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From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Chinese Jews
Message-ID: <184@ptsfc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 17:10:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 17:10:55 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Oct-84 06:19:16 EST
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Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco
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While aware that this newsgroup is intended for serious discussion, 
I feel it is the appropriate destination for the following TRUE story: 

          A friend of a friend studies History of Religion at 
          U.C. Berkeley. While doing research for a paper on the
          history of Jewish communities in *unlikely* countries,
          he happened, one evening, to be eating in a restaurant 
          in San Francisco's Chinatown and, as the subject was 
          uppermost in his mind at the time, wondered if there
          were any such communities in China. He called over the
          waiter, explained the reason for his request and asked
          if there were any Chinese Jews. The waiter, whose
          command of English was limited, looked confused, said 
          -wait!- and went off to consult with the maitre d'.
          After an animated discussion, the waiter returned,
          looking even more confused and announced:
          -No Chinese Jews! Only orange juice, grapefruit juice!-

Rod Williams
Pacific Bell
San Francisco