A story is told of a Jewish man who was riding on the subway reading an Arab newspaper. A friend of his, who happened to be riding in the same subway car, noticed this strange phenomenon. Very upset, he approached the newspaper reader: "Moshe, have you lost your mind? Why are you reading an Arab newspaper?"
Moshe replied: "I used to read the Jewish newspaper, but what did I find? Jews being persecuted, Israel being attacked, Jews disappearing through assimilation and intermarriage, Jews living in poverty. So I switched to the Arab newspaper. Now what do I find? Jews own all the banks, Jews control the media, Jews are all rich and powerful, Jews rule the world. The news is so much better!".
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 15, 2002 06:40 PMOK, it's a funny joke. But it's sad that this joke has been around for so long that it used to refer to Nazi newspapers (and maybe longer, for all I know), but with a slight change it still works.
Posted by: DF on November 16, 2002 03:31 PMI heard this joke told the same way, except it was two Jews in Berlin during WWII and the paper was "Der Sturmer." Some things never change, I guess.
Posted by: j on November 18, 2002 09:47 AM