Or, maybe, just maybe, I didn't like the piece.  Maybe, I wanted more about her pain and her coping with it and less about the cultural stigma about Jews and money.  That's the part that felt forced and shoehorned.  I have no doubt that the author took solace in picking up coins.  I do doubt that she had the battle of conscience about being Jewish and doing so.  In the end, still love her writing and still love Jewcy, except for your Sex and the City rip-off blog, that's pretty terrible all around.  In fact, because I've led such a sheltered life, I can say that the thirty seconds I spent reading it were the most "painful hard times" I have ever experienced.  I haven't found a coping mechanism to make your opinions or writing palatable yet.  

for "Post Most Obviously Written By a College/Grad Student". Yeah, I really liked how saw right through my conjecture yet managed to weave in an author from one of your assigned readings all while establishing a paradigm that was purely metaphorical in context.  Congrats to you, you won the argument.  After reading your post, I no longer believe in God.

Keeping Jewish women down?!  Where, down on the line Bloomingdales?!  I don't think there is lack of celebrating Jewish accomplishments.  In fact, on the Upper West Side, I wish the celebrating could be kept down to a quiet roar, especially at breakfast.  I'm just trying to eat my bagel, I could care less about the deal you closed or the brief you helped edit.

That being said, I felt that every question asked of Ms. Angel's mother was another twist of the dagger.  I don't mind Ms. Angel exploiting herself for money, but I felt that this interviewed relished her Mom's pain.