{"product_id":"red-humor-raphael-israeli-9781952269035","title":"Red Humor: Hammer and Sickle Jokes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is important to remember the crucial era of modern history dominated by Soviet Russia and Red China, symbolized by Stalin and Mao, through Communist-style humor. The jokes were created mainly in the West, but also within the Communist system, which produced a rich sample of humor about political rule, music, oppression of the common man, and other realities of Communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter tensions were thought dissipated between the superpowers, and capitalism was declared the winner, Communism was thought to have disappeared. But with the renewal of world difficulties, there is a need to reminisce on how Communism was conceived through Soviet jokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Humor\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into the Czarist period to Stalin's era, supplemented by memorable one-liners that immortalize that seven-decade harsh era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author wrote this joke collection \"to collect those bits of humor before they are forgotten.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Jew was dying in his bed during a bitterly cold and snowy night in Russia. He called his wife to his side and faintly murmured: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Sarah  The time has come  Call the Priest \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- The Priest? Are you crazy Abraham? You mean Rabbi \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- No, Sarah, I mean the Priest. I don't want to disturb the Rabbi in such terrible weather as this.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(About the Author)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 60 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raphael Israeli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952269032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952269035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Raphael Israeli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983351382271,"sku":"9781952269035","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f548a077-0fd9-4ac9-9267-db70a6c40262.jpg?v=1683266131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-humor-raphael-israeli-9781952269035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}