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On hearing that President Calvin Coolidge had died:
"How could they tell?"

#DorothyParker #Parker

On hearing that President Calvin Coolidge had died:
"How could they tell?"

#DorothyParker #Parker

Dorothy Parker, una vida de palabras y de ingenio

Dorothy Parker, nacida Rothschild el 22 de agosto de 1893 en Long Branch, Nueva Jersey y fallecida el 7 de junio de 1967 en Nueva York, es una figura literaria estadounidense que marcó su época con su humor cáustico, sus agudezas y su mirada incisiva sobre la sociedad urbana y patriarcal del siglo XX. Ella es parte de los fundadores de la revista internaci…

#Akerix #IA #AI #DorothyParker
https://akerix.com/on-this-day/06-07-dorothy-parker-1967

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."

Resumé - #DorothyParker

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."

Resumé - #DorothyParker

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."

Resumé - #DorothyParker

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."

Resumé - #DorothyParker

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."

Resumé - #DorothyParker

Hearts2Hearts -- Juun

In 1926, Dorothy Parker published "News Item", her two line poem claiming that spectacles make a woman unattractive.

"Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses."

A century later, Juun is one of many Kpop idols who might persuade us to think otherwise.

#Kpop #KpopPix #Juun #Hearts2Hearts #DorothyParker #Glasses #Spectacles

Hearts2Hearts -- Juun

In 1926, Dorothy Parker published "News Item", her two line poem claiming that spectacles make a woman unattractive.

"Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses."

A century later, Juun is one of many Kpop idols who might persuade us to think otherwise.

#Kpop #KpopPix #Juun #Hearts2Hearts #DorothyParker #Glasses #Spectacles

Hearts2Hearts -- Juun

In 1926, Dorothy Parker published "News Item", her two line poem claiming that spectacles make a woman unattractive.

"Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses."

A century later, Juun is one of many Kpop idols who might persuade us to think otherwise.

#Kpop #KpopPix #Juun #Hearts2Hearts #DorothyParker #Glasses #Spectacles

Hearts2Hearts -- Juun

In 1926, Dorothy Parker published "News Item", her two line poem claiming that spectacles make a woman unattractive.

"Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses."

A century later, Juun is one of many Kpop idols who might persuade us to think otherwise.

#Kpop #KpopPix #Juun #Hearts2Hearts #DorothyParker #Glasses #Spectacles

Hearts2Hearts -- Juun

In 1926, Dorothy Parker published "News Item", her two line poem claiming that spectacles make a woman unattractive.

"Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses."

A century later, Juun is one of many Kpop idols who might persuade us to think otherwise.

#Kpop #KpopPix #Juun #Hearts2Hearts #DorothyParker #Glasses #Spectacles

Words of Comfort to be Scratched on a Mirror Helen of Troy had a wandering glance; Sappho's restriction was only the sky; Ninon was ever the chatter of France; But oh, what a good girl am I! #DorothyParker #Parker

>> Notiz-Nachtrag zu #DorothyParker: spinn ich, bin ich doof, oder gibt es tatsächlich immer noch keinerlei Text-Sammlung von Parkers politischem Wirken, ihren Reden, ihren Beiträgen z.B. zu der in Hollywood verlegten »Anti-Nazi News«?

https://calisphere.org/item/8087762503a885d07195e9fabef0ed46/

#FrauenLesen #Antifa

>> Notiz-Nachtrag zu #DorothyParker: spinn ich, bin ich doof, oder gibt es tatsächlich immer noch keinerlei Text-Sammlung von Parkers politischem Wirken, ihren Reden, ihren Beiträgen z.B. zu der in Hollywood verlegten »Anti-Nazi News«?

https://calisphere.org/item/8087762503a885d07195e9fabef0ed46/

#FrauenLesen #Antifa

>> Notiz-Nachtrag zu #DorothyParker: spinn ich, bin ich doof, oder gibt es tatsächlich immer noch keinerlei Text-Sammlung von Parkers politischem Wirken, ihren Reden, ihren Beiträgen z.B. zu der in Hollywood verlegten »Anti-Nazi News«?

