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There is a popular and romantic myth about Rembrandt and the Jewish people. One of history's greatest artists, we are often told, had a special affinity for Judaism. With so many of Rembrandt's works devoted to stories of the Hebrew Bible, and with his apparent penchant for Jewish themes and the sympathetic portrayal of Jewish faces, it is no wonder that the myth has endured for centuries.
Rembrandt's Jews puts this myth to the test as it examines both the legend and the reality of Rembrandt's relationship to Jews and Judaism. In his elegantly written and engrossing tour of Jewish Amsterdam—which begins in 1653 as workers are repairing Rembrandt's Portuguese-Jewish neighbor's house and completely disrupting the artist's life and livelihood—Steven Nadler tells us the stories of the artist's portraits of Jewish sitters, of his mundane and often contentious dealings with his neighbors in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam, and of the tolerant setting that city provided for Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews fleeing persecution in other parts of Europe. As Nadler shows, Rembrandt was only one of a number of prominent seventeenth-century Dutch painters and draftsmen who found inspiration in Jewish subjects. Looking at other artists, such as the landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael and Emmanuel de Witte, a celebrated painter of architectural interiors, Nadler is able to build a deep and complex account of the remarkable relationship between Dutch and Jewish cultures in the period, evidenced in the dispassionate, even ordinary ways in which Jews and their religion are represented—far from the demonization and grotesque caricatures, the iconography of the outsider, so often found in depictions of Jews during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Through his close look at paintings, etchings, and drawings; in his discussion of intellectual and social life during the Dutch Golden Age; and even through his own travels in pursuit of his subject, Nadler takes the reader through Jewish Amsterdam then and now—a trip that, under ever-threatening Dutch skies, is full of colorful and eccentric personalities, fiery debates, and magnificent art.
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Light Reading.......2007-09-01
Very interesting book; fast reading. Strays from the subject at the end. Casual touch of tourist viewpoint fits in with the general mood. It referred me to Schama's The Embarrassment of Riches, which was HEAVY.
Rembrandt's Jews.......2007-01-10
Nicely written and only fairly illustrated, it opened up for me more questions than it answered. I would have liked more illustrations and more discussion of the art of painting in 17th century Holland, but you can't have everything in a relatively short book. The one important point that Nadler touches on is the way the Dutch painters and print makers saw the Jew and the Jewish community and portrayed them in their work. The fact that the Jew was portrayed in the art of an earlier period in Europe as ugly, twisted and dark, gives us an idea as to how the Jews were depicted and thus how this helped to spread anti-semitism among the populations of Europe. Unfortunately, art as well as literature played a role in developing and spreading anti-semitic feelings and beliefs throughout Europe. These Dutch painters break with an older ugly tradition and paint the Jew and his community in a better light. One simply has to look at the paintings and prints to see the sensitivity of the Dutch artists and their desire to capture the Jewish culture of their time.
Spanish and Portuguese Jewry...and Rembrandt.......2006-12-20
The Spanish and Portuguese Jewry in Rembrandt's Amsterdam is the ultimate paradigm of Sephardic rebirth. It was realized at the heels of the demonic relentlessness, notoriously known as the "holy office" of Spanish Inquisition. However, in Amsterdam the doors were open to members of the Portuguese Nation to reinvent themselves, to live in relative peace amongst their correligionist. These merchants and their families brought with them strong ties to overseas commerce but most important of all, the unyielding need to shed the dark cloak of Christianity, and worship in their ancient way. Many brought with them the noble bearing of the Hidalgo, With it's love for the better things in life such as; art, literature, and fine dress. Yet, besides bringing Iberian refinement to the Netherlands, together with the need to pursue a better economic life, their greatest achievement was that they built from the ashes of persecution, a lasting memoire, of Sephardic survival. It is From Amsterdam that the spark of Judaism branched out to England and the Americas, The Spanish and Portuguese Jews being historically speaking, some of the first Hebrews to bring Judaism west of Europe.
This testimony of Sephardic grandeur survives within the confines of Art and literature. Here we see Rembrandt in a sense, inadvertently chosen, to be a chronicler of the survival and rebirth of a proud and prominent people.
In Nadler's book we read this episode in Sephardic history unfolding in a very eloquent way. Nadler's research into this perplexing Jewish phenomena is noteworthy and I enjoy reading Nadler's account of interaction between The Spanish and Portuguese Jews and their Protestant neighbors from Amsterdam, specifically Rembrandt, who I have an artistic affinity towards. My only complaint being that Nadler could have given us more color plates to appreciate and mull over, while turning the pages.
