Culture Shock Hits Home
After many years, a young Talmud student who had left the old country for America, returns to visit his family.
“But, where is your beard?” asks his mother upon seeing him.
“Mama,” he replies, “in American, nobody wears a beard.”
“But at least you keep the Sabbath?” Mama asks.
“Mama, business is business. In America, everybody works on the Sabbath.”
“But kosher food, you still eat?” asks Mama.
“Mama, in American, it is very difficult to keep kosher.”
The old lady ponders this information and then leans over and whispers in his ear, “Isaac, tell me, are you still circumcised?”