Thanksgiving Day

There are many things to be thankful for. As a Jew, I give thanks three times a day. However, I don't mind celebrating Thanksgiving. For some reason, many, if not most New York Orthodox Jews refuse to celebrate this Holiday much as they refuse to celebrate Yom Hatzmot. Is there anything that these people are thankful for?!
Well, I am thankful for G-d, for family, for a job, for my health and the health of my family, for electricity, for cars, for technology and many more things (not in any specific order).
But, this post is not actually about giving thanks. This post is about 3 letters that I read in the "Country Yossi" magazine. CY happens to be one of the better Jewish mags that are out there and as many magazines, it has a "letters to the editor" section. I read three letters in this month's edition that reminded me of why I hate this place and the mentality of the people here.

I will comment on the letters that I read.
1) The first letter is by some guy who is freaking out about Jewish concerts that don't meet his standards. At one concert that he attended it "had Israeli male dancers with their shirts flying out and halfway opened and no undershirt underneath." At another concert he "had to walk out...where they featured a... rap singer singing songs that sounded like the songs... coming from a red racing sports car zooming down the highway". This is one of those "holier than thou" guys who is preaching what people should and should not do... EVEN THOUGH HE IS GOING TO THE CONCERTS!! What an ass. As long as he was wearing his white shirts, black pants, etc., it's OK for him to attend the concert. Well, sir, if you don't enjoy the Jewish concerts, STAY IN YOUR HOUSE!! Leave everyone else the hell alone.
2) The next letter comes from "a single mother of three and struggling to make ends meet every month." Apparently, this women "was diagnosed with skin cancer and her surgery on her face to remove basal cell carcinoma." She had recently left one job to go to a new job. Her old boss, who in her words, "owns a beautiful home and is an executive of a prospering business," had his secretary call her to tell her that if she "wanted medical coverage from after the 12th of the month (her last day) until the end of the month, she should pay for it." I am not saying that this guy should have paid for it, although that is exactly what I am saying. People have no mercy and no compassion. It is not a community. It is everyone for themselves.
3) The last letter comes from some person who is pissed off at the attitude of the Jewish store owners. We have all had issues with purchasing, exchanging, returning items from or to a Jewish owned store. I am not saying that every Jewish store owner is an ass. But the same New York Jewish attitude that these people bring to their shuls and schools is what they bring to the stores they own. I personally have decided not to shop at a couple of Jewish owned store after receiving bad service. Maybe these people think that their brethren will shop at their stores no matter what. Well, not me.

These are the people that I live with in New York. They are the reason that I want to get out of here. Fast.
Happy Thanksgiving.