Scarsdale. For all these Jews who had joined BEKI because it was low-key and haimish, not materialistic or trendy, she was proof that their community could raise a different kind...
...obvious from the moment he walks in that Mervyn, the haimish furrier, will hook up with Sara, the assimilated banker. Charles Cioffi makes it all seem logical, however, and even manages to get through a tortured scene involving the Concert of Europe without seeming too much of a cliche. Richard Frank walks a similarly thin line as Geoffrey, the bisexual director who proclaims that "love is love, gender is merely spare parts." Frank, entertainingly gay (no pun intended) as he and McMurtrey cavort around the house, is also capable of pulling off quite serious moments in the second...
...World War II military service as an infantry sergeant in Europe, New York University Law School, a moderately successful private practice. He first got into politics during the 1952 Stevenson campaign. Koch served as a street speaker then, and again four years later, developing a style that is more haimish-homey-than sophisticated or rousing. A Yiddish lilt flavors his speech, and a phrasemaker...
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