/taxonomy/term/64 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /with-prejudice-july-august-14-incisive-observer-maureen-lipman-alex-berlyne <p><b>Author:</b>Maureen Lipman</p>My column is entitled &quot;With Prejudice&quot; in homage to Alex Berlyne, whose column of that name ran in the Jerusalem Post for many years. Alex was my husband Jack Rosenthal's first cousin. He'd emigrated to Israel in 1949, and we didn't meet until the Nineties, but I'd long relished Jack's tales about Alex, his brothers and their shared Manchester childhood.<br /><br />The three Berlyne boys, all geniuses according to Jack, were encouraged by their mother Annie to be erudite, creative and curious. It was, and is — can you 'ear me, Mr Farage? — the way of immigrant families: the first generation sweats in sweatshops and on market stalls to give their kids the education that enables them, ultimately, to patronise their parents. <br /><p><a href="/with-prejudice-july-august-14-incisive-observer-maureen-lipman-alex-berlyne"><span>read more</span></a></p> /with-prejudice-july-august-14-incisive-observer-maureen-lipman-alex-berlyne#comments Alex Berlyne Family Israel Jack Rosenthal Jerusalem Post LS Lowry SJ Perelman With Prejudice Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:19:24 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 5648 at http://standpointmag.co.uk