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Wit, Wisdom, Humor

Talmudic reasoning & love of learning pervade Jewish humor.

20th Century Jewish Humor

Modern humor for a modern world.

19th-Century Jewish Humor

More than just laughing through the tears.

The Shlemiel of Chelm and Other Yiddish Characters

Where the lovable fools of Jewish humor came from--and what they mean.

Future of Jewish Humor

Can Jewish-American humor survive the assimilationist 21st century?

The Jew in Western Wit and Humor

What humor says about the Jews' place in society

Jewish Sketch Comedy & Stand-Up

1970s & '80s stand-up & sketch comedy: Seinfeld's start, Andy Kaufman, Saturday Night Live

Jewish Jokes of the 1990s

Jewish Jokes of the 90s. History of Jewish Humor.

Jewish Sketch and Stand-Up of the 1990s

SNL Jews, Jon Stewart, South Park

What’s Jewish About “The Simpsons”?

Jews & Judaism pervade this classic animated sitcom and its fictional town of Springfield.

Tragedy of the Commons

A Jewish perspective on a seminal essay of the modern environmentalist movement

What Maimonides Means to Me

Beyond just his great volume of work, inspiration from the life of the

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