“Those people,” said George.
When I heard those words at the UES dinner table, uttered by George (a pseudonym) a senior citizen lawyer, “with impeccable manners,” forced out of his law partnership by partners who attend shul, my visceral reaction was to tear in to him, but I decided not to embarrass my hostess, who had often uttered the same, or similar …
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