Dan Wackerman
Dan Wackerman
clubs country higher jews politely shut wasp
It's the genteel anti-Semitism of the time. Jews were politely shut out of the country clubs and the higher echelons of WASP culture.
aware drifted extent goes lost soul
He's not aware of the extent to which he's drifted away from the old neighborhood. He's been assimilated into the world of his wife, and he's lost his identity, and his soul goes with it.