A collection of Jewish humor features a compilation of Jewish jokes and offers and analysis of what humor reveals about Jewish culture

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The author's analysis confirms the existence of a Jewish Comic Image that does not appear to mirror directly a lingering Jewish estrangement from, or exclusion by, the larger society. Examines the Jewish Comedian and the Jewish past in association with humor.