Gotham City Soul

Yesterday, I saw this on my twitter feed: " questlove Questo of The Roots Its just hittin me: as much jewish people I got on payroll, NADA ONE has invited me to the crib for dinner this week! # reUP ?" I laughed because I was thinking the same thing as Questlove : Where was my Passover dinner invitation? I have a number of close Jewish friends who love me, I know they do, yet nada . I understand that it is deeply spiritual and important celebration of the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. But I also know that Christians are allowed to participate, and years ago, some time in the early 1990s, I did participate in the only Passover seder I've ever been to. At the time I was palling around with a young woman who is the daughter of a renowned television journalist. We had met over our dogs in Tompkins Square Park. It was a week or so before Passover and she was surprised to hear I'd never been to one meal. S...

From: Manning Marable Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 4:55 PM To: Peterson, Audrey Subject: RE: Affirmative Action, Brown v. Board of Education, et. al Dear Audrey, Thanks for your email. I may have told you about my chronic illness, sarcoidosis, which my physician now says probably was responsible for elevating my calcium levels, which led to the creation of kidney stones. Anyway, the bad news is that I've just learned that the ilnness, which was in remission for seven years, is now active again, and I'm going to have to devote more time just to health maintenance. To make a long story short, this means that I will need to cut back on some writing projects I wanted to do this summer, and unfortunately that included my article ideas for your magazine. Don't worry--I have a sabbatical leave in 2004 so I'm sure that I'll be able to contribute something of value to your excellent publication. Yours, Manning -----Original Message----- From: Peterson, Audr...