Prove Your Comedy Chops with Moment’s Cartoon Caption Contest
Welcome to the Moment Magazine Cartoon Caption Contest, founded with the help of New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, and drawn by New Yorker cartoonist Ben Schwartz.
Do you have a way with words and humor? If so, look at the cartoon below and send us a caption—or two or three! Plus scroll down to vote for your favorite caption. It’s free and fun!
Winners may claim a free Moment subscription for a friend of family member. Contest open to U.S. residents 18 and above.
Plus: Read interviews with some of our most prolific caption contest contributors here.
Submit a caption for this cartoon by July 15 by writing it in as a comment at the bottom of this page!
Vote for your favorite caption by filling out the form immediately below!
“And with a great hand and an outstretched arm…”
—Howie Slomka, Atlanta, GA
“Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is #1!”
—Ben Goldberg, Port Chester, NY
“I’m His biggest fan.”
—Rachel Lerner, Los Angeles, CA
Vote for your favorite! The winner will receive a free subscription to Moment to give to a friend. Any U.S. resident age 18 or older can enter.
Vote for your favorite caption
Chuckle at the Winter 2026 winning caption—and see who wrote it!
“Of course they say a bracha before eating—these are birds of pray!”
—Larry Lesser, El Paso, TX
How to Submit Your Caption(s)
Submit as a comment below. Finalists will appear in the upcoming issue. To vote for the winner of the current contest, use the vote form.
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“I can see Moses on top of Mount Rushmore!”
“It didn’t take Moses 40 years to land on top of Mount Rushmore!”
“There are now 10 new commandments for Mount Rushmore!”
“You have to have DIVINE FAITH to be on top of Mount Rushmore!”
“You would think I’d be one of them.”
“Part that sea we discussed, and I’ll replace Teddy.”
Rush more to do a mitzvah!
Can’t take our leaders for granite!
Moses is head and shoulders above all prophets, teachers, and leaders!
A tighter version: Moses is head and shoulders above all leaders!
But the Torah has 70 faces!
“I said makarev, not carve!”
“Moses, you don’t have to be STONED FACED to be a leader here!”
“Be careful Moses, if you develop yellow hair & bone spurs, you might slip from grace!”
WHAT, NO DEMOCRATS . . . AND I THOUGHT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WAS GOING TO BE A HARD SELL!!!
“I didn’t say ‘go leap off the rocks’, I said ‘go lead the flocks’!”
“No ….. not rocks ….. ‘lead the flocks’!”
“I’m thinking more pastoral!”
“For bathroom facilities, climb down the mountain and use the bush that is not burning!”
“Remember Moses that you are AHEAD above all the leaders!”
“One small step for sheep, one giant leap for shepard-kind!”
“For bathroom facilities, climb down the mountain and use the non-burning bush!”
“Always remember Moses, you are AHEAD above the other leaders!”
“Lean a bit more left, ……. leaning right usually ends in disaster!”
“This is not what I meant when I said, ‘Raise them up’!”
“Would it kill you, to just one time, bring a few bagels and cream cheese?”
“Lean right again and you’ll find yourself in the desert for forty more years!”
“I’m thinking of combining divine intervention and historical accuracy!”
“It’s not heaven,it’s South Dakota.”
Nu, boychick, wrong mount!
“Just remember that you don’t have to be STONED FACE to be on Mount Rushmore!”
“For bathroom facilities, climb down the mountain and look for the non-burning bush!”
“The job if you accept it, will be to make sure 45-47 doesn’t change the name to Mount Trumpmore!”
“No landmark is safe with ‘Clockwork (little hands) Orange’ in office.
“Please turn around and bend over? I’m trying to imagine what it might look like if Trump is added!”
“No Moses, I wont provide you with a parachute in case a heavy wind blows near you!”
“Also Moses, no loud bullhorn will be provided for you, as people want to see you without listening to you!”
Everybody must get stoned!
Don’t make people stone, just leave stones on graves!
Idolizing leaders is a monumental mistake!
No graven images? These guys definitely prefer the Second Amendment over the Second Commandment!
Relax Moses. At this point you’re in our top four.
Submitting a caption for the mount rushmore cartoon.
Says Moses, ” Why is it called Mt. Rushmore if we are going to be wandering for forty years?”
“I could put you on the moon, but then you would be MOONING everyone on earth when undressing!”
God, I thought you said no idols! What happened to Mount Sinai?
What happened to Mount Sinai? God, I thought you said no idols!
Then the Lord said to Moses, oops wrong mountain!
Just speak to it Moe, don’t hit this one!
“On this mountain Moses, pray for the DEAD HEADS!”
“Thou Shall Not Create Any Graven Images”
No, I said you’ll need a “Halakhic *precedent*”
“Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is #1!”
—Ben Goldberg, Port Chester, NY
“I said carve the tablets, not the mountain!”
Moses! Go down and lead the people out of the desert of deceit, defamation, and dodgyness. These guys will help.
Moses! Go down and lead the people out of the desert of deceit and dismay. These guys will help.
Moses! Got down and lead the people out of the desert of deceit, dismay, and despair. These guys can give you some hints.
“Last time I put you on a mountain you dropped one of the tablets and lost Commandments 11 thru 15!”
“They are so lifelike,we only need six more for the minyan.”
“Not Jewish but Menches anyway.”
“Moses, you can count your LUCKY STARS that you have successfully FACED the future!”
“When are you going to repair the third tablet of my ‘Commandments’ that you dropped and broke?”
“Watch your step, because otherwise you may receive a STONE-COLD REBUKE from viewers below!”
“There might be room for 45/47’s tiny hands but his self inflated, egotistical, narcissistic head will never fit!”
“Don’t worry about HOT FLOOD FLASHES, but just worry about HOT FLASHES period!”
“Nearer my G-D to thee!”
“This is for the ones that didn’t hit the rock.”
“I told you ‘Mountain Goats’ were not gonna easy to herd’!”
“I told you, ‘Mountain Goats’ are not easy to herd!”
“Food for thought, KIDNEY STONES can occur on granite monuments!”