https://calisphere.org/item/8087762503a885d07195e9fabef0ed46/

#FrauenLesen #Antifa

>> Notiz-Nachtrag zu #DorothyParker: spinn ich, bin ich doof, oder gibt es tatsächlich immer noch keinerlei Text-Sammlung von Parkers politischem Wirken, ihren Reden, ihren Beiträgen z.B. zu der in Hollywood verlegten »Anti-Nazi News«?

https://calisphere.org/item/8087762503a885d07195e9fabef0ed46/

#FrauenLesen #Antifa

>> Notiz-Nachtrag zu #DorothyParker: spinn ich, bin ich doof, oder gibt es tatsächlich immer noch keinerlei Text-Sammlung von Parkers politischem Wirken, ihren Reden, ihren Beiträgen z.B. zu der in Hollywood verlegten »Anti-Nazi News«?

https://calisphere.org/item/8087762503a885d07195e9fabef0ed46/

#FrauenLesen #Antifa

Als Teen über den Haffmans Verlag entdeckt, bis heute Fan von #DorothyParker. Schön, dass ›mythic woman‹ nun auf ihrem YT-Kanal einen schönen Biographie-Essay über sie bietet.

Typisch: gibt zwar (feinen) Film über ihre lebhaften Läster-Zeiten im New York der 1910er/20er, aber keinen über ihr Engagement als politische Korrespondentin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, ihre #Antifa-Leidenschaft in Hollywood, oder wie McCarthy-Wüten ihr den Mund verbieten wollte.
>>

https://youtu.be/Ebf8quB3b5Q

#FrauenLesen

Als Teen über den Haffmans Verlag entdeckt, bis heute Fan von #DorothyParker. Schön, dass ›mythic woman‹ nun auf ihrem YT-Kanal einen schönen Biographie-Essay über sie bietet.

Typisch: gibt zwar (feinen) Film über ihre lebhaften Läster-Zeiten im New York der 1910er/20er, aber keinen über ihr Engagement als politische Korrespondentin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, ihre #Antifa-Leidenschaft in Hollywood, oder wie McCarthy-Wüten ihr den Mund verbieten wollte.
>>

https://youtu.be/Ebf8quB3b5Q

#FrauenLesen

Als Teen über den Haffmans Verlag entdeckt, bis heute Fan von #DorothyParker. Schön, dass ›mythic woman‹ nun auf ihrem YT-Kanal einen schönen Biographie-Essay über sie bietet.

Typisch: gibt zwar (feinen) Film über ihre lebhaften Läster-Zeiten im New York der 1910er/20er, aber keinen über ihr Engagement als politische Korrespondentin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, ihre #Antifa-Leidenschaft in Hollywood, oder wie McCarthy-Wüten ihr den Mund verbieten wollte.
>>

https://youtu.be/Ebf8quB3b5Q

#FrauenLesen

Als Teen über den Haffmans Verlag entdeckt, bis heute Fan von #DorothyParker. Schön, dass ›mythic woman‹ nun auf ihrem YT-Kanal einen schönen Biographie-Essay über sie bietet.

Typisch: gibt zwar (feinen) Film über ihre lebhaften Läster-Zeiten im New York der 1910er/20er, aber keinen über ihr Engagement als politische Korrespondentin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, ihre #Antifa-Leidenschaft in Hollywood, oder wie McCarthy-Wüten ihr den Mund verbieten wollte.
>>

https://youtu.be/Ebf8quB3b5Q

#FrauenLesen

Als Teen über den Haffmans Verlag entdeckt, bis heute Fan von #DorothyParker. Schön, dass ›mythic woman‹ nun auf ihrem YT-Kanal einen schönen Biographie-Essay über sie bietet.

