Big Impact: Senseless Speech; Sensational Results,Little things often spark momentous happenings — like a small jug with enough oil to last just one day. A collection of true-life events.
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I was crossing the road when I remembered the lecture. But by now it was 20 minutes after the commencement time; was it worth attending? Not that it was anything obligatory but the subject title did sound intriguing: “History as a Weapon.” What could that mean? I backtracked to the crowded college lecture hall and slipped into a seat in one of the back rows.
There was a black man on stage* wearing a red sweatshirt emblazoned with the slogan: Ready for the Revolution. What revolution is he ready for? I wondered.
When I entered the hall the man was deep in the middle of passionately expounding on his ideology and I didn’t quite get what he was ranting about. I did catch one word though: Jew. He was speaking against the Jews. I felt singled out but at least I understood the word. I was a Jew. At home we lit Chanukah candles ate matzoh heard the shofar. I had even starved on Yom Kippur.
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