Yes I Can Say That | Lilith Magazine

January 6, 2021 by Rachel Fadem

Comedian and author Judy Gold has a joke about her son that sometimes makes people mad.

My son Henry years ago was like, ‘I’m getting a tattoo.’

And I’m like, ‘no, you’re not.’

He said, ‘yes, I am.’

I said, ‘no, you’re not.’

And then, and I said, ‘all right, what are you going to get?’

And he said, ‘I think I want to get something that says I’m from New York. I’m thinking of getting our zip code tattooed on my arm.’

And I said, ‘Henry, you’re a Jew. You’re not getting numbers tattooed on your arm.’

“People really laugh because it’s funny,” Gold tells Lilith. “And then some people will be like, ‘I was uncomfortable with that.’”

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