Jewish Voices
Jewish Voices

Author: Dana Rubin

Publisher: Wellfleet

Published: 2024-09-17

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1577154592

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Jewish Voices offers over 70 powerful quotes on topics including family, activism, art and culture, entertainment, and more from the Talmud to well-loved contemporary Jewish voices.

Encyclopedia of American Humorists
Encyclopedia of American Humorists

Author: Steven H. Gale

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 1324

ISBN-13: 1317362268

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First published in 1988, this book contains entries on famous American Humorists. Humor has been present in American literature, from the beginning, and has developed characteristics that reflect the American character, both regional and national. Although American literature was, in the past, treated as inferior to British literature, there has always been a large popular audience for the genre, which this book shows. The figures with entries in this encyclopedia not only amuse in their writing, but also aim to enlighten- setting out to expose the foibles and foolishness of society and the individuals who compose it. It is the manner in which these authors try to accomplish this end that determines whether they appear in the volume. Indeed, the book will demonstrate that the best humor has at its base, a ready understanding of human nature.

You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What
You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What

Author: Sam Levenson

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-08-30

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1504038118

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The author and humorist Sam Levenson is quoted hundreds of time each day on Twitter, and his sayings appear on everything from t-shirts to inspirational signs. To read through and savor You Don’t Have To Be In Who’s Who To Know What’s What is to discover much of the source material for his timeless wisdom. It is a treasure trove of topics ranging from family (“Insanity is hereditary; you can get it from your children”) to perseverance (“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”) Levenson’s upbringing was as the youngest of eight children in a large Jewish immigrant family in New York. He evolved from a Spanish teacher in Brooklyn to working the Catskills circuit as a comedian and by the 1950s was a fixture in American homes as television personality, appearing and guest hosting numerous times on classic shows like This Is Show Business, Two For The Money, and The Ed Sullivan Show. For several years, he hosted his own variety show on CBS called The Sam Levenson Show, where the set doubled as a school classroom and the guests often evoked Levenson’s love of learning, teaching, and family. These experiences informed his lessons about life, family and careers, and make this definitive collections of his views and sayings so timeless.