Jewishness in New York: Exception or Rule?

My interest in this chapter is to explore continuities in the "Jewishness of place or locale" that cut across the border -faced divisions among nations, or for that matter, between Israel and the Diaspora. How does physical distance from (or closeness to) the Jewish center relate to spiritual and psychological distance from the Jewish people? When you are a citizen of one place and you have a connection to another place, what happens to your identity? Which place is your real place?