Shmuel Fuentes Hazzan
Readable and Entertaining History.......2005-09-16
Part Art History, part Jewish history, and with beautiful illustrations, this book tells the story of the Jews who were expelled from the Catholic countries of Southern Europe, and how they were fortunate to find a home in Holland for the 400 years up until the Nazis. Rembrandt did quite a few Old Testament paintings and had Jewish neighbors and patrons, thus the connection. This is more a Jewish history than a Rembrandt biography.
Disappointing.......2004-07-23
After having enjoyed Michael Zell's book on Rembrandt and the Jews, I looked forward to the release of Nadler's publication. While Rembrandt's Jews is well-written and at times touching, I found it to be a pastiche of other books I have read on Dutch Jewry. What Nadler has done, albeit in an engaging way, is combine other scholars' ideas about Dutch tolerance of the Jews and Jewish life in seventeeth-century Holland (Yosef Kaplan and Miriam Bodian, for example), while throwing in a few works of art for illustration.
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Reframing Rembrandt: Jews and the Christian Image in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Books)
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This richly detailed study reconceptualizes a striking but enigmatic moment in Rembrandt's art from the 1650s--one of the artist's most prolific and creative periods. Michael Zell identifies a significant theological shift in Rembrandt's use of religious imagery and interprets this shift in light of the unique religious and social conditions of seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Rembrandt's biblical art has generally been regarded as the embodiment of a Protestant aesthetic. By looking closely at the artist's relationship with his patron Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel and the ideas of a group of "philosemitic" Protestants with whom the rabbi was engaged in an apologetic dialogue, Zell deepens and complicates our understanding of Rembrandt's sacred art from this period.
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One Foot Ashore
Jacqueline Dembar Greene
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Out of Many Waters
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really good must read.......2000-02-01
i loved this book i recomend you buy it for yourself or someone else im a 14 year old girl and i think that even someone older than me should read it and would enjoy it i also read the sequel so if your buying this as a gift get the set or the gift getter will be mad you didnt give the otherone when they finish the first please buy this book it deserves a nobel prize.
I really enjoyed One Foot Ashore........1998-05-22
This book is about a girl, Maria and how she got separated from her sister and escaped to Amsterdam. I learnded a couple of words in Portuguese. I really liked this book because it is adventurous. I recommend this book to any one who loves adventures. It is a great book.
:).......1997-09-22
Maria's story is a delicious mix from the above average. You'll want to read it and it's compainion, Out of Many Waters over and over again! The story is captivating, the charactors, highly believable
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From Dura to Rembrandt
Rachel Wischnitzer
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The 'Jews and Christians' series
Seymour Slive
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The Jews in the Age of Rembrandt
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Ternar draws upon the turbulent history of Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam, the artistic preoccupations of the elderly Rembrandt, and the controversial convictions of the false messiah, Sabbatai Sevi of Smyrna to create an entrancing tale. The central character of the novel, Samuel, is the man with his back to the viewer at the centre of a Rembrandt etching which depicts a group of Jewish men conversing in front of a synagogue. Ternar gives this man a face and a life history.
Rembrandt's Model challenges the prevalent assumptions about Ottoman and Western European cultures, and imaginatively suggests how the Wandering Jew-whether travelling in real life, in an etching, or in a dream-was crucial to the spiritual identity of both cultures. The mystery and wonder of Ternar's novel envelops us as we travel over time and place with Samuel-spanning the centuries to the present day, from Spain, to Amsterdam, and then to Istanbul.
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Protest fashion from the Vietnam War years is widely familiar, but today few are aware that dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931–1945). This fabulously illustrated book presents hundreds of examples of how fashion was employed by those on all sides of the conflict to boost morale and fan patriotism.
From a kimono lined with images of U.S. planes blowing up to a British scarf emblazoned with hopeful anti-rationing slogans, Wearing Propaganda documents the development of the role of fashion as propaganda first in Japan and soon thereafter in Britain and the United States. The book discusses traditional and contemporary Japanese styles and what they revealed about Japanese domestic attitudes to war, and it shows how these attitudes echoed or contrasted with British and American fashions that were virulently anti-Japanese in some instances, humorously upbeat about wartime deprivations in others. With insights into style and design, fashion history, material culture, and the social history of Japan, the United States, and Britain, this book offers unexpected riches for every reader.
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A seminal work!.......2007-01-11
An intensively researched, tightly written, extensively documented study of patriotic and propaganda textiles developed by the major players during WW II and the years immediately before it. The acknowledgements page alone reflects the author's interaction with many of the leading lights in textile research today. Highly recommended!
