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> The Journeyman Historic Interpretation Glossary
> A dictionary of common-usage terms used in Historic Interpretation and
> Living History
> Cloth-Jew: A tailor of historical costumes who is overly stingy with
> period-appropriate cloth. Coined by Joe Albert Blunt,
> Chattanooga-Chickamauga National Battlefield
At the risk of seeming to be politically correct, might I point out that
anti-Semitism isn't funny or enlightening? What a shame to see this
offensive and inaccurate stereotype perpetuated through a mailing list for
museum professionals. If this is indeed common usage at a public historical
site, I think there's a little educating to be done.
As Abraham Lincoln said, in rescinding General Grant's notorious 1862 Order
#11 expelling Jewish traders (in fact, all Jews) in the Mississippi valley:
"to condemn a class is, to say the least, to wrong the good with the bad."
Lincoln would not allow any American to be pre-judged or classified on the
basis of religious affiliation, and Grant later apologized.
Carol Ely, Ph.D.
Museum Consultant, Louisville
author, "Jewish Louisville: A Social History" forthcoming 2003
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