A
poignant tale of cultural coming-together…………..
A Jewish man was
leaving a convenience store with his coffee when he noticed a most unusual
Italian funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery.
A black hearse was followed by a second black hearse about 50 feet behind the
first one.
Behind the second hearse was a solitary Italian man walking a
dog on a leash.
Behind him, a short distance back was about 300 men walking in
single file.
The Jewish man couldn't stand the curiosity
. He
respectfully approached the Italian man walking the dog and said:
"I am so sorry for your loss, and
this may be a bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen an Italian funeral
like this. Whose funeral is it?"
"My
wife's."
''What happened
to her?"
"She yelled
at me and my dog attacked and killed her."
He inquired
further, "But who is in the second hearse"
"My
mother-in-law. She came to help my wife and the dog turned on her and killed
her also."
A very poignant
and touching moment of Jewish and Italian brotherhood and silence passed
between the two men.
The Jewish man
then asked, "Can I borrow the dog?"
The Italian man
replied, "Get in line."
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