Its been a great month in Moishe House (Rule) Brittania. It may be hard work, balancing the demands of ones Mosaic heritage and being a subject of Queen Victoria but we carry it off with great aplomb!
We began the month with an inspirational session entitled "How to be a Good Gentlemen of the Mosaic Persuasion", in which very speakers gave presentations on how to live out Jewish values. All the major banks were represented and the speaker from Rothschild's talk on "Expressing your Judaism through trade interests in the commonwealth" was particularly well received. The event was enriched by the presence of the House ladies guild, who served cucumber sandwiches. Our next event was even more successful; "Understanding the Ghetto Jew". Around 50 participants arrived (mostly by horse and carriage, those arriving on foot were turned away), not just to hear a talk about the filthy yiddish speaking Ostjuden but to actually meet one! Obviously there was no actual conversation between our guests and the East End 'Yid', as we placed him in a cage and threw Kugel and Lokshen at him. Apparently these are the sort of eastern 'delicacies' that these people enjoy! Finally we held a social action event in which we invited several street urchins to our house to come and sit in the warmth and clean our floors. They were utterly delighted at our hospitality with comments like 'Oh my Hebrew masters, you is such outstanding gentlemen, oi is not worthy". Frankly, we became worried that they would start coming round whenever they pleased, so we decided to send them to the Workhouse. Besides that all is well amongst the house residents. As I write this, the house Jewess Rachel Rose Montefiore is warming herself by the boiling kettle, having failed to pay the heating bills for her room. We did consider paying her bill for her, so she could be warm, but if we behave like this the poor will never learn.
Joseph Moishe House London
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