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Michael Rosen was arrested for embezzling $100,000 from the bank in order to pay for his kids’ Jewish school tuition. As the policeman, who also had kids in private Jewish day school, was leading Rosen away in handcuffs, he asked him, "I have just one question for you. Where were you going to get the rest of the money?"

Wealthy old Morris Fefferman looked around the table at his two sons and five daughters, as well as their spouses, who were all gathered for the Fefferman family reunion. "Not a single grandchild," Morris said with a sigh. "I’d give a million dollars to have at least one of my grandchildren here with me right now.” Morris looked at the food on his plate. “OK let’s make a bracha on our food and eat.” Morris closed his eyes and said his bracha with great devotion. When he lifted his head, his wife was the only other person sitting at the table.

Shira Sommers was home with her three young children getting dinner ready when the phone rang. Six-year-old Rivky picked it up and said, "Hi, Abba!" and she began telling him about her day. She then passed the phone to her brother and sister as was the custom whenever Abba called from work. When it was finally Shira’s turn to talk she took the receiver and said, "Hi, honey." "Thank goodness, lady," the voice on the other end replied. "I just called to tell you that the toilet you ordered is here!"

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Seuss_2 On March 2, 1904, Dr. Seuss was born and became the illustrator and author of many beloved children’s books. Here are 5 fascinating facts you didn't know about Theodor Geisel, familiarly known to children and adults around the world as Dr. Seuss... Dr. Seuss Was Never a Doctor Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Seuss Geisel, and although he attended both Dartmouth University and Lincoln College, Oxford, he never earned a doctorate degree. Geisel's parents had always wanted him to become a physician, so Seuss added the "Dr." title to his pseudonym. In 1956, however, Dr. Seuss was given an honorary doctorate by his alma mater Dartmouth. Additionally, in 1980, Whittier College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Pretty Much Everyone Mispronounces His Name Geisel began using the name Seuss, which was the maiden name of this mother, while in college. At this time, he was working at Dartmouth’s humor magazine and did so until a bottle of gin was found in his room and he lost his job as the editor. Most people mispronounce the name Seuss which actually rhymes with “voice.” However, so many people mispronounced his name that the author eventually gave up and stopped correcting it when it was pronounced as rhyming with “goose.” He Coined a Popular Word Dr. Seuss is credited with coming up with the word “nerd,” which appears in his 1950 book “If I Ran the Zoo.” The book is about a boy named Gerald McGrew, who bragged about the things he would do if he ran the zoo. One of the things he mentions is that he would bring to the zoo a creature called a nerd that lived in a place called Ka-Troo. It was only later that "nerd" took on its modern-day connotation. Dr. Seuss Often Wrote Books That Were Allegories In “Horton Hears a Who” the elephant visits Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped on it during World War II and the book talks about the treatment of Japan by America afterward. “The Butter Battle Book contains references to the arms race and the Cold War between the United States and Russia. Some libraries actually pulled it from their shelves about six months after it was released because of its political overtones. Seuss himself admitted that “Yertle the Turtle,” who stands on top of his subjects trying to reach beyond the moon, was based on Adolph Hitler. Green Eggs and Ham Was Written on a Bet Seuss’s editor, Bennett Cerf, had a bet with the author in 1960 that he could not produce a book containing only 50 different words. Seuss took the bet and won. The book that resulted from the bet, one of Seuss’s favorites with children, was “Green Eggs and Ham.” By 2019, eight million copies of his charming 50-word book had sold worldwide.

That allegation against Walla Walla University, as I have posted in detail, was false. Period. On the assumption that Walla Walla University is the referenced comment, it is unethical to repeat it. I did not know Walla Walla had sabbath sporting events! (jk) Walla Walla was not mentioned in the article. In fact, the author did not name any guilty parties to the items he considered to be unbecoming of members of the church. I, also, was not thinking of Walla Walla and was unaware that they had ever been accused of it.

In reference to the article, Photodude said: ". . .sanction sporting events held on the sabbath, . . ." That allegation against Walla Walla University, as I have posted in detail, was false. Period. On the assumption that Walla Walla University is the referenced comment, it is unethical to repeat it. NOTE: The person who is the first person known to have made that false allegation against Walla Walla University has apologized for making a false charge.