WHY JEWS WEAR HATS…

Excerpt from an article written by Mel Brooks

Shalom Aleichem, the famous and perhaps wittiest of all Russian Jewish writers, put these words in the mouth of the “Tevye the Milkman” character, and the star of Fiddler On The Roof, who spoke the line, “Jews always wear hats because they never know when they will be forced to travel.”

What he didn’t say, which is probably more important, is that they always made sure to have something under their hats, and inside of their heads, because physical possessions could be taken from them, but what they accumulated in their minds would always remain the greatest “merchandise” a Jew possesses.

And I thought Mel Brooks was only a funny man.