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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epsteinbd who wrote (31714)6/6/2002 8:08:05 PM
From: Runner  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
> Subject: The Western Wall
>
> A journalist assigned to the Jerusalem bureau has an apartment
overlooking
> the Western Wall. Every day when she looks out, she sees an old bearded
> Jewish man praying vigorously. Certain he would be a good interview
> subject, the journalist goes down to the Wall, and introduces herself
to
> the old man.
>
> She asks, "You come every day to the Wall. Sir, how long have you done
> that and what are you praying for?"
>
> The old man replies, "I have come here to pray every day for 25 years.
In
> the morning I pray for world peace and for the brotherhood of man. I go
> home have a cup of tea, and I come back and pray for the eradication of
> illness and disease from the earth. And very, very important, I pray
for
> peace and understanding between the Israelis and Palestinians."
>
> The journalist is impressed. "How does it make you feel to come here
> everyday for 25 years and pray for these wonderful things?" she asks.
>
> The old man replies, calmly, "Like I'm talking to a fucking wall."
>

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