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that is so wrong PFF. I was a practicing Jew for a time.... I suppose it could seem funny if told the right way....
but did you ever hear the joke about the Pope's Bell? my fave Jewish joke of all time... its almost as ancient as the hills but I still get a giggle.
You know the bell towers in the Vatican that call people to the masses? well one of them developed a crack and went sour. So what was the pope to do? well he sent all over the world to find the best bellmaker. Turned out to be this little old man who lived in Jerusalem. So he telegrams him about the bell and asked him to come and see if it could be fixed. Tailor Paul, the big brass bell that cracked was also the one that rang when a pope dies and so the pope was very concerned, being old and in frail health as most popes are. So Schmuel gets on a plane and arranges for a barge to take the bell back to his shop in Jerusalem when he gets there. After looking over the bell he tells the pope this really ungodly price for fixing it. Not knowing that Jews love a good barganing session the pope agreed straight away. So the crate is ordered and a crane to let it down into the crate. He climbs up again into the bell tower and wraps it with the special padding so as it is let down it isn't hurt worse...
so its crated up and taken to the barge, he sits on top of it, doesn't eat or sleep till he gets it to the shop. 6 weeks go by andhe gets a telagram asking about the progress. He sends one back saying the tone isn't just right. finally he goes through the whole process of repacking it and putting it on a barge, crossing the Mediterranean so he can get to Italy and doesn't eat or sleep to its installed properly. Then goes laughing all the way back hjome and deposits the money in the bank...
so next morning mass is rung and Tailor Paul sounds off GOYIM GOYIM GOYIM.... which as any good Jew knows means the godless ones..
giggles. The poor pope.

Not really, and I always thought that was a semi-true story...

And you can prove that how?

like I said that one is pretty old and I always felt sorry for the pope even though the joke made me giggle. Tailor Paul is an actual bell and there would have to be such care taken if anything ever did happen to it.
mostly that joke is just an example of how much prejudice concerning religion and race there is in the world. I don't tell jokes much anymore because it is too easy to offend people when you are just trying to be funny. this one sounds a lot better spoken than typed... but you almost have to be Jewish to get all the ways in the story that it is funny.... (properly told there is more to the joke too. I edited a bit for the sake of not boring anyone to tears...)