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The author Isaac Bashevis Singer traveled to Vilna before the War. When he returned to the United States, he remarked: “I saw a Jew who learns גמרא all day; I saw a Jew who spends his day devising get rich schemes; I saw a Jew who races after women; and I saw a Jew who doesn’t look at women.” Hearing this, his friend said: “I don’t know why you’re surprised. Vilna is a big city and there are all kinds of Jews there.” Singer responded: “No, you don’t understand. I was talking about one person. All of these were the same Jew.”

06/10/2021