This "game" of "Jewish geography" follows a simple pattern. One person asks, "You're from (name of city here )? Do you know (person's name here )?" The other one usually responds something like, "Sure, he sits behind my uncle in synagogue," or "I met her once at a youth group convention," or "She is really good friends with my sister's college roommate." Non-Jews often find it astonishing that such links are made so easily, but given both the relative smallness of the Jewish community - and the even smaller size of the Orthodox Jewish community - and the extensive overlapping social circles within these communities, it should not surprise too much. (xv ).