A Bowl of Raisins, or A Thousand and One Jokes
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Jewish humor of recent generations, in all its manifestations—jokes, puns, witticisms, and anecdotes—has found patrons within Our Language [a Hebrew-language periodical] and already comprises an array of books whose objective is to collect, sort, and classify this treasure. Outstanding among these are the important works of Alter…
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