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Short Story Of Morty's A Jewish Dog

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Morty visits Dr. Saul, the veterinarian, and says, "My dog has a problem." Dr. Saul says, "So, tell me the problem." Morty explains, "He's a Jewish dog. His name is Izzy and he can talk.” "He can talk?" the doubting doctor asks. "Sure, watch this!" Morty points to the dog and commands, "Izzy, Fetch!" The dog walks toward the door, then turns around and says, "But why are you talking to me like that? You always order me around like I'm nothing. And you only call me when you want something. And then you make me sleep on the floor, with my arthritis. You give me this fahkahkta food and tell me it's a special diet but it tastes like dreck! You should eat it yourself! And do you ever take me for a decent walk? Nope, it's out the house, a short pish …show more content…

Saul is flabbergasted, "This is remarkable! So, what's the problem?" Morty says, "He has a hearing problem! I said 'Fetch,' not 'Kvetch." The Israeli army's elite canine unit cannot talk but they are trained to the highest level. Known as Oketz, the unit was established back in 1974, and is part of the IDF Special Forces. In October 2014, Israel’s Channel 2 announced that at least four of these competent dogs from the canine unit were killed in battle during Operation Protective Edge while they saved more than twenty lives. The Oketz dogs are used to sniff out explosives, in tunnel protection, to sniff out booby-trapped buildings and to guard communities along the Gaza border. Dog handlers are often wounded in explosive incidents, but because their dogs absorb the brunt of the blow, soldier’s lives are spared. Despite the IDF’s use of dogs, relatively few Israeli homes have one. The dynamic and meaningful relationship that forms between a dog and his owner, are less frequently found in …show more content…

When four legged friends are working dogs, we are appreciative of their skills and we look after their needs. Jewish text is familiar with the dog in its role as guard dog and sheep dog. Jewish communities have benefitted from sled dog, tracking dog, water dog, and police dog and in other forms of work. On the other hand, the identification of dogs as pets is another story. In Exodus, G-d informs Moses of the tenth plague on Egypt, the slaying of the first born. “There shall be a great outcry in the entire land of Egypt, such as there has never been and such as there shall never be again. But against all the Children of Israel, no dog shall wag its tongue, against neither man nor beast, so that you shall know that the Lord will have differentiated between Egypt and Israel.” How miraculous is this; no dogs barked and called attention to the homes of the Israelites where Torah was

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