At the Cinecitta refugee camp near Rome, your language skills are recognized; your special talent sets you apart from others. Because of this, you are selected for training as an airline ticket agent, someone who will have contact with international travelers and who can help them in their own language.
When you graduate from the training program, your supervisor shows you
your progress report. You are stunned. He has written that it is
acceptable for you to be in close contact with customers because you
do not look obviously Jewish.
You cannot believe what you are
reading. Here, even in a training program for Jews, you find
anti-Semitism. Impossible, but true!
You conclude that trying to be a Jew in the Diaspora has been a terrible mistake. You make immediate plans to continue your travels to Israel as soon as the state becomes independent. When you arrive, you settle in Tel Aviv and become one of the employees of the new Israeli airline, El Al. your training pays off; you have a career of which you can be proud. Here, in a Jewish country, you will not encounter the anti-Jewish problems of the Diaspora. Here, you are accepted; here, you belong. It's a wonderful feeling.
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