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Herzog's Heroes
Dedicated to all the innocent Jews murdered by evil and wicked Christians
It's World War II and the Nazi's have just occupied Rome. The Pope has agreed to hide a small group of Jews, led by Rabbi Herzog, within the Vatican, but has forbidden them from observing any Jewish rituals while they are inside the Vatican walls. Dah da dah dah, daah da dah da daaah, dah da dah dah dah daah, ya da da daah, ya da ya da dah yah! ya da dah, ya! Da dah ya da daay (drum roll). The Jews have been placed inside a small sanctuary in the western wing of the Vatican. Father Schvitz is just walking into the sanctuary. Immediately, a table in the middle of the room with the Torah attached to it, swivels one hundred and eighty degrees to show a checkerboard now on top with the Torah now hidden underneath the table. At the same time the window covering, with the ten commandments drawn on it, is raised revealing the stained glass window underneath of the nativity scene. Also, the Jews start removing their coats and hats from a large wooden statue of Jesus on the cross which they had been using as a coat and hat rack. Father Schvitz : (looks around suspiciously) Rabbi Herzog, what is going on here? I heard noises that sounded like chanting. Rabbi Herzog : (looks up casually from chair next to checkerboard) Why nothing Schvitz. We're just having a friendly game of checkers. Father Schvitz: (walks over to Rabbi Herzog still looking around suspiciously and notices two Jews in the far corner of the sanctuary dressed in prayer shawls and tefillin davening) What are those men doing Rabbi Herzog? Rabbi Herzog : (glances at the men) Nothing much Schvitz. You see we all decided that when we get out of here we're all going on a hunting trip. So they're just trying out their camouflage outfits and practicing their bird calls. Father Schvitz: Rabbi Herzog, I know what tefillin are. Cardinal Kink gave me strict orders not to allow any observance of Jewish ritual in this sanctuary. LeBeauberg : (waves frying pan towards Father Schvitz) Oh Schvitzie, Schvitzie, look what I have. Fresh cheese blintzes and potato pancakes. Father Schvitz: (excitedly) Cheese blintzes and potato pancakes? (Walks gingerly towards LeBeauberg) I see nothing! Later that night the Jews are trying to figure out how to have a formal religious service within the Vatican as Yom Kippur starts the following night. Rabbi Herzog: One thing's for sure. It's impossible to have any type of extended service inside the Vatican and we don't dare go outside with the Nazi's all around. We have to think of a way to get all the Priests to leave the Vatican. Carterstein : (with head in hand propped up by his elbow) Huh. The only way all the Priests would leave is if Jesus Christ himself showed up. Rabbi Herzog: What did you just say? Carterstein : Oh nothing. I just said, the only way all the Priests would actually leave the Vatican is if Jesus Christ himself showed up. Rabbi Herzog: (snaps fingers) That's it. Kvetch, do you think you could get that old printing press in the basement to work? Kvetch : (face lights up) Yah, I think I could. You know I haven't been able to sleep at night so every morning I bring the newspapers inside the Vatican before anyone else is awake. The paper is delivered every morning at exactly four A.M. Rabbi Herzog: Okay, here's the plan (everyone huddles around Rabbi Herzog). The next morning Cardinal Kink walks hurriedly into the sanctuary. Cardinal Kink: Herzog! Herzog! Rabbi Herzog: Yes Cardinal Kink? Cardinal Kink: Herzog, what are all these reports I'm getting that some of your Jews saw Jesus Christ this morning? Rabbi Herzog: It's true Cardinal. I saw him myself. You were all in morning Mass and he said he didn't want to interrupt you. Cardinal Kink: (sarcastically) Oh really Herzog? And what did Jesus look like? Rabbi Herzog: Well considering that he's close to two thousand years old, he looked very well. Cardinal Kinkstill sarcastic) You're saying that he looked just like he looks in all the pictures that we have here in the Vatican? Rabbi Herzog: Not exactly Cardinal. He has a little bit of gray around his temples. Cardinal Kink: Herzog, hmmmph! (shakes his fist). Do you expect me to believe anything that you say? Rabbi Herzog: No Cardinal, I don't. But maybe you'll believe this. (Hands Cardinal Kink the morning newspaper which reads THE HOLY GHOST TOWN - FRIDAY - OCTOBER 14, 1941 TOP STORY - MUSSOLINI BRIEFS ITALIANS Our beloved leader and military genius, Mussolini, revealed to his countrymen yesterday, a life long preference for briefs over boxer shorts. Said Mussolini, "Even though boxer shorts are more comfortable, briefs are much more fashionable and after all, what is more important than fashion, eh?". Textile experts expect the sale of briefs to surge once the war is won. Since the war started, six years ago, there have been no new sales of either briefs or boxer shorts in Italy as all necessary materials have been needed for the war effort. HITLER IN ROME FOR CONFESSION Adolf Hitler, mastermind of the invincible third reich, in Rome yesterday to review the Nazi takeover of the city, confessed that he has been a life long fan of the New York Yankees. Said Hitler, "I grew up cheering for Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. It's a shame that after I kill all the Jews, then all the non-aryans, then all the non-Germans, then all the non-Nazis, and then all Nazis over five feet, six inches tall, that I will have to kill all the Yankees too." Added Hitler, "Oh, except for the Italians of course. I would never kill any Italians." JESUS CHRIST RETURNS Reliable sources reported that Jesus Christ has returned and been seen by numerous eyewitnesses early this morning. Details on back page. Cardinal Kink crinkles the newspaper excitedly and stares straight up in the air as if in a trance. Cardinal Kink: So it's all true! You know, it had been so long, I was starting to wonder myself. Rabbi Herzog: What's that Cardinal? Cardinal Kink: Nothing. (Folds newspaper under arm). Forget I said that. Herzog, you said you talked to Jesus. Where is he? Rabbi Herzog: Well Cardinal, he said that he wanted to go see the Leaning Tower of Pisa before he gets down to business. He's never seen it before you know. But he told me to tell you that he wants all the Priests in the Vatican to walk enmasse to the Central Square in Rome and meet him there at exactly six P.M. this evening. If I was you I'd start getting organized. That Square is miles away from here. Cardinal Kink: You're right Herzog. I need to run and tell his holiness that we need to start preparing immediately. But before I go, now that Jesus Christ has returned, I want to hear you admit that all Catholic Dogma is really true. Rabbi Herzog: Well, Cardinal, let me just say that Jesus Christ coming back now makes just as much sense to me as the virgin birth and the holy trinity. Cardinal Kink: (As he begins to run away). That's better. (Turns around but continues running backwards) Say Herzog, do you have any idea why the phones are not working? Rabbi Herzog: That I don't know Cardinal. (Cups hand to mouth because of the distance to Cardinal Kink) Maybe Jesus ran into a phone line on the way down. Cardinal KinkRunning away) Herzog! Hmmmph (shakes fist in air). Kol Nidre Service Vatican, Rome Friday, October 14, 1941 Rabbi David Herzog's sermon: "The righteous man perishes, And no one considers; Pious men are taken away, And no one gives thought That because of evil The righteous was taken away, Yet he shall come to peace, They shall have rest on their couches Who walked straightforward." "Murdering innocent Jews has long been a national Pastortime for Christianity. If you add up the numbers you'll find that more Jews of blessed memory died as a result of being murdered by Christians than from natural causes." - Joseph |
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