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Die Y-Wort Debatte (Sonntaz) – The debate about that Y-Word

by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski2 Comments on Die Y-Wort Debatte (Sonntaz) – The debate about that Y-Word
English: the Four Frummers from http://www.fli...
English: the Four Frummers from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcasey/107392282/ Uploaded on March 3, 2006 by dcaseyphoto on Flickr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

DEUTSCH:

Der Fussballverein Tottenham Hotspurs hat ein Problem.  Die Fans bezeichnen sich als Yids, Juden auf Jiddisch.  Das trug unannehmliche Konsequenzen mit sich.  Wieso das so ist, und warum das zur Kontroverse führte, kann man in meinem “Stadtgespräch” Bericht in der Sonntaz nachlesen.

Hier Lesen:  https://www.taz.de/Tottenhams-Yids-Army/!124126/

ENGLISH: A report by me on the “Yids of Tottenham” and the issue with the “Y-word  in the current edition of the Sonntaz.  I lived in Stoke Newington, near Stamford Hill, between 1995 and 1998, and I am obviously Jewish.

 

Read here:  https://www.taz.de/Tottenhams-Yids-Army/!124126/

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Smicha und Zwirn | Smiha and Thread: Two remarkable men in Savile Row

by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski2 Comments on Smicha und Zwirn | Smiha and Thread: Two remarkable men in Savile Row
Fashion Men: Andrew Ramroop & Yosl Tiefenbrunn
Maurice Sedwell Studio
Andrew Ramroop O.B.E
Prof. Andrew Ramroop, O.B.E. owner and tailor of Maurice Sedwell and principal of Savile Row Academy
Maurice Sedwell (l). Experience in the Marine made him less prejudiced than his neighbours in Savile Row. | Auf Grund von Erfahrungen in der Marine hatte er weniger Vorurteile gegenüber Menschen anderer Herkunft.

German:  Die Geschichte zweier außergewöhnlicher Männer, ein Rabbiner aus London und ein Trinidadischer Schneider, die sich entgegen konventioneller Normen durchsetzten.  Mehr im Bericht in der Jüdischen Allgemeinen

Link: http://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/article/view/id/16447

English:

When I was asked by the Jüdische Allgemeine, the main German Jewish Weekly, to check on Yosl Tiefenbrunn, who is taking an apprentice at Maurice Sedwell‘s in Savile Row it was clear to me from the outset that his was not the only story.  That Prof. Andrew Ramroop, O.B.E.,  came with two suits from Trinidad, with his mind strongly set to become a Savile Row tailor and achieving this against racist prejudice, is a remarkable tale of human endurance, ambition and effort.  Ramroop follows a remarkable line of Trinidadians – but a relatively small island in the Caribbean – in relation to the UK, be it Claudia Jones, Eric Williams, or Lord Learie Constantine, and their own respective achievements.

That now he should have an apprentice who is an orthodox Chabad rabbi is certainly no mistake.  In fact, Andrew Ramroop told me he recognised that Tiefenbrunn may have difficulties convincing some to take him on, with his beard and special religious needs.  Tiefenbrunn’s interest and dedication to be a world-class tailor and introduce some nuances of individuality in Haredi fashion is unusual and astonishing at the same time.  But Tiefenbrunn notes that he is not the first Jewish tailor nor that the Orthodox Jewish world lacks tailoring today.

When you hear that Ramroop serves clients like Samuel L Jackson, and once designed for the late Lady Diana, against initial adversity, one wonders to what lengths the Rabbi with the needle will bring it.

The article can be read in German here:  http://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/article/view/id/16447

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