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Welcome to another episode. Tonight we take a serious look at comedy. Traditionally, comedy has always been an important tool used by oppressed people, without laughter you can't survive it, or so the saying goes. Jewish tradition has taken that to new heights and extended it to the world stages. The Stage, Screen and TV have always been dominated by Jewish comedy, even if the gentiles didn't realize it.

Professor Jeremy Dauber is Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture and director of Columbia's Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies. He also  documented the history of this art form in his amazing and critically acclaimed Jewish Comedy: A Serious History. So sit back and enjoy and check out Prof Daubers website at..

https://www.jeremydauber.com/jewish-comedy

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