NYC Moms/Dads: Is It Possible to Get Into HYP From NYC Without a Hook?

marite
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:16:25 +0000

I found this article about the history of Jews in academia. Interestingly, it makes a reference to the “bagel” anecdote but does not attribute it to Rosovsky who otherwise figures prominently in the story and is described as turning down the Yale presidency in 1977 because the selection of a Jew for an Ivy League university would no longer be news.

The article cites as its source for the anecdote a work that was published in 1968. Either it is wrong, or the article you cited, which has the meeting occuring in 1969 or 1970 is wrong, at least as to the date.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n3_v46/ai_20119170/pg_6

If you don’t know what an inner city is, and whether there is one in NYC, you can read the pages of the NYT. HFAI does not seem to have any trouble.