# If you're Jewish and you know it clap your hands **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609 "2001-02-23T15:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/1 "2001-02-23T15:37:22Z")
eh…we Jews ain’t too creative. We see a good idea and we steal it. Might explain why there are so many of us in Hollywood. So come on in, relax, have some potato latkas! You’re skin and bones. Take the plastic off the couches and put your feet up on the table. Guys, don’t worry, JDT isn’t invited. So…Mr. Magoo’s a Jew, are you? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/2 "2001-02-23T15:44:37Z")
I’m not Jewish, as far as I know. But I was once walking through the Diamond Districe in Manhattan and was accosted by a Lubovicher (spelling?). If you don’t know these guys, they look like very Orthodox folks – beard and all – but they’re aggressively proselytizing. “Do you keep kosher?” he accused me. “I’m not Jewish,” I replied. “Yes, you ARE!” he insisted. I don’t know. Maybe I just look the part. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/3 "2001-02-23T15:45:34Z")
Jews ain’t creative, eh? Where the hell did the Christians get their idea of a messiah from, then? 😃 Anyway, look back in MPSIMS for December for my **Put on your yarmulka** thread. For now, let me put on my talis and sit in the back row of the synagogue… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/4 "2001-02-23T15:57:30Z")
Well, I know that I would enjoy a nice bowl of matzo ball soup followed up by a piece of gefilte fish, with that red horseradish sauce, of course. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/5 "2001-02-23T21:38:11Z")
Latkes are one of my favorite foods. But i am not jewish… i am not a christian eirther, FWIW ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/6 "2001-02-23T22:16:31Z")
I’m half Jewish. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/7 "2001-02-23T23:08:30Z")
Goldie Hawn’s half too… ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/8 "2001-02-24T00:30:43Z")
put them together what a fine looking scene. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/9 "2001-02-24T00:36:24Z")
::claps hands:: Father’s a rabbi. I absolutely hate it. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/10 "2001-02-24T00:37:33Z")
And I’m not fine enough on my own? (Lordy, I’m in a flirty mood on these boards lately…) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/11 "2001-02-24T02:18:41Z")
I actually ate matzo ball soup for dinner tonight. Hah! Top that! ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/12 "2001-02-24T04:20:28Z")
I felt guilty about not eating it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/13 "2001-02-24T04:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > \*\* > I felt guilty about not eating it. \*\* I think we have a winner. Thanks TV time, that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Rally\_Vincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rally\_Vincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rally_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/14 "2001-02-24T07:20:54Z")
I’m Jewish too… I’m partial to kugel. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/15 "2001-02-24T09:23:38Z")
I’m clapping already, I’m clapping. I would eat chicken soup with kenaidlach in public, but that would be (winces slightly, draws in breath, pulls back shoulders, shakes head and waves hands a bit, a la many of my older relatives) too Jewish, too Jewish. My name IRL is Hebrew, even. –Scribble. ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/16 "2001-02-24T10:14:24Z")
Do me a small favor folks, and those of you who are Jewish, please post also in the “NON-christian” thread\* I started. We (and this is with the approval of Czarcasm) are trying to conduct a poll. mazel tov 😃 - or, if by some reason you are a Christian, but posting here, post in the other one, please. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/17 "2001-02-24T14:24:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > \*\* > I felt guilty about not eating it. \*\* Touche! ---
**Author:** ![Davidbw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Davidbw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davidbw1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/18 "2001-02-25T02:07:31Z")
:::Claps(twice)::: ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/19 "2001-02-25T03:21:45Z")
…clap clap… Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609/20 "2001-02-25T03:37:57Z")
I’ve traced my genealogy back to over 5000 ancestors, and so far, none of them are jewish. I’m so bummed! I’ve been a shabbas goy though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-jewish-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands/55609.md?page=2)