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“Good afternoon. To what do I owe the honor of this visit?” asked the rabbi, trying not to appear fearful. “I have news to discuss with you, Rabbi, because we’ll be having an important visitor Monday, and he has to talk to you and some of the other leaders of the Jews.”
Оглавление“Yes, come in. And what does he want to talk about?”
“I don’t know all the details, but what I do know is that the Czar is interested in all his subjects. He is concerned about the fact that you Jews don’t take advantage of the fine education we provide for young Russians, so the Czar is trying to make some improvements.”
“We’re grateful to the Czar for allowing our children to enter into his schools,” said the rabbi with veiled sarcasm, “but as you know we have our own schools, which we have used for many centuries.”
