When Abraham Liebowitz
gets to school he
discovers that he is the only
Jewish kid in the class. But it’s a
decent town and nobody really
bothers
him.
One day the
teacher asks the class „Who was the greatest person who
ever
lived? and why?“ And to make it interesting she held a twenty dollar
bill
in the air and said „whoever gives the best answer will get
this
twenty
dollars“.
All of the kids called out their
guesses.
One said „George Washington – because he was the father
of our
country.“
„That’s excellent“ said the teacher.
Another said „Abraham Lincoln – because he freed the slaves.“
„That’s also good“ said the teacher, reluctant to bestow an
excellent, but
still being polite.
One little girl said „Joan
of Arc – because she saved France.“
Another excellent choice
said the teacher.
Then Abraham Liebowitz, raised his hand.
nSo the teacher called on him. „Abraham, who do you think was the
greatest
person who ever lived, and why?“
And Abraham said
„Jesus Christ.“
The teacher was shocked. „Abraham,“ she said „I’m
very surprised.
Class,
I think we can all agree that Abraham
should get the twenty dollars.“
And
she handed Abraham Liebowitz
the money.
At recess, the teacher was still very impressed. So she
asked Abraham
why
he said Jesus.
Abraham said „Look,
personally I think Moses was the greatest person
who
ever lived,
but… business is business!“
