Do you schmooze? Are you verklempt? Do you kvetch? How much oy vey is in your life and how often do you mazeltov? Are you Jewish or just wish you were?

I schmooze on occasion; I am rarel"y verklempt; I have been known to kvetch; I usually do two oy veys" a day; recently said mazeltov to a friend having a baby and I am Jewish. :)

Happy Friday, Rosie G.

Oh how wonderful! I'm Armenian you know...first generation American. We are  bound by the same terrible tragedy in our ancestors' lives my friend. Yours was the holocaust at the hands of the Nazis and mine was the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Turks.  I relate to Jewish people as if they were my own people.  You just made me smile inside too! I guess I can't thank you for being Jewish since it wasn't your doing but thank your parents for me.  It is a bond that we share sadly with other ethnic groups who have suffered genocide.  Yours was the most horrific because of the scale and degree of evil but all genocide is evil. Anyway I'm so glad I asked the question. I know you see me on Answermug kvetch about something every day. We have schmoozed and I love to oy vey! It is so  much more expressive than "oh darn" . Mazeltov means only good things  Oh. I knew a lady that made the best  chicken liver I ever ate in my whole entire life. She was not Jewish! Go figger! I love matzo ball soup but when I make them they are like lead. Do you know what I"m doing wrong? Thank you for your reply Spunky! :)(

Since my maternal grandmother was Jewish I guess I am also, technically speaking.

However, other than my outsized fondness for bagels and  my knowing a smattering of Yiddish (mostly from growing up with Jewish family friends and in Southern California where Yiddish phrases were commonly tossed about by Jewish members of the entertainment industry), I do not qualify as mensch...;-D...

Mahalo for your reply. As you know I am first generation American of Armenian ancestry. As you also know the Jewish people and the Armenian people have genocide in common. That binds us together forever! Happy Friday OS! :)

I'm not even close.  I am Italian.  There are similarities, but we don't do that religion.  We don't have tons of dough in our family (well we do, but I don't) and we don't celebrate Passover.  We don't have yentas.   We don't go to Florida in the winter.

Hello Rosie:

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oyster - goy who uses Yiddish expressions

I am third generation American, but I'm aware of your horrors as well as mine. 

Must admit, I don't know why your matzoh balls are hard as a rock, but I love them that way!  If I can find out how to make them nice and fluffy, I'll be sure to let you know. :)

So, if I eat lasagna, make baked ziti, make my own sauce and celebrate at the Feast of St. Anthony in Little Italy, does that make me Italian?  :) :)

May I steal that cartoon?

I think there is a bit of Jewish in me from my great grandmother. I dont wish for more, nor do I wish for less.

Hello S,

Of course.

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 My father helped liberate an active concentration camp in WW2 Germany. He was wounded in the groin area by exploding bomb fragments. I guess he almost got his matzoh balls blown off! Oy vey, I was almost never born! 

I'm glad that he wasn't permanently injured.  Thanks to all those who liberated the camps. 

Thanks Spunky. There is or was a great  Jewish deli called Canter's in Hollywood. They had the best  everything. Pastrami that was lean, corned beef that was leaner, half-sour pickles to die for and matzoh ball soup I couldn't get enough of. Tenderly delicious brisket of beef that melted in your mouth. But it's been decades since I was there. I don't even know if it still exists but it was a late-night hangout for folks to go after seeing a movie or concert. Ah those were the days my friend! Happy  Saturday! :)

That must have been some memorable experience for your dad bh. I'm very glad you're here. Glad he was part of something that wonderful though he must have experienced some very sad things and people. Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday! :)

Hahahahahahahahah! Oy vey excon! I'm verklempt! Mazeltov my friend! This is way too funnee hunnee! Thank you for your cartoon reply and Happy Saturday. So where did you find this gem? :) What would you have to Google for this to come up?

You're happy being you. That's a very good thing to be JakobA.  Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday! :)

So you are either a goy or Jewish. Welcome to the club JV and Happy Saturday to thee.

We have a few delis like that in NY, but they're becoming fewer and farther between.  You buy a pastrami or corned beef sandwich at Katz' Deli and you can eat for a week!

Happy Saurday. :)

This is not a good conversation for me personally stomach-wise. I'm very hungry for a good Jewish Deli sandwich. There are none in Hemet. Oy vey! Thank you Spunky! :)