Anti-Semitism is not rational, as is evident by this story:
Ida Nudel tells about the time trainload of fresh oranges was coming to Moscow from the Ukraine. Anyone interested should come to the train station. Thousands came and waited all night. At dawn, the commissar announced only a truckload, not a trainload. Jews had to leave.
Others waited at the truck depot.
At dusk another bulletin: Only a carload, not a truckload. Only communist party members could remain.
Then they announced that just a single crate of oranges and only Communist Central Committee members could get one.
Finally,after another wait they announced it was a mistake. No oranges at all were coming. A frustrated member of the Central Committee turned to others and said, "See, the Jews always get the advantages; they were the first to be sent home."
from Chutzpah, Alan Dershowitz
Ida Nudel tells about the time trainload of fresh oranges was coming to Moscow from the Ukraine. Anyone interested should come to the train station. Thousands came and waited all night. At dawn, the commissar announced only a truckload, not a trainload. Jews had to leave.
Others waited at the truck depot.
At dusk another bulletin: Only a carload, not a truckload. Only communist party members could remain.
Then they announced that just a single crate of oranges and only Communist Central Committee members could get one.
Finally,after another wait they announced it was a mistake. No oranges at all were coming. A frustrated member of the Central Committee turned to others and said, "See, the Jews always get the advantages; they were the first to be sent home."
from Chutzpah, Alan Dershowitz
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