A Jewish Man Was Sitting in a Café..
A Jewish man was sitting in Starbucks reading an Arab newspaper. A friend of his walks in, and seeing this strange phenomenon gets very upset and says to him: “Moshe, have you lost your mind? Why are you reading an Arab newspaper?” Moshe replied, “I used to read the Jewish newspapers, but what did I […]
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (1784-1885) the British Jewish banker, philanthropist, international fighter for human rights, and one-time Sheriff of London, was once, the story goes, seated at a dinner party next to a notoriously anti-Semitic nobleman who remarked that he had just returned from Japan where “they have neither pigs nor Jews.” Montefiore is supposed […]
Let’s not Forget
When I was a kid, I couldn’t understand why Eisenhower was so popular. Maybe this will explain why. General Eisenhower warned us.. It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, […]
The Meaning of Valentine
Little Melissa comes home from 1st grade & tells her father that they learned about the history of Valentine’s Day. ‘Since Valentine’s Day is for a Christian saint, and we’re Jewish,’ she asks, ‘Will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine? Melissa’s father thinks a bit, then says: ‘No, I don’t think […]
A Jewish Christmas Story
The teacher was very curious about how each of her students’ celebrated Christmas Eve “Tell me Patrick, what do you do on Christmas Eve?” she asked. Patrick addressed the class. “Well Miss, me and my twelve brothers and sisters go to midnight Mass and we sing hymns, then we come home very late and we […]