History Main / JewsLoveToArgue

** Actually, in ALL of Woody Allen's films with Jews. Although this troper's personal favorite is in ''RadioDays'', when Joe's (played by a very young SethGreen, yet!) parents are shouting at each other about ''[[BeyondTheImpossible which ocean is better, the Atlantic or the Pacific]].''

Mah pitom, what the hell is up with you speaking Yiddish like it's a living language, anyway, ya ben zonah?

** Well, that, and also they're afraid that the Supreme Court would run away with a written Constitution if Israel had one (''[[AmericanCourts à l'américain]]'', with whom Israel [[TheCommonLaw a legal tradition]]), potentially raising issues for virtually everyone. The Supreme Court under Aharon Barak and his successor [[IronLady Dorit Beinisch]] already started to do this ''without'' a written constitution, using the Basic Laws that serve in place of a constitution at the moment and applying them to check the government; this has naturally led to a great deal of argument in the Israeli legal community.

''And how would ''you'' know about comparison, anyway?''

''And how would'' you ''know about comparison, anyway?''

* [[CompletelyMissingThePoint ¡Oye!]][[DidNotDoTheResearch ¡Eso no es nada, solo español mal escrito!]]

->"Three Jews, four opinions."

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlmeKoo1Kbg This]] video of two [[TakeThatMe Jewish]] brothers imitating an old Jewish couple arguing about the logistics of doing a drive-by.

->"Three Jews, [[strike:four]] seven opinions".
-->-- A saying.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlmeKoo1Kbg This]] video of two brothers imitating an old Jewish couple arguing about the logistics of doing a drive-by.

* ''SouthPark'' has the Broflovski family. Kyle is a bright child, but as we all know, being a child can be rough. Kyle's mother Sheila is overly protective of her son's well-being. Kyle's father Gerald, usually a nice guy, can be really harsh to him occasionally.

* [[TheBigBangTheory Wolowitz]] and [[JewishMother his mother]]. 'Nuff said.

-->"Three Jews, [[strike:four]] seven opinions".\\
-- A saying.

-->'''Mordcha''': Why should I break my head about the outside world? Let them break their own heads.\\
'''Tevye''': He's right. As the Good Book says, "If you spit in the air, it lands in your face."\\
'''Perchik''': That's nonsense. You can't close your eyes to what's happening in the world.\\
'''Tevye''': He's right.\\
'''Avram''': He's right and he's right? How can they both be right?\\
'''Tevye''': You know, you're also right.\\
-- ''FiddlerOnTheRoof''

-->''Rabbi Eliezer was in an argument with five fellow rabbis over the proper way to perform a certain ritual. The other five Rabbis were all in agreement with each other, but Rabbi Eliezer vehemently disagreed. Finally, Rabbi Nathan pointed out "Eliezer, the vote is five to one! Give it up already!" Eliezer got fed up and said "If I am right, may God himself tell you so!" Thunder crashed, the heavens opened up, and the voice of God boomed down. '''''"YES,"''''' said God, '''''"RABBI ELIEZER IS RIGHT. RABBI ELIEZER IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS RIGHT."''''' Rabbi Nathan turned and conferred with the other rabbis for a moment, then turned back to Rabbi Eliezer. "All right, Eliezer," he said, "the vote stands at five to ''TWO''."''\\
-- TheTalmud (loosely translated[[hottip:* :[[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely.]]]])

->"Three Jews, [[strike:four]] seven opinions".\\

->'''Mordcha''': Why should I break my head about the outside world? Let them break their own heads.
->'''Tevye''': He's right. As the Good Book says, "If you spit in the air, it lands in your face."
->'''Perchik''': That's nonsense. You can't close your eyes to what's happening in the world.
->'''Tevye''': He's right.
->'''Avram''': He's right and he's right? How can they both be right?
->'''Tevye''': You know, you're also right.
->--''FiddlerOnTheRoof''

->''Rabbi Eliezer was in an argument with five fellow rabbis over the proper way to perform a certain ritual. The other five Rabbis were all in agreement with each other, but Rabbi Eliezer vehemently disagreed. Finally, Rabbi Nathan pointed out "Eliezer, the vote is five to one! Give it up already!" Eliezer got fed up and said "If I am right, may God himself tell you so!" Thunder crashed, the heavens opened up, and the voice of God boomed down. '''''"YES,"''''' said God, '''''"RABBI ELIEZER IS RIGHT. RABBI ELIEZER IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS RIGHT."''''' Rabbi Nathan turned and conferred with the other rabbis for a moment, then turned back to Rabbi Eliezer. "All right, Eliezer," he said, "the vote stands at five to ''TWO''."''\\

*** Most Israelis this troper knows tend to just completely ignore their government as a result.

* In ''{{Discworld}}'' Dwarfs are often compared to real life Jews (this was not the author's original intention but he seems to be running with it.) One of the main reasons? They argue a lot, especially about their faith. As Cheery Littlebottom says in ''The Fifth Elephant'':

** Moses also argues with God when he wants to destroy the People of Israel and http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JewsLoveToArgue?action=editmake Moses into the (first of the) new People of Israel.