Jon Stewart on Yom Kippur and Lent

[underpants]

"Jews have a lot of holidays . . . sometimes I stay home for no reason. 'Jon, is it a holiday?' . . . 'Yeah it's Achm Blacm day.' See Yom Kippur, Jewish day of atonement. You don't eat or drink for one day and all your sins are forgiven . BEAT THAT!! Beat that with your 'Lent' . . . what's that, 40 days? Forty days to one . . . even in sin, you're paying retail!"

[Mosby]

1. Jews on Yom Kippur are only forgiven for sins against god

Not for sins against others.

[LittleBlue]

2. looool

He has a point. But it all evens out at Christmas when we open presents!

Seriously though, why did he have to leave the Daily Show before Trump ran against Fiorina? That would have been epic. :/

[kwassa]

9. Jews do better there, too. They have 8 days of presents.

Hanukkah.

[FLPanhandle]

3. As an athiest, we need some holidays

Except ours could celebrate logic and reason.

[JHB]

10. ...Or just becase we like them...

[Stardust]

11. One of the greatest movies of all time! nt

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Purim gets very little love.

Verily, it is underrated.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. That's only because it's based on stuff that never happened!

Oh, wait ...

[Behind the Aegis]

13. That was pretty funny.

It is almost funny as some of the concern seen here.

[Jesus Malverde]

6. A joke with an anti-Semetic meme.

is it ok because it came from stewart?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Jews

Stereotypes of Jews are caricatured and generalized representations of Jews, often of a racist nature. The Jewish diaspora in Europe and the Western hemisphere have been stereotyped for over 2,000 years as scapegoats for a multitude of societal problems. Antisemitism continued throughout the centuries and reached a climax in the Third Reich during World War II. Jews are still stereotyped as greedy, nit-picky, stingy misers and are often depicted in caricatures, comics, and propaganda posters counting money or collecting diamonds. Early films such as Cohen's Advertising Scheme (1904, silent) stereotyped Jews as "scheming merchants".

"you're paying retail"

Really?

[scrabblequeen40]

7. it's called satire for a reason. eom.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Jewish stereotypes are common themes in Jewish humor.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. stereotypes are common themes in ethnic humor.

thats great....



Got any more good ones?

[DavidDvorkin]

15. This was Jewish humor by a Jew

So there's no reason to complain about what would be anit-semitic stereotypes under other circumstances. And, yes, the same applies to other ethnic humor.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Short answer?

Yes.

[olddots]

16. humor is critical thinking aimed inward ...try some