one of my favorite howard chaykin stories: he leaves me a voicemail and this is it, word-for-word:“Hey guy. It’s Chaykin. Everyone in comics thinks you’re a jew. Okay, talk to ya later.”
I am, alas, not of the tribe (I believe I had some ancestors that were made to convert upon arrival from Denmark. Actually before arrival. I don’t think they were let off the boat. Anyway best I can the Ashkenazi name was the only part of that family tree that survived encountering America). I’d still love to...