Wise Men of Chelm
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title:
Wise Men of Chelm
text:
The Wise Men of Chelm are foolish Jewish residents of the Polish city of Chełm, a butt of Jewish jokes, similar to other towns of fools: the English Wise Men of Gotham, German Schildbürger, Greek residents of Abdera, or Finnish residents of the fictional town of Hymylä. Since at least 14th century Chełm had a considerable population of Jews. Many of the Chelmer jokes are about silly solutions to problems. Some of these solutions display "foolish wisdom", while others are simply wrong. Some Chełm
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encyclopedia
description:
Jewish humor about a city of fools
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Men_of_Chelm
date created:
2021-11-14T20:38:08Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T08:31:36Z
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