Jewish Joke - The Pope and The Rabbi

In special honour of my second subscriber, here is is yet another joke - dat's 2 in a veek, oy vey! See you back here in 2 1/2 years for a couple more ;-)

[@CCoburn3]

I heard this joke more than 40 years ago. I have thought about it several times since. Thanks for posting.

[@johnpugh327]

As a lover of dry comedy, I think that Jewish humor is some of the funniest stuff I've ever heard.

[@roseymalino9855]

In what way is this Jewish humor? There's nothing actually Jewish contextually. Buddhist or Amish could just as easily be specified.

[@Diongreco]

Something wrong with your sense of humor.

[@roseymalino9855]

@@Diongreco Not when there's actual humor. Read some of the other comments. They are more humorous than this 'joke'.

[@anitapodsudek8041]

@@Diongreco Not something. A lot

[@HelenSheriff]

Clever. Enjoyed it. I'm catholic so could really appreciate it

[@robinsonfrancis1498]

"The rabbi couldn't speak in Latin and the Pope couldn't speak in Yiddish". But they can both speak Italian.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

And, listening to the story, they could also apparently both speak English!

[@philipbromley3645]

@@KZbinallowedmynametobestolen And with horrible accent.

[@goodbarbenie5477]

Ahem... Just to add...The Rabbi and The Roman Catholic Cardinal boarded a plane...they both sat in the same row but on the opposite end of the middle row. Hah. They were in the air for awhile... Suddenly they heard the pilot over the bleeper "Mayday... Mayday" we have both engines on fire. Mayday...Mayday. The pilot then ordered the passengers to buckle up, as the pilot was looking for a soft landing. As the plane came down it hit a tree and lost a wing. Then the wheels fell off, and then other wing. It hit the ground with a loud thud and windows fell out. And finally it came to a halt. The Roman Catholic Cardinal bent down to see what the Rabbi was doing...And to his astonishment he saw the Rabbi making the sign of the cross...Perfectly. Hah Finally the plane came to rest. Everyone was asked to make their way to the exits. The Cardinal just couldn't retain his curiosity... And shuffled up to the Rabbi and He said, pardon me Rabbi, why were U back there making the sign of the cross.... Hah. The Rabbi said, when ever he leaves home he makes the sign of cross, by saying...from his head (spectacles) , to below his belt (testicles) , to his left (wallet) , and to his right (watch) ...He never goes anywhere without first checking his spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch as to make sure everything is in order... Whooohaaa.. Hahaa...

[@mkvv5687]

Heh. I do something similar, though I have six items for my checklist. I tap my right pocket for my keys, my left pocket for my wallet, et cetera, until I've tapped all six points... Jesus! I'm Jewish!

[@stehbar]

cute, but I do not think any jew on the Italian soil ever spoke any Yiddish

[@Clipgatherer]

“The debate of the wise man and a fool”. Has been told about non-Jews and non-Catholics as well.

[@maxmustermann9587]

❤ Yiddish humor - I love it ❤

[@phildane7411]

So do I, but this is a pretty poor example.

[@user-jr3eb5oo3g]

I grew up with Jews in Cheetham Hill, Manchester . Always loved their self deprecating sense of humour .( never once heard a muslim tell a joke).

[@monkeybaath2325]

IF or when the latter tells you a joke... you’ll only hear one sound... BOOM !!!

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

​@@monkeybaath2325that would be the punchline

[@allanrichardson1468]

Actually, the Mediterranean (Sephardim) Jewish community would speak Ladino, a dialect of the Spanish language of the time, not Yiddish. But the joke is funny anyway!

[@BerghemDeSura]

Never knew the Pope was Russian Orthodox 😂

[@anthonycontarino4713]

God saves us from ourselfs

[@mikemondano3624]

Looks like ourselfs missed that boat.

[@davidhull1481]

Good, but maybe leave the accents to someone else.

[@One_1_11]

I like the accents, they add some flair to the joke. You need pieces of flair

[@davidhull1481]

@@One_1_11 I would like them as well, if they weren’t so stereotypical.

[@cjadventures8840]

@@davidhull1481cry about it

[@mpkropf5062]

He didn’t pronounce the Rabbi’s name correctly!

[@Highly-censored]

First heard this 50ish years ago. So you know it's as old as dirt.

[@roseymalino9855]

He says it happened several centuries ago so its been around a while.

