Chinese Jews
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Loading ...Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Goldstein were having dinner at a Chinese restaurant. After dinner while they were having dessert, Rabbi Cohen wondered aloud, “I’ve been thinking this while we’re having dinner and I can’t get it off my mind.”
“Well, what’s on your mind?” asked Rabbi Goldstein.
“Well, I’ve been thinking if there are any Jews living in China these days,” said Rabbi Cohen.
“Why don’t you ask the waiter over there?” asked Rabbi Goldstein as he waved for the waiter to come over.
When the waiter approached their table, Rabbi Cohen asked, “Do you have any Chinese Jews?”
The waiter thought for awhile and said, “I am not sure. Let me check first.” The waiter then bowed and headed for the kitchen.
Rabbi Goldstein said, “I’m sure there are Jews in China because our people have been scattered all over the world.”
When the waiter came back, he was shaking his head and said, “So sorry, no Chinese Jews.”
“Are you sure?” Rabbi Cohen asked the waiter. “Can you ask your manager just to be sure?”
The waiter sighed and said, “Okay.” So he bowed and went to ask the restaurant manager.
Again Rabbi Goldstein said, “I’m sure the manager would know something about Jews in China.”
However, when the waiter returned to the rabbis, he said, “Like I said before, we have no Chinese Jews.”
This time, Rabbi Goldstein asked, “Are you really sure?”
“Of course I’m sure,” replied the waiter in an exasperated voice. “We have apple Jews, orange Jews, grape Jews, pineapple Jews, but no Chinese Jews!”
