{"product_id":"the-jewish-joke-devorah-baum-9781681777429","title":"The Jewish Joke: A Short History-With Punchlines","description":"\u003cb\u003eHeard the one about the Rabbi and the cow from Minsk? Look no further than this witty compendium, a fascinating and revealing celebration of the great Jewish Joke.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComedy is full of famously funny Jews, from Groucho Marx to Sarah Silverman, from Larry David to Jerry Seinfeld. This smart and funny book includes tales from many of these much-loved comics, and will appeal to their broad audience, while revealing the history, context and wider culture of Jewish joking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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, and yet 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Joke\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant--and laugh-out-loud funny--riff on what sets Jewish jokes 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, Devorah Baum looks at the history of Jewish joking and asks whether the Jewish joke has a future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith jokes from Lena Dunham to Woody Allen, as well as Freud and Marx (Groucho, mostly), Baum balances serious research with light-hearted humor and provides fascinating insight into this well-known and much loved cultural phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devorah Baum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681777428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681777429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2018 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2018","brand":"Devorah Baum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482525556991,"sku":"9781681777429","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bca190f1-bd61-4580-92ab-ca37a9e9f77b.jpg?v=1715998790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-jewish-joke-devorah-baum-9781681777429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}