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During the first day of Hannukah, two elderly Jewish men were sitting in a wonderful deli frequented almost exclusively by Jews in New York City. They were talking amongst themselves in Yiddish - the colorful language of Jews who came over from Eastern Europe.

A Chinese waiter, only one year in New York, came up and in fluent impeccable Yiddish asked them if everything was okay and if they were enjoying the holiday. The Jewish men were dumbfounded. "Where did he ever learn such perfect Yiddish?" they both thought.

After they paid the bill they asked the restaurant manager, an old friend of theirs, "Where did our waiter learn such fabulous Yiddish?" The manager looked around and leaned in so no one else will hear and said... "Shhhh. He thinks we're teaching him English."

By Anonymous at 2005-09-04 15:08 | Jewish humor | login or register to post comments | email to a friend | read more | 167 reads | vote not rated

Tallises manufacturer


O'Brien kept nudging Cohen to let him play at his Jewish Country Club. Cohen told him that only Jews would play golf there.

He drove him crazy for months and he finally gave in but warned him that if anyone asked, his name was Goldberg. If asked what his occupation was, he was a manufacturer. O'Brien asked what kind of a manufacturer should he be and he told him to say that he made tallises (talleism).

Sure enough, they play 18 holes, go to the steam room and he's approached by one of the members. He said that he hadn't seen him before and asked his name.

He replied,"My name is Goldberg."

By Anonymous at 2005-09-04 01:26 | Jewish humor | login or register to post comments | email to a friend | read more | 224 reads | vote 5 votes