Notable Books
Notable Books The Haunted Smile—The Story of Jewish Comedians in America Lawrence J. Epstein (New York: Public Affairs, 2001) It's tough to imagine Jerry Seinfeld struggling in front of an...
...Well, she looked Jewish...
...But don't worry: Ragen, an observant Jew and New York native who has lived in Israel for more than 30 years, doesn't believe in unhappy endings...
...Queenmaker— a Novel of Khig David's Queen, India Edghill (New York: St...
...The fictionalized account of her life chronicles the Markowitz family beginning in the 1950s: their financial struggles that landed them in housing projects in New York, the sudden death of their father and his widow's struggle to raise three children on welfare, and the gradual alienation from Jewish tradition in pursuit of the .American dream...
...The Broadway remake of Mel Brooks's The Producers validates Epstein's main point: Jewish humor is alive and well.—DR The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices— CLAL's Guide to Everyday & Holiday Rituals & Blessings Edited by Rabbi Irwin Kula and Vanessa Ochs (Woodstock, Vt: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001) Ever feel like there are only a few blessings (and a few places) for giving thanks...
...and no tale is ever really a tragedy," she writes.—AP Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories Daniel Pinkwater (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001) A humorous autobiographical account of Pinkwater's affection for dogs—and their relation to his Jewish identity...
...Dicker-Brimdeis—Vienna 1898- Auschu'itz 1944, Elena Makarova and Regina Seidman Miller (Los Angeles: Tallfellow Press...
...Tales of growing up in Skokie, 111...
...and explains what happened when Jon Stewart approached his idol Jerry Lewis (Lewis punched him out...
...tells of a young man who got "no respect" as Jacob Cohen (so he changed his name to Rodney Dangerfield...
...Retrospective of the artist who taught children at the Terezin concentration camp...
...My Suburban Shtetl—a Novel about Life in a Twentieth- Century Jewish American Village, Robert Rand (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press...
...The book addresses the anti- Semitism Jewish humorists faced in the 1930s, and offers theories on why Jews are so prominent in stand-up...
...How does one know a wolfs religious preference...
...In its new guidebook, CLAL offers more than 100 Jewish prayers—blessings, meditations, and rituals (Hebrew with English transliteration and translation)—for everyday events, holidays, and beyond.—AP Chains around the Gras* Naomi Ragen (New Milford, Conn.: The Toby Press, 2002) This is new territory for Ragen, the popular author of Sotah, who delivers her most personal novel...
...As long as life rolls forward, no story ever ends...
...Notable Books The Haunted Smile—The Story of Jewish Comedians in America Lawrence J. Epstein (New York: Public Affairs, 2001) It's tough to imagine Jerry Seinfeld struggling in front of an audience, but that's exactly what happened at the comedian's open-mike debut Epstein, an English professor and commentator on American Jewish life, provides hundreds of anecdotes like these as he traces the evolution of Jewish comedians from vaudeville to Lenny Bruce to Roseanne...
...These stories document Pinkwater's first dog memories: From Jake, the Yiddish-speaking malamute (who led Pinkwater's uncle Boris's dogsled in the Yukon on a quest for gold), to a Jewish wolf, Matilda...
...Epstein explores Woody Allen's shlemiel appeal...
...Martin's Press...
...Michal's side of the story...
...The artist-turned-author of more than 60 children's books is known for his 400- pound stature and frequent appearances on National Public Radio...
...DR Books Received Fried...
...CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, wants all Jews to know that life is ripe with spiritual opportunities...
Vol. 27 • February 2002 • No. 1
