You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.

It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war.

When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?

If somebody tells you that you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you so, buy yourself a saddle.