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The Genius of the Jewish Joke

Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351482254
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Genius of the Jewish Joke written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Genius of the Jewish Joke focuses on what is distinctive and unusual about Jewish jokes and Jewish humor. Jewish humor is humor by Jews and about Jews, in whatever medium this humor is found. Jokes are defined as short stories, meant to amuse, with a punch line, though Jewish humor exists in many other forms—riddles, comic definitions, parodies—as well. The book makes a "radical" suggestion about the origin of Jewish humor—namely, that Sarah and Abraham's relation to God, and the name of their son Isaac (which, in Hebrew, means laughter), recognizes a special affinity in Jews for humor. Abraham does not sacrifice Isaac (humor) and, thus, humor and the Jews are linked early in Jewish history. Berger discusses techniques of humor and how they can be used to analyze jokes. He also compares "Old World Jewish Humor"—the humor of the shtetl, with its fabulous schlemiels, schlimazels, schnorrers, and other characters—and "New World Humor"—the humor of Jewish doctors, lawyers, accountants, and other professional types living mostly in the suburbs nowadays. Jewish humor is contrasted with other forms of ethnic humor, such as Polish jokes and Italian American jokes. This humor, in addition to providing pleasure, reveals a great deal about Jewish character and culture and, in addition, the human condition. Now available with a new introduction by the author, The Genius of the Jewish Joke is an entertaining and informative inquiry into Jewish humor that explores its distinctiveness, its unique spirit, and its role in Jewish identity.

Jews and Jokes

Author : J.D. Rockefeller
Publisher : J.D. Rockefeller
ISBN 13 : 1523820144
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Jews and Jokes written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to give definition to humor of any kind is already bad business in itself. Just when you thought you have laid down the rules, someone will definitely give you a tap on the shoulder and remind you of other forms of humor. And worse, you might even get to raise some eyebrows in your mere attempt to define it.As far as Jewish humor is concerned, it is basically a kind of humor that is blatantly Jewish in all its characters, concerns, language, definitions, symbols or values. Based on one definition, a Jewish joke is something that a non-Jewish person will be able to understand and all Jews say that they already heard. However, not all the Jewish humor has been derived from Jewish sources. And in the same way, not all the humor that the Jews created are necessarily Jewish. For this reason, it would be best that you examine not the song but the singer. Jewish humor is very diverse and rich and can be difficult to adequately describe it with a single generalization. The Jewish theologians said that it is much easier to describe God in things that He is not and the same thing can be of use when trying to understand Jewish humor. Jewish humor is not escapist and not a slapstick. This is not physical and in general, it is not cruel and this doesn't relate to the infirm or the weak. Similarly, this is also not gentle and polite. What Jewish humor truly is might be even harder to determine and here are several broad statements in a complete awareness of all the possible futility of this exercise. Usually, Jewish humor is substantive and is about something. This is specifically fond of some particular topics like food, business, family, wealth and its absence, anti-Semitism, survival and health. Jewish humor is fascinated by logic and intricacies of the mind as well as the short elliptical path that separates the absurd from the rational. As a religious or social commentary, Jewish humor tends to be resigned, complaining, descriptive or sarcastic. At times, the humor's point is actually more powerful than the laugh that it delivers and for several of these jokes, the right response is not really laughter but instead, a consoling sigh of recognition or a bitter nod. The didactic can preclude laughing for free similar with slapstick humor that derives the laughter from the misfortune of other people. There is no doubt that Jewish humor is an interesting thing that continues to fascinate people from all parts of the world, whether they are Jewish or not. To give you a dose of Jewish fun, here are some of the best Jewish jokes that can either make you double up in laughter or stop, think and contemplate on the real meaning that lies within.

Jews and Jokes

Author : Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : Impress Books
ISBN 13 : 9781911293743
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Jews and Jokes written by Dan Cohn-Sherbok and published by Impress Books. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jewish Humor

Author : Joseph Telushkin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062012851
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Humor written by Joseph Telushkin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are more than 100 of the best Jewish jokes you'll ever hear, interspersed with perceptive and persuasive insight into what they can tell us about how Jews see themselves, their families, and their friends, and what they think about money, sex, and success. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is as celebrated for his wit as for his scholarship, and in this immensely entertaining book, he displays both in equal measure. Stimulating, something stinging, and always very, very funny, Jewish Humor offers a classic portrait of the Jewish collective unconscious.

Old Jews Telling Jokes

Author : Sam Hoffman
Publisher : Metro Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1857829549
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Old Jews Telling Jokes written by Sam Hoffman and published by Metro Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender looks at him and says, 'You know we have a drink named after you?' The grasshopper replies, 'You have a drink named Stanley?' Just one of the gags in this book, many of which explore Jewish themes.

