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Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome. One has a cross in

front of him. The other one the Star of David.

 

Many people go by and look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat

of

the beggar sitting behind the cross. A priest comes by, stops and watches

throngs of people giving money to the beggar behind the cross, but none give

to

the beggar behind the Star of David.

 

Finally, the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star of David and

says:

"My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Catholic country. People

aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in

front

of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who has a cross. In

fact, they would probably give to him just out of spite."

 

The beggar behind the 'Star of David' listened to the priest, turned to the

other beggar with the cross and said: "Moishe, look who's trying to teach

the

Goldstein brothers about marketing."