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You couldn?t find a more likable person than Sherman . . . except that he?s a shark. Make that a great white shark and the star of Jim Toomey?s Sherman?s Lagoon, one of the funniest takes on life to be found above or below the water. So sit back and watch this shark hit his mark in The Shark Diaries: The Seventh Sherman?s Lagoon Collection.Once again, the big-hearted but thick-skulled Sherman is joined in the deep by his Louis Vuitton?packing girlfriend, Megan, Fillmore the sea turtle, and a hermit crab named Hawthorne, among others. This salty crew swims through a world of witty observations, sharp rejoinders, and crystal clear views of everything from ?hairless beach apes? to bulk shopping at the local Price Club store. The result is a humor soaked in fun yet just a shade drier than the Sahara.The Shark Diaries includes the most recently published Sherman?s Lagoon cartoons, picking up where last year?s Another Day in Paradise left off. The daily and Sunday strips are here. The silly yet sophisticated setups are front and center. Sherman and his buddies? numerous neuroses can?t be missed. The fun returns with a splash, and this one promises to be a whale?um, shark?of a winner.
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Great White Sharks and Sea Turtles and Fish, Oh My!.......2003-09-22
The seventh collection of a truly original comic strip. Imagine a Great White shark and his mate paling around with an erudite sea turtle, a cranky hermit crab, various fish and even a tropical polar bear. All this takes place in a small lagoon on a tropical island. An unusual cast and setting, but it works (I am convinced that it helped to inspire Disney's Finding Nemo).
In this new volume we encounter such story arcs as:
Sherman becomes a cartoonist
The Lagoon Tribune
An underwater Renaissance fair
Hawthorne's Coffee Shop
Fillmore Reads every book in existence
A NYC sewer alligator visits the lagoon
Megan's cable cooking show
Lots of laughs from this wonderful cast of characters. Check out the earlier volumes as well.
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Beneath the earthy humor of author, advice columnist, and scriptwriter Marnie Winston-Macauley, lies truisms about the Jewish Mother 7her style, her earthiness, her no-nonsense, child-first, out there, hands-on ?thno-traits7that could not only change the course of a country 7but has changed the course of history. Part ?orn to Kvetch,7part ?tars of David, this majestic book takes a bold view of one of the most complex, courageous, frequently hysterical, often heartbreaking, constantly misunderstood figures today: The Jewish Mother. Winston-Macauley has done what many have considered almost impossible: She has artfully blended fact, anecdotes, interviews, humor, history, to reveal the truth about the Jewish Mother, and created a solid, unique offering, which will inform and entertain all readers. Seven years of research, and thousands of sources were used, including personal interviews with some of the biggest names in the arts, entertainment, science, business and political arenas.
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Enjoyable, memory evoking and funny!.......2007-05-22
I loved this! The anecdotes are so true and brought to mind memories of Jewish mothers that I knew. I found the factual information quite fascinating. All in all, a good read.
A fantastic funny and eye opening book.......2007-04-16
I find this book a superbly written account of the Jewish Mother. It evoked memories of my childhood. It brought tears, laughter, giggles, emotional responses and happiness to me on every page.
Stetl life has molded the Jewish Mother and daughters into a wonderful way of life.
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Not just a slice of Jewish wit and wisdom, this collection is the whole challah.* By including over 350 entries from 200 sources, Winston-Macauley has amassed a unique cross-section of Jewish quotes, anecdotes, proverbs, history, biographies, jokes, unusual facts, "Yinglish," and much more.A Little Joy, A Little Oy showcases this rich and remarkable assembly of all things Jewish through the universal language of laughter, and yes, a few tears. A must in every Jewish household, A Little Joy, A Little Oy also makes the perfect holiday gift.*A rich twisted bread
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Hunor.......2006-03-19
There are only two types of humor in the world. Irish and Jewish. You can't go wrong by buying a book of either one. This book is typical Jewish humor and very, very funny. Enjoyed it immensely.
A JEWEL BOX OF JOY.......2003-12-24
I received A little Joy, A Little Oy as a Hanukkah gift this year and love it! It's chock-full of the most unusual, entertaining, funny and heartwarming pieces. So many Jewish books are either all jokes -- or a heavy read.
The balance of this book is astounding. A terrific read.
I highly recommend it.
Milton Sorenson
What a surprising Joy!.......2003-11-01
Warm. Funny. Sometimes hysterical. Fascinating. Moving. Caring.
For anyone who wants to know or feel a little Jewish , this is the perfect book.
Fat, full, familiar, funny.
I bought one for each family group in my "clan."
Ellen D .... Chicago
SUCH JOY!.......2003-08-08
I received this book as a gift! What a joy. On each page there was something to learn, laugh with, cry with. A monumental research task, I applaud the author and the result!