What is a Jewish Joke?

Author : Henry Eilbirt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What is a Jewish Joke? written by Henry Eilbirt and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging and insightful history and analysis, generously illustrated with samples of the "genre." Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Life is Like a Glass of Tea

Author : Richard Raskin
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society of America
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Life is Like a Glass of Tea written by Richard Raskin and published by Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes

Author : David Minkoff
Publisher : Portico
ISBN 13 : 1909396257
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes written by David Minkoff and published by Portico. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is, quite simply, the most comprehensive collection of Jewish jokes, ever! The author has sourced over 1000 jokes and witty anecdotes that will have your sides splitting. With topics ranging from Rabbis to relationships; hairdressers to honeymoons; Bar Mitzvahs to bodybuilders; and from shopping, dating and in-laws to miracles, Viagra and chutzpah - and you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy them. This unique book also contains jokes for children, a compatability test for dating couples, humourous quips that can be used in speeches for special occasions, and a generous sprinkling of naughtier jokes.

The Jewish Joke

Author : Devorah Baum
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782831932
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Joke written by Devorah Baum and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is funny, clever and, at times, heartbreaking. In other words, Jewish' David Baddiel '[Baum is] intellectually luminous, psychologically penetrating, existentially anxious, and wonderfully funny' Zadie Smith 'Hilarious and thought-provoking' David Schneider The Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds, but still retained its own distinctive identity. So what is it that animates the Jewish joke? Why are Jews so often thought of as 'funny'? And how old can a joke get? The Jewish Joke is a brilliant - and very funny - riff on Jewish jokes, about what marks them apart from other jokes, why they are important to Jewish identity and how they work. Ranging from self-deprecation to anti-Semitism, politics to sex, it looks at the past of Jewish joking and asks whether the Jewish joke has a future. With jokes from Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as Freud and Marx (Groucho mostly), this is both a compendium and a commentary, light-hearted and deeply insightful.

The First Book of Jewish Jokes

Author : Elliott Oring
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253038340
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The First Book of Jewish Jokes written by Elliott Oring and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Works on Jewish humor and Jewish jokes abound today, but what formed the basis for our contemporary notions of Jewish jokes? How and when did these perceptions develop? In this groundbreaking study and translation, noted humor and folklore scholar Elliott Oring introduces us to the joke collections of Lippmann Moses Büschenthal, an enlightened rabbi, and an unknown author writing as "Judas Ascher." Originally published in German in 1812 and 1810, these books include jokes and anecdotes that play on stereotypes. The jokes depict Jews dealing with Gentiles who are bent on their conversion, Jews encountering government officials and institutions, newly propertied Jews attempting to demonstrate their acquisition of artistic and philosophical knowledge, and Jews engaged in trade and moneylending—often with the aim to defraud. In these jokes we see the antecedents of modern Jewish humor, and in Büschenthal's brief introduction we find perhaps the earliest theory of the Jewish joke. Oring provides helpful annotations for the jokes and contextualizing essays that examine the current state of Jewish joke scholarship and the situation of the Jews in France and Germany leading up to the periods when the two collections were published. Intended to stimulate the search for even earlier examples, Oring challenges us to confront the Jewish joke from a genuine historical perspective.

The Jokes of Oppression

Author : David A. Harris
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Jokes of Oppression written by David A. Harris and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1988 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To learn more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

Jewish Humor

Author : Avner Ziv
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351510932
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Humor written by Avner Ziv and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirteen chapters in this book are derived from the First International Conference on Jewish Humor held at Tel-Aviv University. The authors are scientists from the areas of literature, linguistics, sociology, psychology, history, communications, the theater, and Jewish studies. They all try to understand different aspects of Jewish humor, and they evoke associations, of a local-logical nature, with Jewish tradition. This compilation reflects the first interdisciplinary approach to Jewish humor. The chapters are arranged in four parts. The first section relates to humor as a way of coping with Jewish identity. Joseph Dorinson's chapter underscores the dilemma facing Jewish comedians in the United States. These comics try to assimilate into American culture, but without giving up their Jewish identity. The second section of the book deals with a central function of humor--aggression. Christie Davies makes a clear distinction between jokes that present the Jew as a victim of anti-Semitic attacks and those in which the approach is not aggressive. The third part focuses on humor in the Jewish tradition. Lawrence E. Mintz writes about jokes involving Jewish and Christian clergymen. The last part of the book deals with humor in Israel. David Alexander talks about the development of satire in Israel. Other chapters and contributors include: -Psycho-Social Aspects of Jewish Humor in Israel and in the Diaspora- by Avner Ziv; -Humor and Sexism: The Case of the Jewish Joke- by Esther Fuchs; -Halachic Issues as Satirical Elements in Nineteenth Century Hebrew Literature- by Yehuda Friedlander; -Do Jews in Israel still laugh at themselves?- by O. Nevo; and -Political Caricature as a Reflection of Israel's Development- by Kariel Gardosh. Each chapter in this volume paves the way for understanding the many facets of Jewish humor. This book will be immensely enjoyable and informative for sociologists, psychologists, and scholars of Judaic studies.

