CIRCA 1950′S- TO THE LATE 1960′S EVERY AMERICAN JEWISH WOMAN OF THAT ERA IN AMERICA, BASICALLY NEW YORK JEWISH WOMAN HAD TO HAVE A MINK STOLE.

NO SELF RESPECTING JEWISH WOMAN WAS WITHOUT ONE………………

WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT IS LOWER INCOME JEWISH WOMAN WHOSE HUSBANDS MAYBE BROUGHT HOME $100 A WEEK IF THEY PUT IN 10 HRS OF OVERTIME IF THEY WERE LUCKY. EVERYTHING WAS SACRIFICED SO THAT THEY CAN WEAR A MINK STOKE EVEN PERHAPS THEIR CHILDREN’S DENTAL WORK OR A SUMMER VACATION OR EVEN A BETTER APARTMENT EVERYTHING HAD TO GO FOR A STOLE

THOSE JEWISH WOMAN OF THAT ERA HAD  HAVE A MINK STOLE.

MAYBE WORE IT ONCE A YEAR TO BE SEEN AND PRETEND ”WEALTHY STATUS AND UTTER THE WORDS WHO HA LOOK AT ME WHO HA . THAT ALONG WITH MAH JONG IS A PASSING ITEM IN JEWISH HISTORY, MY OWN MOTHER SACRIFICED GETTING BRACES FOR MY BUCK TEETH  IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR HER TO WORE THAT STOLE ONCE A YEAR . MAYBE 3 TIMES TOTAL IN HER LIFE AND UTTER AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS WHO HA LOOK AT ME WHO HA

HOW SAD , BUT EVERY ONE OF THE LOWER INCOME NEW YORK JEWS  KNOWS WHAT I”M TALKING ABOUT.

MY FRIENDS MOTHER PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS BACK AND HE FOUND HER MINK STOLE  HE GAVE IT TO HIS DAUGHTER (GRANDDAUGHTER) SHE WEARS IT ON HALLOWEEN.LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW OR COMPREHEND THAT STOLE IS A PART OF AMERICAN JEWISH TRADITION /END