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rsdsharp

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1. I was today years old when I found out Beth Meyerson was Jewish.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Sep 10, 2022, 07:25 PM

Sep 2022

She was ubiquitous on TV game shows when I was a kid. I never knew, and wouldn’t have found it important if I had, although I understand that others do — for good or ill — especially given when she was crowned Miss America.

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Just months after the revelations of the Holocaust's devastation, Bess Myerson was crowned [View all] elleng Sep 2022 OP

I was today years old when I found out Beth Meyerson was Jewish. rsdsharp Sep 2022 #1

me too. have a lot of jewish friends mopinko Sep 2022 #4

Good for her. She moved on past those anti-Semitic creeps... brush Sep 2022 #2

And thankfully most of those exclusive clubs are relics. Not all, and many are still subtly erronis Sep 2022 #3