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* ''ComicBook/TheRabbisCat'': The main character is a snarky cat and his human is a rabbi in 1930s Algeria with a spirited daughter, so arguments feature on just about every page over morality, religion, politics, etc. Oddly enough, there as as many discussions that are perfectly civil in tone even between different religions.

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* ''ComicBook/TheRabbisCat'': The main character is a snarky cat and his human is a rabbi in Downplayed, the Jewish characters do complain but usually it's appropriate to the setting of 1930s Algeria with a spirited daughter, so arguments feature on just Algiers rather than kvetching about every page over morality, religion, politics, etc. Oddly enough, there as as many discussions last thing that are perfectly civil in tone annoys them. The titular rabbi's mother is even between different religions.said to have heard of her son's vocation and proclaim "Rabbi is no job for a Jew!"
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* ''ComicBook/TheRabbisCat'': The main character is a snarky cat and his human is a rabbi in 1930s Algeria with a spirited daughter, so arguments feature on just about every page over morality, religion, politics, etc. Oddly enough, there as as many discussions that are perfectly civil in tone even between different religions.
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* The opening number from the musical ''[[Theatre/{{Falsettos}} March of the Falsettos]]'' is titled "Four Jews In A Room Bitching." (Well, technically, Mendel is by his own admission only half-Jewish, but it doesn't stop him from bitching.)

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* The opening number from the musical ''[[Theatre/{{Falsettos}} March of the Falsettos]]'' is titled "Four Jews In A Room Bitching." (Well, technically, Mendel Whizzer is by his own admission only half-Jewish, but it doesn't stop him from bitching.)

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* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Estelle Costanza gripes about everything, which leads to arguments with her Roman Catholic husband Frank who complains just as much. Helen Seinfeld complains about Jerry's career as a comedian, thinking that there isn't much money in it (despite plenty of evidence to the contrary). As a consequence, she constantly sends his gifts back and he in turn will not accept money from them.

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* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
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Estelle Costanza gripes about everything, which leads to arguments with her Roman Catholic husband Frank who complains just as much. much.
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Helen Seinfeld complains about Jerry's career as a comedian, thinking that there isn't much money in it (despite plenty of evidence to the contrary). As a consequence, she constantly sends his gifts back and he in turn will not accept money from them.



** Mort Goldman, though he's more of a hypochondriac (whose job is, [[{{Irony}} in pharmaceuticals]]) than a straight-up complainer.

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** Mort Goldman, though he's more of a hypochondriac (whose job is, is [[{{Irony}} in pharmaceuticals]]) than a straight-up complainer.
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* The opening number from the musical ''March of the Falsettos'' is titled "Four Jews In A Room Bitching." (Well, technically, one of them is by his own admission only half-Jewish, but it doesn't stop him from bitching.)

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* The opening number from the musical ''March ''[[Theatre/{{Falsettos}} March of the Falsettos'' Falsettos]]'' is titled "Four Jews In A Room Bitching." (Well, technically, one of them Mendel is by his own admission only half-Jewish, but it doesn't stop him from bitching.)
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** God tries to avert this in the New Testament with Paul the Apostle advising his fellow new Christians in the Literature/BookOfPhilippians to do the Lord's work without grumbling about it, but [[BeingGoodSucks easier said than done]].
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* Lampshaded by Creator/JonStewart in his 1996 concert ''Unleavened'': "Jews and Blacks come from the same background, two thousand years of bullshit! We just expressed our pain in different ways. Blacks developed [[{{Blues}} the Blues.]] ...Jews ''complain'', we just never thought of setting it to music."

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* Lampshaded by Creator/JonStewart in his 1996 concert ''Unleavened'': "Jews and Blacks come from the same background, history, two thousand years of bullshit! We just expressed our pain in different ways.suffering differently as people. Blacks developed [[{{Blues}} the Blues.]] ...Jews ''complain'', we just never thought of setting putting it to music."

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