by David Shasha Ah, those New York Jews. Woody Allen, Philip Roth, Ed Koch, Alfred Kazin. Katz’s Deli, Zabar’s, Pastrami Sandwiches, Lox and Bagels, Matzoh Ball Soup, Chopped Liver, Gefilte Fish. The Lower East Side. All one big Ashkenazi world. I was once told a story by Mickey Kairey, one of the patron saints of…