Jewish Humor.
Tel Aviv: Papyrus Publishing House at Tel-Aviv University, 1986. Hardbound. Octavo, glossy paper covered boards, 215 pp., b/w illustrations, authors. Very Good. Item #73433
ISBN: 9653060015
Introduction by Ziv. Articles are "Shalom Aleichem's 'On account of a hat,'" R. Adler, "The Jew as Comic: Lenny Bruce, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen," J. Dorison, "Psycho-social aspects of Jewish humour in Israel and in the Diaspora," Ziv, "Jewish Jokes, anti-semitic jokes and Hebredonian jokes," C. Davies, "Gallows humor and Jewish humor: A reading of 'The Dance of Genghis Cohn' by Romain Gary," J. Kauffman, "Humor and Sexism: The case of the Jewish Joke," E. Fuchs, "The Rabbi versus the priest and other Jewish stories," I.E. Mintz, "Halachic issues as satirical elemnets in nineteenth century Hebrew literature," Y. Friedlander, "Tevie the Milkman - intertwining Jewish destiny and humor," A.E. Rivlin, "Political satire in the Israeli theatre: Another outlook on Zionism," D. Alexander, "What? Humor? In the news? - How serious is the news on Israeli radio," I. Roeh and R. Nir, "Do Jews in Israel still laugh on Israeli Radio?" O. Nevo, "Political caricature as a reflection of Israel's development," K. Gardosh (Dosh).
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