Typisch: gibt zwar (feinen) Film über ihre lebhaften Läster-Zeiten im New York der 1910er/20er, aber keinen über ihr Engagement als politische Korrespondentin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, ihre #Antifa-Leidenschaft in Hollywood, oder wie McCarthy-Wüten ihr den Mund verbieten wollte.
>>

https://youtu.be/Ebf8quB3b5Q

#FrauenLesen

Under interrogation by the FBI in 1952: Listen, I can't even get my dog to stay down. Do I look like someone who could overthrow the goverment? #DorothyParker #Parker

"I have never met anyone worth knowing who had fewer than four feet." - Dorothy Parker (But I admit from memory) #BookWormSat #caturday #dogs #DorothyParker

https://www.europesays.com/ie/325155/ Richard Avedon’s Portraits of Aging Go On View at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Botox #ChampsElysees #ChetBaker #Design #DorothyParker #DukeEllington #Éire #Entertainment #GabrielleChanel #IE #ImageCentreInToronto #Ireland #JeanRenoir #JohnFord #MarianAnderson #MaryDaileyDesmarais #MetropolitanOpera #MontrealMuseumOfFineArts #PaulRoth #RichardAvedon #rolleiflex #SamuelBeckett #TracyDoyle #TrumanCapote #verdi

Kortom

https://judyelf.edublogs.org/kortom
#DorothyParker #lightverse #vertalingen #BlueMonday #zelfmoord #leven #opgeven #volhouden #tussendroomendaad

❝𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳-𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦.❞

So here Sam reveals some of those classic one-line roasts that would give today’s celeb beefs a run for their money.

⤵️ #bookblog #DorothyParker
https://www.booknotification.com/blog/6-times-dorothy-parker-absolutely-roasted/

❝𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳-𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦.❞

So here Sam reveals some of those classic one-line roasts that would give today’s celeb beefs a run for their money.

⤵️ #bookblog #DorothyParker
https://www.booknotification.com/blog/6-times-dorothy-parker-absolutely-roasted/

Unfortunate Coincidence By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying - Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying. #DorothyParker #Parker

On being told that Harold Ross had called her on her honeymoon demanding belated copy: "tell him I've been too fucking busy - or vice versa." #DorothyParker #Parker

Did I enjoy the party? One more drink and I'd have been under the host. #DorothyParker #Parker

"It looks strange and it looks strange, and it looks very strange, and then suddenly it does not look strange at all, and you cannot understand what made it look strange in the first place."

Poet Gertrude Stein, quoted by great physicist and master of the English language John Archibald Wheeler, quoted by his pupil and master physicist Kip S Thorne. (I love this chain.)

Absolutely the rule of genuine discovery, and the secret to becoming a discoverer. Embrace strangeness.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.06623

#JohnArchibaldWheeler #KipSThorne #DorothyParker #discovery #EmbraceStrangeness #noAI

"It looks strange and it looks strange, and it looks very strange, and then suddenly it does not look strange at all, and you cannot understand what made it look strange in the first place."

Poet Gertrude Stein, quoted by great physicist and master of the English language John Archibald Wheeler, quoted by his pupil and master physicist Kip S Thorne. (I love this chain.)

Absolutely the rule of genuine discovery, and the secret to becoming a discoverer. Embrace strangeness.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.06623

#JohnArchibaldWheeler #KipSThorne #DorothyParker #discovery #EmbraceStrangeness #noAI

"It looks strange and it looks strange, and it looks very strange, and then suddenly it does not look strange at all, and you cannot understand what made it look strange in the first place."

Poet Gertrude Stein, quoted by great physicist and master of the English language John Archibald Wheeler, quoted by his pupil and master physicist Kip S Thorne. (I love this chain.)

Absolutely the rule of genuine discovery, and the secret to becoming a discoverer. Embrace strangeness.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.06623

#JohnArchibaldWheeler #KipSThorne #DorothyParker #discovery #EmbraceStrangeness #noAI

"It looks strange and it looks strange, and it looks very strange, and then suddenly it does not look strange at all, and you cannot understand what made it look strange in the first place."

Poet Gertrude Stein, quoted by great physicist and master of the English language John Archibald Wheeler, quoted by his pupil and master physicist Kip S Thorne. (I love this chain.)

Absolutely the rule of genuine discovery, and the secret to becoming a discoverer. Embrace strangeness.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.06623

#JohnArchibaldWheeler #KipSThorne #DorothyParker #discovery #EmbraceStrangeness #noAI

"It looks strange and it looks strange, and it looks very strange, and then suddenly it does not look strange at all, and you cannot understand what made it look strange in the first place."

