An Outsider with Inside Perspective

Urban Drash is H.D. Levy's attempt to provide social commentary, to expose and explore issues, to release the chains Rouseau references when he wrote "Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains."

Born near the Gateway to the West, H.D. Levy was weaned on baseball, music, and life of the mind. World Series, NHL All Star Game. Lionel Richie, Bon Jovi, Prince, Ywengvie Malmstein, Springsteen, seventy-three Grateful Dead concerts, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, and Bo Didley. Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonegit Jr., and Irwin Kula. H.D.'s hometown was a cultural hub.

Proud alum of the Midwestern University that boasts "where fun goes to die," H.D. Levy completed graduate work at a New York City seminary. In the process of amassing a varied professional curriculum vitae, H.D. established residency in six metropolitan areas from Denver to New York City.

In an effort to provide a better life for his children, H.D. relocated his family to Rochester, New York.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Initial neighborhood response

In an effort to provide further context for the Tale of Two Cities article, Urban Drash will post a series of emails made available to the blog.

This first email was sent at 10:24am May 1, 2011, less than 24 hours after the anti-Semitic incident in Brighton. The email, from a Home Acres resident, speaks for itself...


From: ------------------ [mailto:-----------------]

Sundown last night began the Jewish Observance of Yom HaShoah, the remembrance of the Holocuast.

Last night around 11::00 visitors to, or residents of, Home Acres, chose to light a Swastika in gasoline on Edgemere between Southern Parkway and Eastland.

My daughter came upon it while walking home from a friend's house and showed it to my wife, who informed the police.

We are appalled and deeply disappointed that something like this could happen in our neighborhood, which we love.

I'd like to ask the board to ask the town to get the asphalt repaired/replaced as quickly as possible to remove this stain from our neighborhood.

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