Jewish Standard Time

English

Noun

Jewish Standard Time (uncountable)

1. (humorous) later than the agreed-upon time
   • 1993, Richard J. Israel, The Kosher Pig: And Other Curiosities of Modern Jewish Life:

     It is my conviction that the notion of Jewish Standard Time is essentially a canard. It is not that Jewish events universally start when they are announced. They don't. The point is, that neither do anyone else's. Well, almost anyone: The Germanic descendants of the Anglos and the Saxons and occasional eccentrics among widely scattered ethnic groups do, and that tends to intimidate the rest of us.

   • 2014, Faye Kellerman, chapter 2, in Murder 101: A Decker/Lazarus Novel:

     The kid was on time, which would have been fine except that the students were on Jewish Standard Time.

   • 2015, Tasha Kaminsky, “Your Judaism”, in Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds:

     I don't believe in Jewish Standard Time. That's complete bullshit and part of an agenda to advance the interests of inconsiderate assholes who can't keep time.