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- proper noun A
city in Poland, known for the Jewish stories about its (mythical)stupid residents.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The story concerns Shlemiel Michael Iannucci, dispatched by the great thinkers to spread the word that Chelm is home to the world's wisest rabbis.
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The day after we march on Auschwitz, my group will stop off on the way to Warsaw in a quaint town called Chelm, for Jews the eternal capital of absurdity.
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A new website called Chelm-on-the-Med© Online gives an entirely different 'take' on Israel.
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It is far too easy to ridicule the rabbinate (three generations) and the professoriate (tenured and untenured), to portray a town full of people from Chelm.
Mommy Queerest Meets A Serious Man « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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In this mythical spin on a real place G-d help them, the wise men of Chelm mess things up while the women either clean up after them or patiently wait for the men to fix things themselves.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011
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When Shlemiel finds this "new" town that features a woman exactly like his wife and kids exactly like his children and wise men exactly like the wise of men of Chelm in fact, they even call this new place Chelm as well!
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011
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Shlemiel bickers with his understanding wife and isn't too upset when the wisest of the wise men of Chelm suggests he go out to the wide world and tell them exactly how wise the wisest man of Chelm truly is.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011
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Writer Isaac Bashevis Singer helped popularize folk tales about the foolish men of Chelm, a city in Poland.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011
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What could be more appropriate for a show set in Chelm?
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011
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A scholar from Chelm who finds a hayfork in the road is likely to conclude it's a giant's menorah.
The Man Who Left Chelm Steven Barnes 2010
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