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07-24-2016 08:55 AM - edited 07-24-2016 09:21 AM
It's opposite.
Gentile commonly means 'non-Jew'.
The club was a restrictive Jewish country club...occasionally lifting that requirement for open membership.
Restrictive clubs aren't new...and still exist today. They're not billed as 'restrictive', but they're out there.
Columbian Country Club: Here in Dallas it was defined as Jewish membership only. Just recently as 2000, the membership #s were dropping & eventually in 2006 they had to close down the Country Club. It's now re-branded as a golf club where $$$$ is the barrier.
Augusta National:
1975: first year a Black man was able to play the course.
1990: first year an Africian-American was granted club membership.
Tiger Woods first played at Augusta in 1997. Only eight years earlier....THE Tiger Woods would've been able to play at Augusta, but if he wanted to become a member? Forget it.
Augusta and women members? Only recently as 2012, they finally let women in.
07-24-2016 09:12 AM
07-24-2016 09:26 AM
Great advice!
07-24-2016 09:34 AM
07-24-2016 09:35 AM - edited 07-24-2016 09:36 AM
@Mz iMac wrote:
@Noreen wrote:I should clarify. I would want it to be a place that welcomes everyone.
I belong to a "private" social/country club that I did not realize was open to "Gentiles." Every few years, the club has "open" memberships. Been a member for 20+ years now.
I initially went w/a "non-Gentile" friend. That is when I found out there were separate fees if you did not want to take advantage of all the club had to offer.
I pay a yearly fee for their "spa" package. My yearly package fee has been drastically reduced (more than 1/2) because I am a "senior."
Package includs the use of the olympic pool, spa/massage, steam room, jacuzzi & excercise classes.
@Mz iMac One of the many "perks" of being a "senior!"
07-24-2016 11:55 AM
"Maybe you could clear this up?"
The first 2 paragraphs of sidsmom's post cleared it up quite nicely. A Gentile is a non-Jew. Nothing more, nothing less.
Surprised many here did not know this!
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"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."
07-24-2016 12:07 PM
Okay, this will seem off the wall but how lucky your Ma has an Elvis club. I wish there was some kind of Prince club I could join around here where like minded folks could meet and dance around to his music.
Alas I have to be satisfied with fan pages like Housequake and Prince Vault. I just participated in a live stream (got the heads up from Housequake on my day off) of George Clinton's 75th birthday party concert in Amsterdam.
Lots of the folks that chatted throughout the concert are also Prince fans. It was neat - folks from all over the world.
I get it where I can , rofl.
07-24-2016 12:17 PM
07-24-2016 12:20 PM
I'll check it out. It's hard to find folks who had the endurance to stick with Prince his whole career. In their defense, the man didn't make it easy.
07-24-2016 12:22 PM
This really isn't funny - I went to the site and keyed in Prince. Got two hits for a local substance abuse recovery group.
Hmm, maybe I'll work the facebook angle.
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