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matt linquist says:

September 13, 2009 at 3:57 AM

richard,

kleyzemer is famous musical instruments shop in dizengof center, israel’s oldest inner city shopping mall…surprised you didn’t know this

occassionally, in front of the mall are pan handlers (although you don’t have much of those in israel).

matt linquist – dakota boy (non jew) in israel

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- Richard Silverstein says:
  
  September 13, 2009 at 11:13 AM
  
  Thanks for that info. My time in Israel has mostly been spent in Jerusalem. That is something I would correct were I living in Israel now (the last times I actually lived in Israel were when I was an undergrad & grad student).
  
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Michael says:

September 14, 2009 at 3:44 AM

The point is that, many of the musician panhandlers are recent Russian immigrants. The irony is that instead of being inside, in the fancy musical instrument chain store, they are outside, eking out a living on the street.

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orgo says:

September 15, 2009 at 3:58 PM

michael — does the cartoon have a kind of racist view of russians?

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- Michael says:
  
  September 15, 2009 at 5:55 PM
  
  D’you think? I’d guess that anyone with a sense of humor would not take offense – but then again I’m not a Russian Israeli.
  
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