Jewish Humor.
Jewish Humor is self effacing and hilarious. The problem is that often you can't understand the joke unless you know the Yiddish used in the joke.
I have my own stock standard jokes, but usually have to tell them as Irish Jokes. Now not even that is permissible.
What a world we live in where everything unhealthy is promoted on every corner, and laughter is a crime.
R.P.BenDedek
From Harry Leichter's Jewish Humor pages
News Flash - Middle East
From: http://www.haruth.com/Jhumor52.html
U. N. officials have hailed Yasser Arafat's decision to convert to Judaism as a major step in bringing peace to the Middle East. In Israel, government offices were swamped beyond capacity by applicants volunteering to be the moyel. (The one who performs the circumscision)
Jewish Weddings
You are at a Wedding and you want To know what type of Synagogue you are in. Here's How To Tell:
- At A Chassidic Synagogue, The Mother-in-law Is Pregnant
- At A Conservative Synagogue, The Bride Is Pregnant
- At A Reform Synagogue, The Rabbi Is Pregnant
Jewish Mothers and Psychiatrists
From http://www.haruth.com/Jhumor52.html#Jewish%20Mothers%20and
" I had the strangest dream last night," a young Jewish man was telling his psychiatrist.
"I saw my mother but, when she turned around to look at me, I noticed that she had your face. And you can imagine, I found this very disturbing. In fact, I woke up immediately and couldn't get back to sleep. I just lay there in bed waiting for morning to come. Then I got up, drank a Coke, and came right over here for my appointment. I thought you could help me explain the meaning of this strange dream.
The psychiatrist was silent for a full minute before responding:
" A Coke? That's a breakfast?"
Horse Race
An old Jewish man went to the races for the first time. Not knowing a thing about horse racing, he went to the paddock to take a look. He saw a Rabbi blessing one of the horses. He wrote down the number and placed a $2 bet.
Sure enough the horse won and the man won $20.
He went down to the paddock again and again the rabbi was blessing another horse.
He wrote down the number, bet his $20 and again the horse won, earning $100.
This went on, race after race, until the old Jewish man won $5000.
Just before the last race he watch the rabbi bless another horse.
He bet the $5000, but this time the horse came in dead last.
He ran down and yelled to the Rabbi, "Why did every horse you blessed win except the last one? He came in dead last!!!
The rabbi replied,"That's the problem with you Reform Jews...you don't know the difference between a brucha and a Kaddish. (A blessing & Prayer for the Dead)
