Hello, We would like to introduce a new book published by The Hebrew university: When a Jew Laughs Yiddish Humor By Yosef Guri<http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Yosef+Guri.aspx?name=Yosef+Guri>
You now have before you this volume which contains an assemblage of popular Yiddish humor: jokes both folksy and racy, proverbs and colloquial curses which originated in the hundreds of towns and cities of Eastern Europe up to the Second World War. In recent decades interest in Yiddish has been growing in Israel and in many other countries. It expresses itself as a longing, a nostalgia, for the language that was spoken in people's parents' home, and that they heard from their grandparents. This volume reveals some of the treasures of Yiddish humor to the many lovers of Yiddish around the world. This sampler does not specify the origin of the jokes it contains, because "An anecdote and a cat have no master, they belong to whoever manages to catch them." (N. Stutchkoff, p. 571, see Bibliography.) In order to select the approximately 400 jokes and sayings appearing in this book, the collector spent many months searching through anthologies, joke books, lexicons etc. The most important sources are listed in the Bibliography. In their world of poverty, pogroms, persecutions and evil decrees, the Jewish masses of Eastern Europe were in dire need of spiritual support and psychological defence. They found this support in humor, which relieves tension and makes life more bearable. This book is organized by theme into 51 sections, each section exhibiting a particular aspect or feature of Jewish life in the cities, towns and townlets of Eastern Europe. Language: Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, English Price: $ 32.00 eBook: $ 24.50 For contents in English and sample pages press here<http://www.magnes-press.com/NetisUtils/srvrutil_getdoc.aspx/0L3GvDZHS/preview/preview.pdf?> For purchase and more information press here<http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/When+a+Jew+Laughs.aspx?name=When+a+Jew+Laughs&code=45-353017> Celestina Levant International marketing Hebrew University Magnes press http://www.magnes-press.com<http://www.magnes-press.com/> [http://hayoman.co.il/Upload/Images/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A7.jpg] <https://www.facebook.com/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A1-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%AA-936521383071129/timeline/> Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370
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