Jewish Humor
Jackie Mason. Bob Mankoff. Judy Gold. Different Jewish backgrounds and different flavors of Jewish humor but all funny.
Moment explores Jewish humor from many styles and perspectives. Below is a collection of Jewish jokes and Moment interviews with historians about the evolution of Jewish humor. Plus conversations with master Jewish comedians, who they are and how they got to be so funny.
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The First Book of Jewish Jokes Edited by Elliott Oring Translated by Michaela Lang Indiana University Press 2018, 176 pp,
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Michael Krasny wants to tell jokes—but he also wants to explain them. “It's important to be analytical about humor,” he says. ...
Sweater vest as contraception: the solution to the birth-control debate? At Moment’s symposium on the intersection of humor and politics
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