Joke of the Day

Native American Jew

A young Jewish man calls his mother and says, “Mom, I’m bringing home a wonderful woman I want to marry. She’s a Native American and her name is Shooting Star.”

“How nice,” says his mother. “And I have an Indian name too,” he says. “It’s Running Deer and I want you to call me that from now on.”

“How nice,” says his mother.

“You should have an Indian name too, Mom,” he says.

“I already do,” she says. “It’s Sitting Shiva.”


Just for clarification, because  I needed it and found it to be hysterical…  

Shiva = seven days of formal mourning observed by close relatives of a deceased Jewish person during which they sit on low stools and do not go out, work, bathe, or shave.

After a funeral, mourners of a parent, sibling, spouse or child (more than 30 days old) stay at home until the morning of the seventh day. The word “Shiva” means “seven” in Hebrew. The seven-day period of mourning gives the person in mourning time to adjust to the loss suffered.

What is Shiva