English Jokes, Yiddish Punchlines: American Jewish Humor
Hosted By: YIVO
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research presents a lecture on the distinctly American Jewish practice of telling jokes in English with Yiddish punchlines, a style rooted in vaudeville and the Borscht Belt. The program traces the history of this comic code-switching and examines its cultural significance through examples from YIVO’s sound archives and library. Some material is risqué and may be offensive to sensitive audiences.
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