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Ateeq Ahmad's avatar

Thanks for writing this Peter. I am a big admirer of your thinking. For the longest time, I was concerned that my daughters would have to prove their "red white and blue" -ness as Muslims in this country. It is very satisfying to see being Muslim as being rather boringly normalized in the USA these days. Yes, I do live in NY but still, it is nice to see that dual vision is being accepted and also normalized now. You just said is better than I could. Thank you!

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Irwin Rosenthal's avatar

wonderful column. I have found South African Jews fascinating: a old friend. Lionel Sacks, who passed away years ago had been sent to a Catholic school when he was eight, then spent his life traveling the world with only the money his father sent him; also the wife of a nephew and her family -accomplished....then there is the issue of race....

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