Folklore & Yiddish Humor
Schlemiels
& Schlemazels
Fools, or just unlucky?
Marriage
Brokers
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker,
make me a match!"
The
Sages of Chelm
How clever they are!
Schnorrers
The art of begging
Rain,
Rain, Go Away?
A humorous perspective on the prayer for rain
A
Little Etrog Humor
A Chelm story for the holiday of Sukkot

Purim Humor
West
Side Tsorys
A shpiel (skit)
based on the popular musical
Purim
Queen
Holiday songs based on the music of Queen
The
Never-Ending Phone Menu
A shpiel based on a common conundrum
Purim
International
A humorous retelling of the story of Esther

Explanation of Photos
From left: Jerry Seinfeld, with his schlemiel friend Kramer; Lenny Bruce's mugshot; Rabbi Bob Alper
doing stand-up

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American Jewish Humor
Jewish
& Goyish
A bit by Lenny Bruce
Updating
Lenny Bruce
Jewish and goyish today
Yadda
Yadda
Some Jewish moments from Seinfeld
Haikus
for Jews
Japanese format, Jewish content, by David Bader
Little
Isaac's Nozzle of Love
A short story, read by its author, Steven Almond
Stand-Up
Rabbi
Listen to the humor of rabbi/comic Bob Alper
Greatest
Hits of the 1990s
Jokes from the best Jewish comedians of the decades
Greatest
Hits of the 1950s & 60s
Jokes from the best Jewish comedias of the era
Simpsons
Talmud
What if the sitcom had been written by Babylonian rabbis?

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