The Rabbi and the Cardinal A large number of Jewish immigrants have moved into a pastoral Italian town. The locals, fearful that resources won't be able to accommodate this influx of people, complain to their local cardinal who agrees to settle the matter. He accepts a challenge to a theological debate with the wisest of the population's rabbis in order to decide whether the Jews will be allowed to set up a permanent encampment in the area. Since neither the cardinal nor the rabbi speak each oth…