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joke:
Yom Kippur is
drawing to a close.
The cantor, a venerable man
of 88 years, opens his mouth
to chant the Neilah prayer,
but nothing comes out. He's
unable to utter another
sound.
The congregation is thrown
into disarray. The president
pleads with the worshipers,
"Is there anyone who can
finish the service?"
There are no volunteers.
The situation grows
desperate. Finally a man in
the back of the synagogue an-
nounces, "My dog can do it."
After a hurried conference,
the frantic synagogue officers
agree they have nothing to
lose by letting the dog try to
complete the service.
So the shaggy dog, wearing
a kippah and tallit, mounts
the bimah.
And he's unbelievable. He
has a two-octave range. The
congregation is stunned.
After the prayers are over,
the grateful president tells
the animal's owner, "Your dog
would make a great cantor."
"I wish you'd talk to him,"
the owner replies. "He wants
to be a doctor."
The lesson: Some occupa-
tions are too Jewish for
anyone to want.
Moshe Waldoks entertained
March 9 at the Maple-Drake
Jewish Center.
Since co-editing The Big
Book of Jewish Humor a
decade ago, Mr. Waldoks, now
41, has traveled the lecture
circuit. Recently, he edited
The Big Book of New
American Humor. At his
Atlanta stop he told his
audience:
"With Jewish humor you
can't laugh for free. Jewish
humor tries to teach some-
thing along the way."
Speaking by telephone from
his home in Boston, Mr.
Waldoks says he doesn't
believe the topic of Jewish
humor is discussed enough.
"It leads to other subjects
like Jewish self-esteem,
stereotypes and the role of
Jews in popular culture.
Jewish humor seems to be
one of the touchstones that
Jews, no matter how
assimilated, seem to retain."
David Holzel is a staff writer
at the Atlanta Jewish. Times.
Moshe Waldoks:
Humor is a Jewish touchstone.
Another story which
teaches that Judaism
demands action:
At the age of 72, the faith of
an Orthodox Jew suddenly
falters. He beseeches God to
renew his belief.
"Give me a sign," the Jew
pleads. "Let me win the New
York State Lottery."
Every day for six months he
utters the same prayer and
every day for six months he
does not win the lottery.
"Please, give me a sign," he
begs in despair.
Finally, there's a flash of
light and the Jew hears a
voice thunder:
"Nu, shmuck, buy a ticket."
Moshe Waldoks says his in-
terest in Jewish humor stems
from a love of Eastern Euro-
pean Jewish culture. He
received a doctorate from
Brandeis University in
Eastern European Jewish in-
tellectual history.
American Jewish humor is
derived primarily from the
Eastern European Jewish ex-
perience. But there are dif-
ferences. The humorists of the
old country poked fun at
everything, even God. Among
American Jews, two subjects
are practically off limits to
the Jewish wit — the
Holocaust and Israel.
In the few humorous
treatments of the Holocaust,
either the Jew gets the last
laugh or the humor is ex-
tremely black, Mr. Waldoks
says.
And when it comes to
Israel, Mr. Waldoks says most
American Jews retain the
ghetto fear that making light
of the Jewish state in public
is an invitation for the
Cossacks to attack.
"But in Israel, you can't put
together a newspaper without
two or three pages of satire,"