These two Jewish men are sitting in a wonderful deli frequented almost
exclusively by Jews in the Jewish section of town. They are talking amongst
themselves in Yiddish when a Chinese waiter comes up and in fluent
impeccable Yiddish asks them
if everything is okay, can he get them anything, and so forth.

The Jewish men are dumbfounded. "My God, where did he learn such perfect
Yiddish?" they both think. After they pay the bill they ask the manager of
the store, an old friend also fluent in Yiddish, "Where did our waiter
learn such fabulous Yiddish?"

The owner looks around and leans in so no one else will hear and says,
"Shhhh. He thinks we're teaching him English."

So the Chinese guy who is immigrating to America, appears in the great
queues at Ellis Island, surrounded by Orthodox Jews; beards, black clothes
etc....and the Chinese guy figures his name is impossible to understand by
the Ellis island immigration processor, so he listens carefully as the
Jewish man in front is processed.
"Abe Cohen" says the man, my name is Abe Cohen...

Now, it's the Chinese man's turn...and he says his name....

Now many years later Sem Ting is the owner of one of the best Jewish
restaurants in Manhattan.

On Jan 5, 5:13*pm, "El Niño-Naveb" > wrote:
> These two Jewish men are sitting in a wonderful deli frequented almost
> exclusively by Jews in the Jewish section of town. They are talking amongst
> themselves in Yiddish when a Chinese waiter comes up and in fluent
> impeccable Yiddish asks them
> if everything is okay, can he get them anything, and so forth.
>
> The Jewish men are *dumbfounded. "My God, where did he learn such perfect
> Yiddish?" they both think. After they pay the bill they ask the manager of
> the store, an old friend also fluent in Yiddish, *"Where did our waiter
> learn such fabulous Yiddish?"
>
> The owner looks around and leans in so no one else will hear and says,
> "Shhhh. *He thinks we're teaching him English."
>
> So the Chinese guy who is immigrating to America, appears in the great
> queues at Ellis Island, surrounded by Orthodox Jews; beards, black clothes
> etc....and the Chinese guy figures his name is impossible to understand by
> the Ellis island immigration processor, so he listens carefully as the
> Jewish man in front is processed.
> "Abe Cohen" says the man, my name is Abe Cohen...
>
> Now, it's the Chinese man's turn...and he says his name....
>
> Now many years later Sem Ting is the owner of one of the best Jewish
> restaurants in Manhattan.

OI! That I liked .