“…the shaved blanch’d faces of orthodox citizens…”

Whitman, “Faces,” -Leaves of Grass

In the early twentieth century, when Jews came to America, they chose to shave their beards. Today, one might choose to grow one. When Freud chose to eat pork, it was because he had something to prove. Today, in America, when I choose not to eat pork, it is because I have something to prove.