Tuesday, November 3, 2009

From Our Classic Gold Joke Collection: The Most Sexist Jewish Birth Announcements

Rabbi Chaim Silberschein, of the Silberscheiner sect of Hassidim from Silberschein, Poland, is recorded as publishing the following birth announcements in the Silberscheiner Gazette:
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and his wife Gittel are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Hodel Zissl, on March 3, 1891.
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and his wife Gittel announce the birth of their second daughter, Sheindl Reizl, a sister for Hodel Zissl, born June 15, 1892.
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and his wife Gittel acknowledge the birth of their third daughter, Tzippa Nechama, a sister for Hodel Zissl and Sheindl Reizl, born May 26, 1893.
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and his wife Gittel find it necessary to inform their friends that they have a fourth daughter, Tirzah Yocheved, another sister for Hodel Zissl, Sheindl Reizl, and Tzippa Nechama, born August 1, 1894.
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and his new wife Hadassah have to announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Devorah Malka, a half-sister for Hodel Zissl, Sheindl Reizl, Tzippa Nechama, and Tirzah Yocheved; January 20, 1898.
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and familyRabbi Chaim Silberschein and his wife Hadassah are crushed to report the birth of their second daughter, Rivka Zipporah, a sister for Devorah Malka, and another half-sister for Hodel Zissl, Sheindl Reizl, Tzippa Nechama, and Tirzah Yocheved; December 8, 1901.
Rabbi Chaim Silberschein and his new wife Batsheva are devastated to announce the birth of their first child, Dinah Simma, and a half-sister for Rivka Zipporah, Devorah Malka, Hodel Zissl, Sheindl Reizl, Tzippa Nechama, and Tirzah Yocheved; February 27, 1905.
On the third day of Hanukkah, 1905, the revered Rabbi Silberschein either fell, or threw himself, under the baby carriage of his youngest daughter, and was tragically killed.
(From The Unorthodox Book of Jewish Records and Lists by Allan Gould and Danny Siegel.)


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