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Items with the category:

Humor

Essay

On Jew­ish Com­e­dy and Amer­i­can Jew­ish Success

Jere­my Dauber
November 3, 2017
Essay

Can You Change Your Fate if You Change Your Hat?

Jere­my Dauber
November 1, 2017
Essay

Jew­ish Com­e­dy as a Means of Survival

Jere­my Dauber
October 30, 2017
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For This We Left Egypt?: A Passover Hag­gadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them
Alan Zweibel, Dave Barry, and Adam Mansbach
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Hot Pants in Hollywood
Susan Sil­ver
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Fic­tion
I Hate Every­one But You
Alli­son Raskin
Gaby Dunn
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My Adven­tures with God
Stephen Tobolowksy
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Jew­ish Com­e­dy: A Seri­ous History
Jeremy Dauber Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
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Courage to Sparkle
Lois Barth
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Man of the Year
Lou Cove
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Black Boy­chik
Sarge
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Last Girl Before Freeway
Leslie Ben­netts
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Fic­tion
Lift and Separate
Mar­i­lyn Simon Rothstein
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Wher­ev­er You Go, There They Are
Annabelle Gur­witch
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Dias­po­ra Boy: Comics on Cri­sis in Amer­i­ca and Israel
Eli Val­ley
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Start­up
Doree Shafrir
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