Jewish mothers have been stereo-typed over the years as the figurehead that holds a family together, a tower of strength, yet one who will ruthlessly criticise her family, especially if they don’t meet with her strict standards.
Have you ever wondered about famous people from the past (or indeed the present time) and what their mothers might have been like?
Here are some examples of things these Jewish mothers might have said to their famous children. Hope you enjoy them.
MONA LISA’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“After all the money your father and I spent on braces, this you call a smile?”
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“I don’t care what you’ve discovered, you didn’t call, you didn’t write…”
MICHELANGELO’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“A ceiling you paint? Not good enough for you the walls, like the other children? Do you know how hard it is to get that schmutz off the ceiling?”
NAPOLEON’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“You’re not hiding your report card?…Show me! Take your hand out of your jacket and show me!”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“Again with that hat! Why can’t you wear a baseball cap like the other kids?”
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“Next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!”
THOMAS EDISON’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“Okay, so I’m proud that you invented the electric light bulb. Now turn it off already and go to sleep!”
PAUL REVERE’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“I don’t care where you think you have to go, young man, midnight is long past your bedtime!”
ALBERT EINSTEIN’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“Your senior picture and you couldn’t have done something with your hair?”
MOSES’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“Desert, schmesert! Where have you really been for the last forty years?”
BILL GATES’S JEWISH MOTHER:
“It would have killed you to become a doctor?”
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