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Laughing at Jewish Parents

Jewish mothers and fathers have (unintentionally) made great sources of humor.

The Pope on the Jews

John Paul II put great emphasis on improving Catholic-Jewish relations.

Psychoanalyzing Jewish Humor

What Freud & his disciples said about Jewish comedy.

Jewish Humor Bank

Jokes, old and new, by and about Jews

Accepting Absurdity

How Jews' focus on language and texts set the stage for the "crazy reasoning" of Jewish humor

Instructed To Curse, Inspired To Bless

He came to curse, and ended up reciting a blessing so beautiful it is prominent in our liturgy.

Stories of Our Ancestors

The midrash rounds out the biblical figures Abraham and Sarah

Pinchas and Intermarriage

The Torah portion deals with intermarriage, a phenomenon with contemporary resonance.

The Order of Disorder

A word and its opposite may be one and the same.

Rebuke and Reward in this World

The fate of the individual is often determined by the behavior of the community as a whole.

Economic Justice for Insiders and Outsiders

Biblical laws of business ethics.

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