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Jewish humor : an outcome of historical experience, survival and wisdom /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sover, Arie (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
Subjects:
Jewish wit and humor > History and criticism.
Jews > History > Social aspects.
Jews > Social aspects > Europe.
Jews > Social aspects > United States.
Jews > Social aspects > Israel.
Humour juif > Histoire et critique.
Juifs > Histoire > Aspect social.
Juifs > Aspect social > Europe.
Juifs > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Juifs > Aspect social > Israël.
Jews > Social aspects.
Jewish wit and humor.
United States.
Israel.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The sources of Jewish humor p. 6
  • The Bible p. 6
  • The Midrash p. 13
  • Humor in the Midrash p. 15
  • The Mishna p. 18
  • The Talmud p. 19
  • Humor in the Talmud p. 23
  • Middle Ages: cultural flowering, expulsions, blood libels, pogroms and survival p. 31
  • Jews in the Muslim world p. 31
  • Babylon between the 7th and 11th centuries p. 32
  • Morocco p. 34
  • The "Golden Age": the appearance of secular Jewish humor p. 34
  • Jews in Medieval Europe p. 39
  • The "great expulsion" of the Jews of France p. 44
  • Persecutions in Christian Spain p. 46
  • The "Expulsion of Spain" p. 47
  • The Holy Roman Empire and Central Europe p. 48
  • The appearance of popular Jewish humor p. 51
  • The badchen p. 51
  • Purim holiday and the Purim-Shpil p. 58
  • Anti-Semitism and massacres between the 15th and I7th centuries p. 60
  • Morocco: the 1465 massacre of the Jews of Fez p. 60
  • Discrimination against Jews in the Ottoman Empire p. 60
  • Eastern Europe: the 1648-1649 massacres p. 61
  • Shabtai Tzvi (Sabbatai Zevi) the false Messiah (1626-1676) p. 61
  • The age of Enlightenment and Emancipation-changes to Jewish society p. 63
  • The Hassidic movement p. 65
  • The Mitnagdim (the opponents) p. 67
  • The Haskalah movement p. 67
  • Nineteenth century: anti-Semitism, blood libels and pogroms p. 76
  • The appearance of modern Jewish humor over the 18th and 19th centuries p. 80
  • The Jewish jokes of the 18th and 19th centuries p. 81
  • Popular Jewish jokes p. 83
  • Satirical Jokes p. 83
  • Intergroup jokes p. 87
  • Jokes about gentiles p. 91
  • The Schlemiel: the comic type of Jewish humor p. 95
  • The Wise Men of Chelm p. 95
  • The beginning of modem Jewish humorous literature: 19th Century p. 98
  • Jewish humorous literature: the first generation p. 98
  • Joseph Perl (1773-1839) p. 98
  • Isaac Erter (1791-1851) p. 100
  • Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) p. 102
  • Jewish humor literature: the second generation p. 104
  • Yiddish: humor-laced language p. 104
  • Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836-1917) p. 106
  • Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908) p. 107
  • Isaac Leib Peretz (1851-1915) p. 109
  • Sholem Alcichem (1859-1916) p. 111
  • Jewish humor in the eyes of the gentiles p. 114
  • The establishment of the national Jewish Zionist movement p. 116
  • The Kishinev Pogrom p. 118
  • Jewish emigration from Europe to the United States p. 120
  • Jews in Russia following the Bolshevik revolution p. 121
  • Jewish culture in Europe between the World Wars p. 122
  • Jewish humorous literature: the third generation p. 123
  • Franz Kafka (1883-1924) p. 123
  • Isaac Babel (1894-1940) p. 125
  • Moyshe Kulbak (1896-1937) p. 127
  • Itzik Manger (1901-1969) p. 129
  • Shimon Dzigan and Israel Schumacher p. 130
  • Jewish jokes under Nazi and Soviet regimes p. 132
  • Jewish jokes regarding Stalin and Soviet nile p. 134
  • The Holocaust p. 137
  • Jewish humor in the Holocaust p. 139
  • The establishment of a Jewish state in the historic Land of Israel p. 143
  • Jewish humor flourishes in the United States p. 146
  • The "Borsht Belt" p. 147
  • The establishment of Jewish humor in the United States p. 148
  • The American Schlemiel in the cinema and television p. 149
  • Jewish women in the comedy and entertainment industry p. 155
  • Jewish American humorous literature: the first generation p. 156
  • Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) p. 157
  • Leo Calvin Rosten (1908-1997) p. 159
  • Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) p. 160
  • Saul Bellow (1915-2005) p. 162
  • Philip Milton Roth (1933-2018) p. 164
  • Jewish American humorous literature: the second generation p. 170
  • Gary Shteyngart (1972) p. 170
  • Lara Vapnyar (1975) p. 172
  • Jonathan Safran Foer (1977) p. 173
  • The "literary" Jew in search of peace of mind p. 174
  • Jewish jokes in the United States p. 178
  • The Jewish mother jokes p. 180
  • The JAP (Jewish American Princess) jokes p. 182
  • Israeli humor and satire p. 185
  • Israeli satire p. 186
  • Satirical humor in the pre-State period (1890-1948) p. 187
  • The establishment of satirical theater p. 188
  • Satirical newspapers p. 191
  • The Chizbat (tall tale) p. 194
  • Satirical humor in the State of Israel: the first period (1948-1963) p. 198
  • Satirical theater p. 198
  • Hagashash Hahiver (the "Pale Tracker") p. 203
  • Satirical press p. 205
  • Satire in the radio p. 206
  • Satirical humor in the State of Israel: the second period (1964-1993) p. 208
  • Satirical press p. 208
  • Satirical theater p. 210
  • Satire in film: the beginning p. 216
  • "Bourekas" popular satire films (1964-1974) p. 217
  • Satire in film: second period (1976-1978) p. 218
  • Television satire p. 220
  • Satire in the radio p. 227
  • Satirical press: second period p. 228
  • Satirical humor in the State of Israel: the third period (1993 to present) p. 230
  • Television satire: third generation p. 231
  • Satirical press p. 241
  • Satirical humor in Israeli literature p. 244
  • Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887-1970) p. 245
  • Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005) p. 247
  • A. B. Yehoshua (1936) p. 249
  • Haim Beer (1945) p. 251
  • Meir Shalev (1948) p. 252
  • Etgar Keret (1967) p. 253
  • Israeli-Jewish jokes p. 256
  • Israeli ethnic jokes p. 256
  • The old-new anti-Semitism p. 263
  • Self-humor p. 266
  • The Jewish joke p. 268
  • Jewish jokes referring to God p. 271
  • Jewish humor: an international brand p. 273.