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Cyrano

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4. The secret to Jewish immortality is chicken soup,

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 12:54 PM

Sep 16

along with other Jewish dishes.

Unknown to most is that when Jews gather for holiday dinners, many say:

"They tried to kill us. We survived. Let's eat."

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I never saw this quote from Mark Twain before... [View all] Richard D Sep 16 OP

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Sep 16 #1

I did not know about it either, but it is included in the Jewish Virtual Library surfered Sep 16 #2

Witness to Man's Madness BurnDoubt Sep 16 #3

Canticle is a great book Hekate Sep 16 #11

The secret to Jewish immortality is chicken soup, Cyrano Sep 16 #4

I had a Jewish patient who told me chicken soup is Jewish penicillin. Trueblue Texan Sep 16 #9

Definitely 3auld6phart Sep 16 #5

Had to look up the difference between "abtruse" and "abstruse". MMBeilis Sep 16 #6

??? Richard D Sep 16 #7

"......finance, medicine and abstruse learning". MMBeilis Sep 17 #14

What's that about? I don't see either word in the post. Abtruce is a S African rapper, otherwise not a word. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 16 #8

About the eighth line down - "....finance, medicine and abstruse learning." MMBeilis Sep 17 #13

Ah, thanks Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #15

Bernardo, old friend, I've got to come clean with you. You'll notice that my post was edited once. That was to.... MMBeilis Sep 17 #16

I need to send this to a couple of young people who I know Hekate Sep 16 #10

I have some thoughts on this . . . Richard D Sep 16 #12

Mark Twains book on "Concerning the Jew" KewlKat Sep 26 #17