Appearances can be deceptive
It’s Friday and Joe is in Shanghai on business. He asks the hotel’s concierge whether there’s a synagogue nearby. There is, so he gets instructions on how to get there and arrives just before the start of evening service.
Joe is amazed. It’s the largest synagogue he’s ever seen and, not only that, it’s packed with Chinese worshippers. He is lucky and finds the last available seat.
All through the service, Joe notices the rabbi looking over to where he’s sitting. Just before the service ends, the rabbi comes by.
“Where are you from?” he asks.
“I am from Golders Green in London,” replies Moshe.
“Are you Jewish?” asks the rabbi.
“But of course I am,” Joe replies.
Says the rabbi: “Funny, you don’t look Jewish.”
An honest answer
Reporters from the Jewish Chronicle are interviewing Sadie, who is celebrating her 108th birthday.
“Sadie, dear, can you please tell us what you think is the best thing about being 108? I’m sure our readers would love to know,” one of the reporters asks.
Sadie replies, “There’s no peer pressure.”
The eye test
When Jacob from Poland applies for a driver’s license, he is asked to take an eyesight test.
The optician points to a card on the wall with the letters C Z W I X N O S T A C Z and asks Jacob, “Can you read this?”
“Read it?” replies Jacob, “the man’s my best friend.”
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