Goys in the Hood? (was Re: answering jody Re: pynchon-l-digest V2 #1582)

[davemarc]

From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
>
> Not a five minute walk from the house that TRP grew up in is
> Holocaust sculpture that would offend no one in their right
> mind. It's good to remember that TRP was born in 1937, he
> grew up where the largest urban Jewish community lived, 1.75
> million Jews lived in NYC's five Counties, Westchester and
> Long Island. Also, after the War, Jews moved into the area
> in huge numbers. In TRP's Town, several large Temples and
> Catholic churches were built during his youth.
>
I'm not sure what this signifies, but I'm curious about the religious
composition of the Pynchon family's actual neighborhood.  After all, NYC,
Westchester, and Long Island comprise a sizable chunk of territory that was
not at all homogenous.  To either side of Pynchland (in Suffolk County, Long
Island and in Yorkville, Manhattan) were outposts of Nazi sympathizers.

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