“Kissinger, it seems, obtained a length of top quality tweed cloth that he wishes to make into a suit. Tailors in Washington and New York, after measuring him, said that there was insufficient material for trousers and a jacket that would fit him. In London, France and Germany, went on diplomatic missions the same morning repeated by the best tailors in these countries. Then he came to Jerusalem and was told by a Jewish tailor to leave the material and return in 10 days. When Kissinger came back he was astonished to find not only a suit that fit him perfectly but a vest, an additional jacket and two extra pairs of trousers all made from the same length of material.
”How was it possible in New York, Washington, London Paris, and Germany I was told that there was not enough material for even one suit? And here in Israel you were able to make so much??”
”Because here in Israel,” said the Jewish tailor, “you are not such a big man.” -Joseph Heller
All life is reduced in size in Israel. People are not larger than life there, only God is.
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