Fascinating!
In this world of oy ... we need this joy. MORE!.......2003-03-31
Funny, touching, an easy read, this author can write. She tugs at the heart one moment, moves you to tears of sadness and laughter, and is a research mavin to boot.
When I need a lift, I turn to any page and feel instantly better.
Ruth, from Texas
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Makes You Proud.......2006-11-18
I received my 2006 desk calendar as a gift. Each day of the year it provides a heartwarming religion/culture break from my busy schedule. At times thoughtful, othertimes downright hilarious, it makes me so proud to be a member of this "tribe". Thank you Marnie.
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- GRAB IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- A COMPLETE AND TOTAL JOY!
- AMAZING!!!
- An AMAZING CALENDAR
- I LOVED IT!!!!
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A Little Joy, a Little Oy 2003 Block Calendar: A Banquet of Jewish Humor and Wisdom
Marnie Winston-MacAuley
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Did you know that it was a Polish-born Jew who helped rescue the Continental government during the American Revolution? Or that Jewish astronaut David Wolf was the first American to vote from outer space? Or that Elvis came from Jewish roots? You can learn about these and many more fascinating tidbits about the Judaism with the A Little Joy, a Little Oy 2003 Calendar. Back for a second year, this calendar celebrates what it means to be Jewish with entries that are humorous, informative, and nostalgic. The calendar is filled with quotes, trivia, jokes, anecdotes, and historical facts about Judaism that will surprise, educated, and entertain. Topics include The Alphabet of Jewish Humor, Not So Famous Firsts, Jewish Mothers, Alrightniks, "Wisdom" from Chelm, Yinglish, and Actual Jewish Personal Ads, to name a few. Jews, including the 5.5 million in the United States, will enjoy the wit and wisdom of this calendar.
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GRAB IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2003-02-08
Amazing calendar! Not your usual two-line rip-off opportunity. This is a book in calendar cloak. Astonishing in its reach, but even more so in its diversity. Somehow Ms. Macauley's hit just the right notes to give the reader a year's worth of delight. Flawlessly researched, I repeat, it's way more than I bargained for. If there's any left anywhere, grab it fast.
Eli, Born to be Jewish
A COMPLETE AND TOTAL JOY!.......2002-12-13
The best written, researched and most diversifed Jewish calendar I've seen. Absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it.
Eveyln
AMAZING!!!.......2002-11-27
A fabulous calendar, a better gift!! Chock-full of everything Jewish. So much Yiddishkeit I never knew. Very emotional as well! That surprised me. I also bought the book, A Little Joy, A Little Oy, and that was even better!!!
I totally recommend it. It's not your average calendar--or book.
Sondra from Manhattan
An AMAZING CALENDAR.......2002-11-13
CHOCK FULL OF HUMOR, KNOWLEDGE, RARE FACTS, EMOTION! -- THIS CALENDAR IS LIKE READING A BOOK!!! BETTER, IN FACT ... IF YOU'RE A LOVER OF THE SOUND BITE. BUT THE WRITER HAS FOUND JUST THE RIGHT NOTES!!!
FANTASTIC!!! A TOTAL BUY! ...
I LOVED IT!!!!.......2002-09-14
The best Jewish Calendar I've ever seen. Loaded with facts and feelings!!
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- What a joy, what a gem!
- A MUST-HAVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
- JOY FROM A VIRGINIA READER
- A Joyous Adventure
- An absolute joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A Little Joy, A Little Oy 2004 Day-To-Day Calendar
Marnie Winston - Macauley
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Did you know that there are "Jewish" craters on the moon? Or that the first featherweight to life more than 800 pounds and take the Olympic gold in 1956 was a cantor and rabbi's son? Or that a Brooklyn kid became a high-ranking officer in the United States and was also appointed the first lieutenant general in the Israeli Army in two thousand years? Back for a third year, this unique and acclaimed calendar celebrates the Jewish experience with entries that are hilarious, fascinating, nostalgic, and spiritual. It's filled with facts, humor, anecdotes, and historical moments in Judaism that will surprise, inform, entertain, and move all readers. From the Alphabet of Jewish Humor to Yinglish to Famous Firsts to deeply spiritual stories and remembrances, readers will treasure the wit and wisdom and joys and oys found on every page of this remarkable calendar.
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What a joy, what a gem!.......2003-10-31
I recommend this calendar for anyone interested in Jewish culture and humor. As a history and trivia buff, I found it loaded with unusual and interesting facts and figures too.
Extremely well-edited, this author has a gift for picking just the right material, and blending beautifully to give the reader a rich experience.
More a book than calendar, I suggest you buy two: one to use, and one to keep as a reference.
