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HUMOR: Laughing Through the Centuries

Jews have long used humor as a tool for self-ridicule, fighting anti-Semitism, and even passing down traditions. Of course, in recent decades, Jewish humor has also gone mainstream, through the comedy of Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, and others.

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