6/6     It is impossible not to be reminded of the classic Jewish joke
        about the Jewish mother in Russia taking leave of her son, who
        has been called up to serve the Czar in the war against Turkey.
        "Don't overexert yourself'" she implores him, "Kill a Turk and
        rest. Kill another Turk and rest again…"
        "But mother," the son interrupts, "What if the Turk kills me?"
        "You?" exclaims the mother, "But why? What have you done to him?"
        \_ classic joke that no one but jew-haters have heard?  Helen Thomas is
           that you?
           \_ guess everyone on the motd is a jew-hater now.
           \_ I read it in the Tikkun newsletter.