Poet Gertrude Stein, quoted by great physicist and master of the English language John Archibald Wheeler, quoted by his pupil and master physicist Kip S Thorne. (I love this chain.)

Absolutely the rule of genuine discovery, and the secret to becoming a discoverer. Embrace strangeness.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.06623

#JohnArchibaldWheeler #KipSThorne #DorothyParker #discovery #EmbraceStrangeness #noAI

Under interrogation by the FBI in 1952: Listen, I can't even get my dog to stay down. Do I look like someone who could overthrow the goverment? #DorothyParker #Parker

Of the Yale prom: "If all those sweet young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised." #DorothyParker #Parker

Coda

There's little in taking or giving,
There's little in water or wine;
This living, this living, this living
was never a project of mine.
Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is
The gain of the one at the top,
For art is a form of catharsis,
And love is a permanent flop,
And work is the province of cattle,
And rest's for a clam in a shell,
So I'm thinking of throwing the battle--
Would you kindly direct me to hell?

-- Dorothy Parker

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #DorothyParker

Coda

There's little in taking or giving,
There's little in water or wine;
This living, this living, this living
was never a project of mine.
Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is
The gain of the one at the top,
For art is a form of catharsis,
And love is a permanent flop,
And work is the province of cattle,
And rest's for a clam in a shell,
So I'm thinking of throwing the battle--
Would you kindly direct me to hell?

-- Dorothy Parker

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #DorothyParker

Coda

There's little in taking or giving,
There's little in water or wine;
This living, this living, this living
was never a project of mine.
Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is
The gain of the one at the top,
For art is a form of catharsis,
And love is a permanent flop,
And work is the province of cattle,
And rest's for a clam in a shell,
So I'm thinking of throwing the battle--
Would you kindly direct me to hell?

-- Dorothy Parker

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #DorothyParker

Coda

There's little in taking or giving,
There's little in water or wine;
This living, this living, this living
was never a project of mine.
Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is
The gain of the one at the top,
For art is a form of catharsis,
And love is a permanent flop,
And work is the province of cattle,
And rest's for a clam in a shell,
So I'm thinking of throwing the battle--
Would you kindly direct me to hell?

-- Dorothy Parker

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #DorothyParker

Coda

There's little in taking or giving,
There's little in water or wine;
This living, this living, this living
was never a project of mine.
Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is
The gain of the one at the top,
For art is a form of catharsis,
And love is a permanent flop,
And work is the province of cattle,
And rest's for a clam in a shell,
So I'm thinking of throwing the battle--
Would you kindly direct me to hell?

-- Dorothy Parker

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #DorothyParker

Of an actress who, she was told, had fallen and broken a leg in London: "Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister." #DorothyParker #Parker

You know, that woman speaks eighteen languages. And she can't say "No" in any of them. #DorothyParker #Parker

On writing for films: "I don't believe the films have anything to do with writing except in a crossword puzzle kind of way. Writing a script is drawing together a lot of ends which can be worked into a moving picture." #DorothyParker #Parker

On writing for films: "I don't believe the films have anything to do with writing except in a crossword puzzle kind of way. Writing a script is drawing together a lot of ends which can be worked into a moving picture." #DorothyParker #Parker

On writing for films: "I don't believe the films have anything to do with writing except in a crossword puzzle kind of way. Writing a script is drawing together a lot of ends which can be worked into a moving picture." #DorothyParker #Parker

Telegram to an actress who finally had her baby after many carefully contrived appearances during her long pregnancy: "GOOD WORK. WE ALL KNEW YOU HAD IT IN YOU." #DorothyParker #Parker

Telegram to an actress who finally had her baby after many carefully contrived appearances during her long pregnancy: "GOOD WORK. WE ALL KNEW YOU HAD IT IN YOU." #DorothyParker #Parker

Telegram to an actress who finally had her baby after many carefully contrived appearances during her long pregnancy: "GOOD WORK. WE ALL KNEW YOU HAD IT IN YOU." #DorothyParker #Parker

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In addition to admiring Dorothy Parker's wit and literary virtuosity, I feel linked to her because we are both....what term should I use?

