Max was sitting in the last row, as always. His teacher, Professor Goldenschaft, was writing something on the chalkboard. Professor Goldenschaft stepped aside so the students could see what he had written. On the dusty chalkboard, in large yellow letters, were the words JEWISH SCIENCE. Max and the three other Jewish boys in the class sank down in their chairs in the back row. They did this whenever the subject was Jewish anything. “Actually,” Professor Goldenschaft said, “we should write: so-called Jewish science, shouldn’t we? Who can tell me why?” Pause. Max knew exactly what was coming. He
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