“According to an old saying, ‘If you ask a Jew a question, he’ll answer you with another question.’ Faced with this accusation, the Jew has a classic retort: ‘What do you mean, I’ll answer you with another question?’ But in fact this Talmudic habit of thought, this trick of seeing life as a series of questions, has given a peculiar rhythm and intonation to Jewish speech.” — from the book “The American Jews: Portrait of a Split Personality” (New York; Random House; 1968) by James Yaffe, p. 29.

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