David leaves London to make aliyah to Israel. As soon as he settles down in Tel Aviv, he goes to see the local optician.
“I’m having trouble reading,” he says. “Maybe you could check my eyes.”
The optician sits David in front of a large eye test chart.
“Can you read the letters on the bottom line?”
“No,” replies David.
“So how about the next line up?” asks the optician.
“Squinting, David replies, “No, I still can’t read them.”
“OK,” says the optician,” let’s start at the top line. Read out the letters please.”
“But I can’t,” says David.
“Are you perhaps a teeny bit blind?” asks the optician.
“Certainly not,” replies David. “It’s just that I’ve never learned to read Hebrew.”
From Oy Vey: More! The Ultimate Book Of Jewish Jokes Part 2, by David Minkoff