[Bananafish] presentations and questions

[The Mad Hatter]

The facts is that his mother, Irish-Catholic, apparently pretended to be 
jewish in order to marry her husband, Sol. Doris (salingers' sister) and J.D 
only found out in their 20's that infact they were NOT jewish even though he 
had has his bartmitzvha (I imagine that in those years the mother-jewish 
legacy was much more relevant). There must be some sort of rebuttal 
there...which might have istigated embracing eastern cultures so fondly. 
Also..there are some elements in the Kabbalah which are infact very similar 
to eastern cultures, though he chose to dig into them...resorting to 
catholic driven appraisal. in his tacitness, he oubviously took the most 
stereotypycal elements of the nyc jewish society (well off bourgeoise in a 
park avenue apartment) and added a catholic spin to it...the house is 
described are worn out, shabby, as Bessie (which would have brought the 
Jewish heritage in the first place)...meekness and modesty attaining more to 
the Christian setting.
my view..
:)
V.M.

>From: Christopher Kubica <info at applicationarch.com>
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>Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 11:44:46 -0400
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>I think probably not as well. I think he tried to hide the Jewish side, 
>even
>in his name (Jerome David). Plus, he embraced Eastern religions in his
>writings openly, not the Old Testement. Plus, there was an awful lot of
>Anti-Semitism in the world during his formative years and surely in the USA
>in the 40s and 50s. Just my take.
>
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>
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> > From: James Rovira <jrovira at drew.edu>
> > Organization: Drew University
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> > Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 08:06:13 -0400
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> > Subject: Re: [Bananafish] presentations and questions
> >
> > Wow, a real Salinger question. Relevant to what?  Franny and Zooey?  All
> > Salinger's work in general?  Some specific works but not others?  In
> > that order:
> >
> > 1. Probably not.
> > 2. Probably not.
> > 3. Certainly to "Down at the Dinghy" but perhaps not elsewhere.  Not
> > really sure beyond that one story.  BUT, if it's there...it could be
> > elsewhere.
> >
> > Margaret Salinger makes much of Salinger's Jewishness and argues it's
> > very much reflected in his work in her memoir -- Dreamcatcher.  She
> > comes across like a gossipy Jewish mother complaining about a
> > recalcitrant family member.
> >
> > Because she is.
> >
> > Jim R.
> >
> > The Mad Hatter     wrote: >>To you all brave and bold...do you think the
> > jewish element is relevant?
> >
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