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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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).

😂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.

Two Caricatures go into a bar.

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!

Good, but maybe leave the accents to someone else.

Never knew the Pope was Russian Orthodox 😂

❤ Yiddish humor - I love it ❤

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

Why would an Italian rabbi speak Yiddish?

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

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

For two thousand years, a rabbi has been going to the Vatican and demanding to see the Pope. Pope after Pope turned the Rabbi, different one of course it's 2,000 years, down. Finally, after some cajoling on the part of the cardinals who were curious what the Jew would want, the Pope agreed to meet him. "What can I do for you, my son?" The Jew asks "Do you remember the Last Supper your Jesus had 2,000 years ago?" "Of course, responded the Pope". And the Jew: 'OK, HERE'S THE CHECK!!!"

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

Haha! I love this. Great voiceover, btw

Brilliant.

JUDAS : HOLD MY BEER.

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

I liked it! :)

That is funny,

Jews worshipped their ancient Tribal War deity; "Yahuvah". ("Netanyahu" = "Gift of God"). When the Christians came along, and invented their Man-God "Jesu", they considered it blasphemous, and a direct violation of the First Commandment.

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

Oi vay!🤔

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.

Pope with Ruzzian accent?

Super 😂🤩.

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

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

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

😂😂

That anyone believes in a god is the real joke

Don’t get if

oh for God's sake

The pope is actor

Very good.

😄

Why is the pope Russian?

I don't get it.

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What a STUPID joke...

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."

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

Brilliant

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

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

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

God saves us from ourselfs

Those fake accents are not at all cool.

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.

Is it supposed to be funny?..

IMHO, not funny.

This actually a true story

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.

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

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

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!?

Classic non-sequitor...lol..

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