Jews and Humor

Author : Leonard J. Greenspoon
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1612491553
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Jews and Humor written by Leonard J. Greenspoon and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews and humor is, for most people, a natural and felicitous collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of, a history of crises and living on the edge, Jews have often created or resorted to humor. But what is humor? And what makes certain types, instances, or performances of humor "Jewish"? These are among the myriad queries addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are collected in this volume. And, thankfully, their observations, always apt and often witty, are expressed with a lightness of style and a depth of analysis that are appropriate to the many topics they cover. The scholars who contributed to this collection allow readers both to discern the common features that make up "Jewish humor" and to delight in the individualism and eccentricities of the many figures whose lives and accomplishments are narrated here. Because these essays are written in a clear, jargon-free style, they will appeal to everyone—even those who don't usually crack a smile!

Jewish Humor

Author : Arie Sover
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527568083
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Humor written by Arie Sover and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the evolution of Jewish humor, highlighting its long history from the period of the Bible to the present day, and includes a wide spectrum of styles that are expressed in various works and fields, including the Bible, the Talmud, poetry, literature, folklore, jokes, movies, and television series. It focuses upon three socio-geographic regions where the majority of Jewish people lived during the 18th to 21st centuries and where Jewish humor was created, developed and thrived: Eastern Europe, the United States and Israel. The text is a complicated mosaic based on three central components of Jewish life: historical experience, survival, and wisdom. It shows that one cannot understand Jewish humor without referring to the various factors which led the Jewish people to create their unusual sense of humor.

The World's Best Jewish Jokes

Author : Ben Eliezer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780207149900
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book The World's Best Jewish Jokes written by Ben Eliezer and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hilarious Guide to Great Bad Taste Jewish Jokes

Author : Mike Callie
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499262094
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Hilarious Guide to Great Bad Taste Jewish Jokes written by Mike Callie and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HILARIOUS GUIDE TO GREAT BAD TASTE JEWISH JOKES Volume 1 Published By The Hilarious Press A superb and funny collection of over 220 premium Classic Dirty, Bad Taste, Offensive, insulting, and Racist JEWISH JOKES and ONE-LINERS that sensitive JEWS, SHYLOCKS, YENTAS, CLIP TIPS, HEBES, KVETCHS, MATZOH GOBBLERS, YIDS, CHRIST KILLERS, HOOK NOSES, SHEENYS & "HYMIES" Really Hate.... And Rightfully So! Written, Edited and 'Massaged' for the needy "Bad Taste Deprived" by Acclaimed Comedy & Joke Writer and Producer, MIKE CALLIE as part of the 14 book Hilarious Bad Taste Joke Book Series. Available on Amazon.com BAD TASTE HAS NEVER BEEN FUNNIER!! www.badtastebooks.com

Semites and Stereotypes

Author : Avner Ziv
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031336950X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Semites and Stereotypes written by Avner Ziv and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-04-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an ongoing international conference, Jewish humor in recent years has been a subject of serious scholarly inquiry. Most academic publications, however, have been individual works representing a particular thesis or viewpoint, generally on literary aspects. The present collection of essays by scholars from England, France, the United States, Denmark, Israel, and Australia explores characteristics of Jewish humor from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, literature, psychology, sociology, and religion. Geographically, the work distinguishes between the Jewish humor of Israel and that of the diaspora; historically, it traces Jewish humor to the Bible. The linkages with Judaism and the Yiddish language are explored. Essays deal with the Jewish use of humor in stressful and tragic situations, with self-disparagement in Jewish humor, with anti-semitism and stereotyping, and with Jewish women as the objects of humor. The contributions to world culture of humorists Sholom Aleichem, Woody Allen, Philip Roth, Charlie Chaplin, and numerous contemporary performers are discussed as are the Jewish theorists of humor, including Sigmund Freud, Henri Bergson, and Arthur Koestler. An interdisciplinary book, it will be of interest to students and researchers of Jewish tradition and folklore, Jewish-American literature, American studies, and humor, popular culture, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.