Well, I don't doubt that your Jewish friends might not be like that but this is so stereotypically Jewish based on my personal experience.
I live in a Jewish neighborhood and I work for a Jewish owned business where most of the key guys are Jewish, and some of my best friends are Jews.
As for the joke itself, I paraphrased it based on a joke I read from a book written by a Jewish professor but I cannot remember the name of the book or the author to save my life.
Another Jewish joke (again paraphrased from memory):
A Man asks his rabbi: "rabbi, my house is too small, my kids are fighting each other and getting on each other's nerves all the time, what should I do?"
The rabbi says: " you should bring your goat inside the house and things will start to get better".
After a week and the man comes to his rabbi and says:" rabbi, it's getting worse, what should I do?"
The rabbi says: "oh, you should bring your chickens inside the house then, things will start to get better".
The man comes back again after a week and says: " rabbi, but things are getting worse, my family is getting crazy and the house is impossible for us to live in any longer".
The rabbi says: " you should bring your cow into the house and things are definitely going to get better soon".
The man comes back in yet another week and says: " rabbi, my family are ready to murder each other, and the cow, the goat and the chickens. What should I do?"
The rabbi says:" Now, try taking the cow, the goat and chickens out of the house and things will finally be better for as long as you own the house".
I live in a Jewish neighborhood and I work for a Jewish owned business where most of the key guys are Jewish, and some of my best friends are Jews.
As for the joke itself, I paraphrased it based on a joke I read from a book written by a Jewish professor but I cannot remember the name of the book or the author to save my life.
Another Jewish joke (again paraphrased from memory):
A Man asks his rabbi: "rabbi, my house is too small, my kids are fighting each other and getting on each other's nerves all the time, what should I do?"
The rabbi says: " you should bring your goat inside the house and things will start to get better".
After a week and the man comes to his rabbi and says:" rabbi, it's getting worse, what should I do?"
The rabbi says: "oh, you should bring your chickens inside the house then, things will start to get better".
The man comes back again after a week and says: " rabbi, but things are getting worse, my family is getting crazy and the house is impossible for us to live in any longer".
The rabbi says: " you should bring your cow into the house and things are definitely going to get better soon".
The man comes back in yet another week and says: " rabbi, my family are ready to murder each other, and the cow, the goat and the chickens. What should I do?"
The rabbi says:" Now, try taking the cow, the goat and chickens out of the house and things will finally be better for as long as you own the house".