[@Highly-censored]

@roseymalino9855 You do realize that newer jokes can be made up to fit older circumstances? For instance, after the sun went down in Canaan, they just turned on the Israelites. (Turning lights on only came about in the late 1800s.) They had computers in the Garden: Eve had an Apple in one hand, and a Wang in the other. (There was no sense in the joke prior to the foundation of Apple in 1976, and you haven't heard of Wang in at least 15 years.)

[@roseymalino9855]

@@Highly-censored Clever wordplay.

[@dancingdan1994]

Really good joke. Another one I know is a new and a priste are talking, and the priest ask why don't you eat pork and the jew says against my religion, he asks why don't you date women and the priest said it is against my religion. So the rabbi said you should try it, it's a lot better than pork

[@robertsansone1680]

Archie Bunker told that one. Pretty good.

[@anitapodsudek8041]

does it imply bestiality is OK in judaism?

[@michaelglass9604]

😂funny thing is it was a small group of Jews that spearheaded Christian movement (Not Catholicism) so in that sense Christianity could be seen as a Jewish religion. All involved in the movement in the beginning few years were Jewish including Jesus. The joke on us is separating the two religions.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Christianity = Judaism 2.0.

[@zevfarkas5120]

A classic. As old as Moses' toes, and twice as corny. ;)

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

Two Caricatures go into a bar.

[@belleepoque2544]

Haha! I love this. Great voiceover, btw

[@janedoe5229]

I liked it! :)

[@jimgulick9773]

I heard a somewhat funnier version of this story a few decades back.

[@johnburnett3942]

Brilliant.

[@mikemondano3624]

Why would an Italian rabbi speak Yiddish?

[@donquixote3928]

JUDAS : HOLD MY BEER.

[@carenlettofsky3045]

That's my favorite joke. Loved the attempt at the accents.

[@pillaladr]

That is funny,

[@lynnmeyers10]

Oi vay!🤔

[@kristine6996]

Super 😂🤩.

[@Dr.Schnabel]

Pope with Ruzzian accent?

[@BerghemDeSura]

Or is it a khokhol one? 🤔

[@MLampner]

So just a point Jews in Italy would have not spoken Yiddish as there secular language. Most likely a Rabbi and Pope would have conversed in Italian. The Italian Jews claimthey came with Pompey when Judea was concurred so they were there before the Eastern European communities were formed. I've heard it told far better with out the stereotypical Jewish Accent.

[@jamesha175]

oh for God's sake

[@josephinebennington7247]

It was all going so well…until the punch line didn’t pack the punch (lunch) I was hoping for…Oy vay…

[@johnbowen2956]

Well, it made me laugh out loud. Chacun a son gout!

[@josephinebennington7247]

@@johnbowen2956 I don’t suffer from gout.

[@johnbowen2956]

@@josephinebennington7247 I'm sorry that I can't place the diacritical marks over the appropriate words. I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive that inadequacy. I'm happy that you don't suffer from gout. It's a painful ailment.

[@josephinebennington7247]

@@johnbowen2956 Chacon a son gout. Gout (French for taste) or gout (English for gouty inflammation). Je joue avec the meaning.

[@johnbowen2956]

@@josephinebennington7247 Tres Bien. J'aussi joue avec toi.

[@shadowphoenix8962]

Actually,that's a retelling of an old Buddhist story,not bad but not as good as the original.

[@chandradekeyser]

😂😂

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Why didn't the pope and the rabbi just have their debate in English?

[@stephenhoward358]

The pope is actor

[@barrythomson899]

Very good.

[@Jake-dq5pm]

What is this kind of joke called? And do they have other ones like this?

[@heyyoucrazyjew]

Thanks for commenting! Well, I think it's just called a Jewish Joke. I have uploaded a few more, but this channel hasn't exactly been as popular as I'd hoped, which is why I haven't uploaded as many as I'd intended to originally. I have actually recorded quite a lot, I just haven't got round to editing them and making the videos to upload :-/

[@richardshain7128]

Bad

[@jillatherton4660]

😄

[@robertmiller1299]

Don’t get if

[@roseymalino9855]

Probably needs some context which was omitted.

[@siriosstar4789]

💤💤💤

[@gunner678]

Why is the pope Russian?

[@Sam-I-Am]

Maybe because the shops were closain?

[@gunner678]

@@Sam-I-Am 😂

[@tonytangianu3482]

You're confusing the Russian accent with the polish accent.😂

[@katherinehaughey452]

Brilliant

[@anitapodsudek8041]

if you have an IQ of less than 80 and or are Jewish

[@penelope8557]

I don't get it.

