My parents, Bud Rubin and Peggy Charlap Cohen Rubin — a devoted married couple — never accommodated America's everyday, anti-Semitic false stereotypes and never changed their names. Normalized anti-Semitic stereotypes are the worst form of anti-Semitism. The "intellectual, funny, neurotic, good-with-money Jew" stereotypes have gone on for centuries, internalized and promoted by too many Jewish People. Accommodating those stereotypes enables the violent forms of anti-Semitism.
My parents were a faithful couple for over 59 years.
They were strong on family values and mind-body health. They instilled their values, self-discipline, and open minds in their children — no contract needed.
