Prove Your Comedy Chops with Momentâs 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 captionâor 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 April 30 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!
âWhy do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?â
â Michael Lomazow, Riverside, CA
âShmuel, your shtreimel shows it to be shpring.â
âStephen Nadler, Princeton, NJ
âOf course they say a bracha before eatingâthese are birds of pray!â
âLarry Lesser, El Paso, TX
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 November/December 2025 winning captionâand see who wrote it!
âBut we always have the Frankensteins over for Hanukkah.â
âStephen Nadler, Princeton, NJ
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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“It says the Jewish people are #1, ‘L’chaim!'”
“You read it all right here, soon you will bless the New/#One STATE of ISRAEL!”
âJust to remind the Bar Mitzvah Boychik whose still number one.â
âI also use it for sliding at the ballgame.â
“I’ll be quick. They need me at the game.”
“I can’t see a thing with these glasses.”
This gives kavannah when you chant the Shema!
I also have a foam finger with extended pinky for when we do hagbah!
“I keep my long (#1 middle) finger hidden until I need to show it to antisemites!”
“I’m a Rabbi & Urologist, so my hidden long (#1 middle) finger is used for antisemites & prostrate exams!”
“I’ve researched it from all angles; having the first day of ‘March Madness’ declared a fully recognized ‘Jewish Holiday’ is not going to be easy!”
âIt was a gift from Mrs.Klein.â
“Later, we must call to ARMS to subdue our enemies (with BIG FINGER-wagging).”
“Becoming a ‘World Champion Dreidel Spinner’ may be harder than I first thought.”
“I CONVERTED my old baseball glove to be the #1 JUDAISM YAD for reading the Torah!”
“The lyrics are as follows; ‘two can be as bad as one’, …….’it’s the loneliest number since the number one’!”
“I used to own a plumbing business and my advertising slogan was, ‘I’m Number One in The Number Two Business’!”
“When I hear hate speech from antisemites, I will throw down my gauntlet (#1 glove) at them!”
âEven a Rabbi needs to create a little buzz.â
For a parsha about the plagues, I bring out the finger of God!
Better to be a fan than a fanatic!
“My #1 glove is a MITZVAH & KOSHER. What do you mean April Fool?”
âDonât ask me.They were sold together.â