Marilyn Shoen
NYC
A MUST-HAVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.......2003-10-29
FUNNY, FAT, FULL!!! OK, IT'S NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT TO BE ETHNIC. WHO CARES? THIS IS AN ETHNIC BOUQUET OF A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. I WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT NON-JEWS WHO CAME TO THE AID OF JEWS.
A WINNER. I LOVE GETTING AND GIVING IT.
IRV SACKOFF,
WEST VIRGINIA
JOY FROM A VIRGINIA READER.......2003-10-27
My wife is Jewish and I am in the process of conversion. I bought the book version and each year, I've faithfully bought the calendars and have given them as gifts.
They're informative, respectful, sensitive, hilarious, and I often feel I'm given a little bit of Judaica on each page.
A superb and highly enjoyable work!
I highly recommend this series.
Alan Lennox, Va
A Joyous Adventure.......2003-10-24
Ususally calendars are simplistic -- a gimmick behind a date. A Little Joy, A Little Oy was a shocker. It's a superb blending of date and facts, humor, sentiment. Filled with information that many books don't offer, it far exceeded our expectations.
For anyone interested in Yiddishkeit I recommend it highly! A unique offering.
Ernie Small, LA
An absolute joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2003-09-05
I received the book version as a gift, then I went out and bought the calendar in 2002, fell in love with the thoroughness of the entries. Then again in 2003 and now in 2004.
It never fails to disappoint. Frankly, I'm amazed that the entries are not only fresh, unusual, hysterical, but keep getting better and more seasoned.
It's full of a variety of Yinglishisms, which are my favorites, along with history, literature. Something for everyone.
I'm buying them up as great gifts.
More please!
Jason Blauvelt
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This calendar is full of new material about Jewish pioneers, heroes, and entertainers. Also included are hilarious anecdotes and heartwarming pieces about all things Jewish. Based on the author's book by the same name, this calendar is a veritable banquet of information and joy, striking the right balance of history, humor, and a few tears.
Themes include Yinglish and Yiddish, From These Nobel Roots, For You Sports Fans, and The Alphabet of Jewish Humor. The calendar contains daily entries culled from more than 200 sources.
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A little gem........2006-02-23
This is a day-by-day calendar for everybody who is interested in the Yiddish culture.. So far I learned a lot (and we are only in February), and the optimism shown in the little daily blurbs is not to ignore either. I could say in all honesty : "My enemies should be as dumb as this is smart"
A Little Joy A Little Oy Is Sensational.......2005-10-03
Not only is this a fantastic Jewish calendar, "a Little Joy, A Little Oy" is more like a book to me. It contains wit and wisdom, humor and pathos, insight and history of the Jewish people. I am sending copies to all my friends and acquaintances for the holidays -- Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur especially. I heartily recommend this book, "A Little Joy, A Little Oy," to anyone with any level of interest in Judaism.
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- a little joy, and little oy is a complete JOY
- a little joy, and little oy is a complete JOY
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A Little Joy, A Little Oy 2002 Day-To-Day Calendar
Marnie Winston Macauley , and
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Judging from the success of Groucho Marx, Jackie Mason, Billy Crystal, and Jerry Seinfield, it's easy to see that Jewish humor is at the core of American comedy. And with 5.5 million Jews in the United States, it's no surprise that Jewish wit and wisdom is so popular. This calendar celebrates what it means to be Jewish with jokes, quotes, anecdotes, trivia, and little-known facts about Judaism that will surprise and entertain. Topics include Yinglish, Famous Firsts, Chelm, Funny You Don't Look Jewish, Who Nu?, Have Some Borscht, and A Bissle This, A Bissle That. It's the must-have gift for anyone Jewish.
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a little joy, and little oy is a complete JOY.......2002-01-12
An amazing calendar! Not your usual fare. A true keepsake! Loaded with facts, humor, quotes, literature, it's more a book than a calendar. I'm saving the pages!! I cannot imagine how much research went into this, but it's probably the finest calendar I've ever seen. I got it as a gift and have bought four more for family. I understand the book is even better, so I just ordered that! What a little gem. I'm so glad I found it. The variety is to be commended.
Sonya from Texas
a little joy, and little oy is a complete JOY.......2002-01-12
An amazing calendar! Not your usual fare. A true keepsake! Loaded with facts, humor, quotes, literature, it's more a book than a calendar. I'm saving the pages!! I cannot imagine how much research went into this, but it's probably the finest calendar I've ever seen. I got it as a gift and have bought four more for family. I understand the book is even better, so I just ordered that! What a little gem. I'm so glad I found it. The variety is to be commended.
Sonya from Texas
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