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Humor

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Mr. Fun­ny Pants
Michael Showalter
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The House on Crash Cor­ner and Oth­er Unavoid­able Calamities
Mindy Green­stein
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Some­times I Feel Like a Nut: Essays and Observations
Jill Kargman
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The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade: A Skin­ny Jew­ish Kid From Chica­go Fights Hezbollah
Joel Chas­noff
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Chil­dren’s
Jew­ish Com­e­dy Stars: Clas­sic to Cut­ting Edge
Nor­man H. Finkelstein
Essay

Meet Our Pro­duc­tion Assis­tant, Zadie

Ear­li­er this week, Avrom Honig shared a behind-the-scenes look at the pho­to­shoot for Feed Me Bubbe, and talked about com­ing to the Big City. He will be blog­ging all…
Avrom Honig
September 8, 2011
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For the Love of Being Jew­ish: An A‑to‑Z Primer for Bub­bies, Men­sches, Meshugas, Tzad­diks, and Yentas
Steven Stark Lowenstein; Mark Anderson, illus, and designer
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How To Make Peace In The Mid­dle East In Six Months Or Less With­out Leav­ing Your Apartment
Gregorey Levey
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Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Sto­ry­telling Collection
Shana Liebman, ed.
Essay

Dif­fer­ent Jokes for Dif­fer­ent Folks

On Mon­day, Melis­sa Fay Greene shared the sto­ry behind the adop­tion of her daugh­ter, Helen, from Ethiopia. She has been blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish…
Melis­sa Fay Greene
August 3, 2011
Essay

The Ones That Missed the Cut

Ear­li­er this week, Saul Auster­litz wrote about his recent author tour and five not-as-ter­ri­ble-as-you-think movies. He has been blog­ging all week…
Saul Auster­litz
February 4, 2011
Essay

JBC Book­shelf: Icy Day Edition

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterGosh, it nev­er ends. But, bad weath­er = more time to read, so we’re not com­plain­ing too much! On the book award front – Cyn­thia Ozick and…
Saul Auster­litz
February 2, 2011
Essay

Five Not-As-Ter­ri­ble-As-You-Think Com­e­dy Movies

On Mon­day, Saul Auster­litz wrote about his recent author tour. He will be blog­ging all week for MyJew­ish­Learn­ing and the Jew­ish Book…
Saul Auster­litz
February 2, 2011
Essay

Mess­ing Around on Tour

Saul Auster­litz is the author of Anoth­er Fine Mess: A His­to­ry of Amer­i­can Film Com­e­dy. He will be blog­ging all week for MyJew­ish­Learn­ing and…
Saul Auster­litz
January 31, 2011
Essay

JBC Book­shelf: Snowy Edition

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIt’s cold and it’s snow­ing, but the JBC team is still here to bring you the lat­est on all things Jew­ish booky. Need a few…
Saul Auster­litz
January 7, 2011
Essay

My Hor­ri­bly Embar­rass­ing Memo

On Mon­day, Avi Stein­berg wrote about Kaf­ka in Tel Aviv. His first book, Run­ning the Books: The Adven­tures of an Acci­den­tal Prison Librar­i­an, was just released.…
Avi Stein­berg
December 8, 2010
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