[@LarryFogarty]

i dont think this happened...but i could be wrong

[@MrTonyHeath]

Why would the Rabbi be speaking Yiddish? Why not Hebrew?

[@anitapodsudek8041]

and why would the Pope speak Latin, reserved only for service, and not Italian, like all until Voytila

[@redmatters9318]

YIDDISH is what we used before hebrew at that time. G'day and shalom. Australia 🇦🇺

[@ragnapodewski4694]

I know the debate between a bishop and the silliest man of the Jewish community. It begins with 3 fingers, responded by one finger. The bishop stretches his flat hand. The Jew makes a fist. The bishop pours out a gilded silver cup with peas . The Jew kneels down and collects the peas and takes the cup under his jacket. The bishop says, he is defeated." First I showed thecHoly Trinity, he showed There is One. I said" You are weak. He said "together we will be strong." Then I showed "You are dispersed over the Earth," He showed "God will us collect and take under His mantle. The Jew sais:" He would give three, I would give only one. He would smack my cheek .I said " I'll box your teeth" Then he has thrown the peas onto the floor. I collected them and took the fine cup, here is it."

[@user-pg7iq8zd5u]

What a STUPID joke...

[@uzoegbeogu9617]

I really don't get it that some people don't get the joke, let alone find it funny.....it's both funny and clever!😂 Open mindedness is key

[@paulsmodels]

Wasn't close to being funny, and the narrators voice was terrible.

[@funnythat9956]

I think this is more profound than the person who invented the joke may have realised. Christianity is far more abstract, intellectual, and otherworldly (and possible unjustifyably so) than original Judaism which is more grounded in the here and now. E.g. there is little information in the Old Testament about the afterlife, whereas the New Testament is full of it (admittedly in the spirit of Second Temple Judaism). All promised blessings in original/pre-exile Judaism are in the here and now, not in the future.

[@Shlevel]

I thought we were here for the joke…lol

[@lovemydog210]

Is it supposed to be funny?..

[@agabekarthur777AAA]

yes

[@catmom1322]

Those fake accents are not at all cool.

[@voxer99]

yes, quite painful.

[@jerryturner2310]

Lighten up. It's just a joke.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

IMHO, not funny.

[@themeat5053]

Your Italian "accent" is offensive. The joke works without it. Dopey, somehow it is always fashionable to keep the Italian man down. And Mediterranean Jews don't speak Yiddish, nor have a Yiddish accent.

[@CCoburn3]

Get a life, buddy. Only jerks go out of their way to be offended. It's just a JOKE! Who gives a damn if he uses an accent or makes a slight historical mistake? Grow up.

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

Nonsense meat !!!

[@howlinhobbit]

so. you personally know *every* Jew in the Mediterranean area and are positive none of them speak Yiddish? what a putz.

[@CCoburn3]

@@howlinhobbit He appears to be one of the perpetually offended. If they can't be offended, they have no reason to exist. So they don't mind "bending" the truth if it will help them find offense.

[@howlinhobbit]

@@CCoburn3 I probably knew that already, but I’m in *such* a mood today. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@FaithAndObedience]

This actually a true story

[@thepianocornertpc]

No it isn't.

[@richardshain7128]

This is an appropriation of a famous Zen Story. Very weird and not very funny.

[@thepianocornertpc]

@@richardshain7128 You're a bitter man.

[@robertkemper5193]

Not the least bit funny, creepy, don’t even know the logic of this joke, horrid

[@redmatters9318]

It's too profound for you because .... you wanted a hotdog with mustard and a bird in the bush..catch ? No ? It's because you're not a gourmet on health food . Try again. Humour and laconic from Oz .. 🇦🇺 🪃 Australia

[@robertkemper5193]

@@redmatters9318 Huh! I’m totally lost?

[@dkisselev1]

Not funny at all. Who thought that this would be a funny joke, I wonder?

[@pauldurand4780]

My favorite jewish joke Hymie sells a truckfull of sardines to Herschel. Herschel goes and checks out the shipment. He sees an open box with a few tins missing. He figures someone else had bought and tried some. So he trys a tin and finds the sardines rotten and calls up Hymie: Hymie! What is this? I just ate from a tin of those sardines and they're rotten! Hymie replys: Hersch, theyre not for eating- they're for selling! rimshot...lol...thank you thank you...take my wife..what?! What!?

[@keekwai2]

This channel will never succeed

[@anitapodsudek8041]

Not with this kind of material--no ready for prime time

[@pauldurand4780]

Classic non-sequitor...lol..