You Know…the Fun Stuff!
Rachael posted:
I had dinner last night with some friends I haven’t seen in a while. It was great to catch up with each other – we talked for 3 hours just in updates and frustrations and angst over why we, as a people, just can’t seem to get certain things right, no matter how much history goes by.
In talking about our kids, we discussed various schools, individual events and experiences and started to focus on the older kids in university. We talked about campus politics and Jewish programming on campus and the challenge of being a young person at a North American university in this day and age.
Then we talked about where has all the fun stuff gone. Being Jewish has become about having to face the challenge of Israel, identity, dating, internet, racism, apartheid, religion, conversion issues and the list goes on and on. Where did the fun Jewish stuff go? Where are the stand-up Jewish comics and the lighter side of the angst? Why not have an evening of celebrating our own craziness instead of closeting it and heading to the ‘heavy issues’?
I now suggest to any campus leader, synagogue co-ordinator, community centre programmer to make sure we programme in the lighter side of Jewish. Even our ancient texts had humour in them. Dare I say, we are a funny people and I do mean that in the literal sense!
So how could I end this blog with anything but a Jewish joke…
Why are there so many Jewish doctors in the world?
-Because their mothers are Jewish.
Tags: humor, Jewish Humour, jokes, University
