The missing husband
Rachel decides to do some post-holiday shopping at the mall and manages to persuade her husband, Howard, to accompany her. After 90 minutes of looking around one women’s clothing store after another, Rachel suddenly realizes that Howard is no longer with her. So she calls him on his Droid to see what’s up.
“So, where are you?” she angrily asks Howard. “I thought we were shopping together.”
“Don’t get broyges, dear,” Howard replies. “Do you remember that jewelry store by the escalator in the middle of the mall, the one we spent time in before Chanukah and where we saw that lovely gold necklace for you — but it seemed just a bit too expensive right before Christmas, so I said I would get it for you one day when the price came down?”
“Yes, of course I do, darling,” replies Rachel, expectantly.
“Well, I’m in the café next door having an espresso and a bagel.”
© david minkoff
At the movies
The top 10 movie rentals over the eight days of Chanukah last month:
“Three Men and a Bubbie”
“A Few Hood Mensches”
“The Cohenheads”
“The Rocky Hora Picture Show”
“Shalom Alone”
“Goyz ’N the Hood”
“A Gefilte Fish Called Wanda”
“The Wizard of Oys”
“Who Framed Roger Rabbi?”
“Prelude to a Bris”