History Main / JewishComplaining

Jews have a long, proud history of whining and complaining, or at least [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi the Ashkenazi do]]. They will complain about many things, in many forms, whether it's [[TerrifiedOfGerms hypochondria]] (Oh God, can you catch something from writing that?), having to go to work, having to come home from work, [[AllJewsAreCheapskates paying too much for something]], paying too little for something and worrying it's not good, their friends' bad habits, their friends' good habits, their {{Jewish Mother}}s thinking they aren't good enough, or the mothers themselves thinking their children aren't good enough.

This is actually joked about [[SelfDeprecation more among Jews themselves]] than anyone who's ever been prejudiced against them. Heck, if you see a TV show with Jewish people being big whiners, it's more than likely a Jew wrote those parts.

But when things get truly serious, the complaining tends to die down, as they get more somber.

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* TruthInTelevision, as many Jews will attest to. The Yiddish word for complaining is "''kvetching''."

* TruthInTelevision, as many Jews will attest to. The Yiddish word for complaining is "''kvetching''."

All right, all ''right''! I'll describe JewishComplaining here already! There, are you ''happy'' now?

* Shari from ''AmericanDad''.

* [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]] loves joking about this, usually with some overlap into JewsLoveToArgue. ("Black people have blues music, while Jews complain. We never thought about putting it to music.")

* [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]] loves joking about this, usually with some overlap into JewsLoveToArgue.

* All the way back to the Torah. In Numbers 11:5, the people complain that all they have to eat is manna from heaven, whereas in Egypt they had eaten fish. Even God lost patience.

Not to be confused with LicenseToWhine.

* WoodyAllen was famous for his characters doing this. In ''AnnieHall'' he tells Jewish joke that he believes summarizes life: "Two elderly women are at a Catskills mountain resort, and one of 'em says, 'Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.' The other one says, 'Yeah, I know, and such small portions.'" Thus, Jews will complain about everything, even if they want more of it.

* WoodyAllen was famous for his characters doing this, and a number of characters based on him do it as well.
** Mort Goldman from ''FamilyGuy''.
** Kyle's cousin from ''SouthPark''.

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* TruthInTelevision, as many Jews will attest to. The Yiddish word for complaining is "''kvetching''."
* All the way back to the Torah. In Numbers 11:5, the people complain that all they have to eat is manna from heaven, whereas in Egypt they had eaten fish. Even Gd lost patience.

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* Ross Geller from ''{{Friends}}'' is sometimes criticized from being to whiny. He realizes this when he starts a relationship with Janice (who's considered to be the most annoying woman in the world by the gang) and ''she'' breaks up with him because she finds his whining annoying.

* All the way back to the Torah. In Numbers 11:5, the people complain that all they have to eat is manna from heaven, whereas in egypt they had eaten cucumbers. Even Gd lost patience.

* TruthInTelevision, as many Jews will attest to.

* Ross Geller from ''{{Friends}}'' is sometimes criticized from being to whiny. He realizes this when she starts a relationship with Janice (who's considered to be the most annoying woman in the world by the gang) and ''she'' breaks up with him because she finds his whining annoying.

JewsLoveToArgue is a SisterTrope. A lot of arguing among Jews is often just them complaining about each other at the same time.

* Done a number of times in ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'', especially by Tevye, including once as a way to save face after he finally gave his blessing to one of his daughters after she married a Gentile.
* ''TheHebrewHammer'' uses this as the final test the "Jewish Justice League" has to gain entrance. It also turns out to be part of a Jew's ultimate weapon.

* Vladek the main character in {{Maus}} does complain a lot in the [[FramingDevice present day]].
* TheSunshineBoys - George Burns and Walter Matthau play old vaudevillians. They're each a GrumpyOldMan, but the AlterKocker is the grumpier.

This is actually joked about [[SelfDeprecation more among Jews themselves]] than anyone prejudiced against them. Heck, if you see a show showing Jewish people being big whiners, it's more than likely a Jew wrote those parts.

* Done a number of times in ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'', especially by Tevye, including once as a way to save face after he finally gave his blessing to one of his daughters after she married a gentile.

* Ross Geller from ''{{Friends}}'' is sometimes criticized from being to whiny. He realizes this when she starts a relationship with Janice, (who's considered to be the most annoying woman in the world by the gang), and ''she'' breaks up with him because she finds his whining annoying.

Jews have a long, proud history of whining and complaining, or at least [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi the Ashkenazi do]]. They will complain about many things, in many forms, whether it's [[SicklyNeuroticGeek hypochondria]] (Oh God, can you catch something from writing that?), having to go to work, having to come home from work, [[AllJewsAreCheapskates paying too much for something]], paying too little for something and worrying it's not good, their friends' bad habits, their friends' good habits, their {{Jewish Mother}}s thinking they aren't good enough, or the mothers themselves thinking their children aren't good enough.

Jews have a long, proud history of whining and complaining, or at least [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi the Ashkenazi do]]. They will complain about many things, in many forms, whether it's hypochondria (Oh God, can you catch something from writing that?), having to go to work, having to come home from work, [[AllJewsAreCheapskates paying too much for something]], paying too little for something and worrying it's not good, their friends' bad habits, their friends' good habits, their {{Jewish Mother}}s thinking they aren't good enough, or the mothers themselves thinking their children aren't good enough.

[[quoteright:340:[[TheHebrewHammer http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jewish_complaining_test_1418.jpg]] Hey, at least with the dying, their Earthly problems will soon be over. Jewish people ''still'' have to deal with...]]