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Tu B’shvat Murmurs

January 30, 2010
By Danny Saunders
Tu B’shvat Murmurs


From the comments on a Facebook invite for a traditional Friday night meal:

Host: “I need someone to help me with the zemiros.”

Token non-Jewish girl on the invite list: “What’s a zemiro?”…


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Gullibility

January 21, 2010
By Danny Saunders


Overheard at Shomrei Shabbos after last minyan ma’ariv:

Man in oversized yarmulke without a hat: “Gleib nisht ales vus men farkoift dir; di vest noch veren an apikoires.”

(Trans. Don’t believe everything you’re told.…


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A New Kind of Umbrella

January 13, 2010
By Danny Saunders

Overheard at Masbia Borough Park:

Chasidish man with clipboard to a buddy: S’iz geferlich. Far yede ein yid, hub ich gehat nein goyim.

So much for the kindness extended to all. It’s a new…


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