Summary: <p>Rabbi Joseph Telushkin authored a book called <em>Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews.</em> In a section about parents and children, he shares the following:</p> <p><em>Two Jewish women who haven’t see each other in twenty years run into each other on the street.</em></p> <p><em>“How’s your daughter Deborah?” the first woman asks, “the one who marriedthat lawyer.”</em></p> <p><em>“They were divorced,” the second woman answers.</em></p> <p><em>“Oh, I’m so sorry.”</em></p> <p><em>“But she got married a second time, this time to a surgeon.”</em></p> <p><em>“Mazal Tov!”</em></p> <p><em>“They were also divorced.”</em></p> <p><em>At this point the first woman decides to keep her mouth shut. “But now everything is all right,” her friend goes on. “She’s married a third time, now to an architect—and he’s very successful.”</em></p> <p><em>The first woman shakes her head from side to side.</em></p> <p><em>“Mmmm, mmmm, So much nachus from one daughter!”</em></p> <p>Now in some ways this joke is obviously dated. The gender norms, the premise that the job of a daughter is to get married off to a successful professional, is not only dated but offensive. And yet, for all that, there are two truths about this joke that are not dated. Two truths that are timeless.</p> <p>Follow this link to view the sermon and watch the live streaming version on our website <a href="https://www.templeemanuel.com/rabbi/rabbi-wes-gardenswartz/nachus-a-reinterpretation/">https://www.templeemanuel.com/rabbi/rabbi-wes-gardenswartz/nachus-a-reinterpretation/</a></p>
