Yiddish or Gibberish?

It was a regular summer day in Harlem. My parents had driven down from the Bronx to go meet up with some old family friends. I was about 14 at the time, along with us were my two siblings. One of them 10, and the other 8. Now let's see 3 kids, one car and an immensely hot afternoon; you do the math! That was one not so pleasant event for our parents. Like most kids "Ma I'm hungry" was our favorite line. Our parents finally pulled over to get us something to eat a local pizzeria. YUM! I love love love pizza! But anyway, as we got out the car my mom sent me to get the pizza. So I'm walking and all of a sudden a tall white man in a suit, and flowers in his hands approaches me talking "gibberish". At least that's what it seemed like to me! The man seemed so determined to get me to understand him. Shortly after, another similar guy comes up to me, this time in English and says "sorry he thought you were Jewish like us" I was so shocked. According to the New York Times about 70,500 Jews live in the Upper West Side/Harlem area. So why was this such a shock to me? They're everywhere! I was informed that the Jewish man was just trying to sell me some flowers. He was just trying to make a living like everyone else. It's truly amazing to live in a city were we encounter so many different people daily. This was truly a amazing eye opening experience.

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Otterman, Sharon. "Jewish Population Is Up in the New York Region." New York Times [New york] 17 01 2013, n. pg. Web. 15 Feb. 2014.