No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Best Medicine
1. German Lebensraum
2. Yiddish Heartland
3. The Anglosphere
4. Under Hitler and Stalin
5. Hebrew Homeland
Conclusion: When Can I Stop Laughing?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Suggested Reading
Kashrut and Kugel: Franz Rosenzweig’s “The Builders”
In 1923, Franz Rosenzweig wrote an open letter to Martin Buber on being bound by Jewish law in the modern age. Interestingly, he was just as concerned with minhag (custom) as halakha.
A Letter to Mama
A story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, with an introduction by David Stromberg.
The Anti-Jewish Problem
In the competition that took place between Judaism and nascent Christianity, only one could be correct. Thus, anti-Judaism became central to the Western tradition.
Roth’s Roth-Centricity Was Just Fine
His Jewish women may have been flat, but he’s still worth reading.