-- "half jewish". Ugh, no! Observant Jews reject this term because the traditional rule is one is either a Jew through matrilineal descent or conversion or not a Jew The division is binary, so no third status exists. Even those Reform authorities who are prepared to consider patrilineal descent plus a Jewish upbringing as sufficient for community membership do not entertain associate membership; one either is or isn't a Jew. In addition, the term "half jew", with its undertones of mongrel pollution of pedigree, has more than a faint sound of antisemitism.

-- "of Jewish heritage". Hopelessly unspecific - does it apply to a person whose only known Jewish forebear was a great great grandfather? In addition, it is also unfortunately reminiscent of the use of the genteelism "Jewish person" instead of the supposedly offensive "Jew" , similar to the replacement of the blunt "die" by "pass". So no to that one too!

-- "of patrilineal Jewish decent". Accurate, but a horrible mouthful that sounds like a piece of medico-legal terminology rather than everyday English. I suppose, however, it's the best I can think of right now; if you have any better suggestions, please put them in replies to this post!

But wait! There's more....

Dorothy Parker | National Postal Museum

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-3-literature-multifaceted-writers/dorothy-parker

#DorothyParker #Jews #HalfJews #JewishHeritage #WhoIsAJew #Matrilinearity #Patrilinearity

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In addition to admiring Dorothy Parker's wit and literary virtuosity, I feel linked to her because we are both....what term should I use?

-- "half jewish". Ugh, no! Observant Jews reject this term because the traditional rule is one is either a Jew through matrilineal descent or conversion or not a Jew The division is binary, so no third status exists. Even those Reform authorities who are prepared to consider patrilineal descent plus a Jewish upbringing as sufficient for community membership do not entertain associate membership; one either is or isn't a Jew. In addition, the term "half jew", with its undertones of mongrel pollution of pedigree, has more than a faint sound of antisemitism.

-- "of Jewish heritage". Hopelessly unspecific - does it apply to a person whose only known Jewish forebear was a great great grandfather? In addition, it is also unfortunately reminiscent of the use of the genteelism "Jewish person" instead of the supposedly offensive "Jew" , similar to the replacement of the blunt "die" by "pass". So no to that one too!

-- "of patrilineal Jewish decent". Accurate, but a horrible mouthful that sounds like a piece of medico-legal terminology rather than everyday English. I suppose, however, it's the best I can think of right now; if you have any better suggestions, please put them in replies to this post!

But wait! There's more....

Dorothy Parker | National Postal Museum

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-3-literature-multifaceted-writers/dorothy-parker

#DorothyParker #Jews #HalfJews #JewishHeritage #WhoIsAJew #Matrilinearity #Patrilinearity

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In addition to admiring Dorothy Parker's wit and literary virtuosity, I feel linked to her because we are both....what term should I use?

-- "half jewish". Ugh, no! Observant Jews reject this term because the traditional rule is one is either a Jew through matrilineal descent or conversion or not a Jew The division is binary, so no third status exists. Even those Reform authorities who are prepared to consider patrilineal descent plus a Jewish upbringing as sufficient for community membership do not entertain associate membership; one either is or isn't a Jew. In addition, the term "half jew", with its undertones of mongrel pollution of pedigree, has more than a faint sound of antisemitism.

-- "of Jewish heritage". Hopelessly unspecific - does it apply to a person whose only known Jewish forebear was a great great grandfather? In addition, it is also unfortunately reminiscent of the use of the genteelism "Jewish person" instead of the supposedly offensive "Jew" , similar to the replacement of the blunt "die" by "pass". So no to that one too!

-- "of patrilineal Jewish decent". Accurate, but a horrible mouthful that sounds like a piece of medico-legal terminology rather than everyday English. I suppose, however, it's the best I can think of right now; if you have any better suggestions, please put them in replies to this post!

But wait! There's more....

Dorothy Parker | National Postal Museum

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-3-literature-multifaceted-writers/dorothy-parker

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