I enjoyed reading this! I had no idea who Alexander Payne is but as it turns out I've seen and enjoyed two of his movies.
I mixed up Maureen McHugh and Maureen McTeague.
Yiddish was my father's L1, but my mother learned it in school (she went to a socialist atheist Jewish Day School). They spoke it when they didn't want us to understand, so I don't speak it.
IME in the non-Orthodox world, Tikun Olam refers to social justice activities.
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Date: 2007-10-16 07:52 pm (UTC)I mixed up Maureen McHugh and Maureen McTeague.
Yiddish was my father's L1, but my mother learned it in school (she went to a socialist atheist Jewish Day School). They spoke it when they didn't want us to understand, so I don't speak it.
IME in the non-Orthodox world, Tikun Olam refers to social justice activities.