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Jewish people have seen humour in their lives for thousands of years! Even the Bible (Old Testament) tells of .... |
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Moses laughing when he was told to collect the Ten Commandments |
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Sarah laughing when told she’d have a child |
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King Herod laughing heartily at the court jester |
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Joseph laughing at the first fitting for his ‘technicolour’ coat |
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Many Jewish comedians are noted for their very droll and often dry, Jewish life-observance style. For example, on marriage, Groucho Marx said “Marry me and I'll never look at another horse”. This style is often described as .... |
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seminal |
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funny ‘ha ha’ |
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self-deprecating |
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insulting |
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Which of these themes is commonly addressed in Jewish humour? |
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Anti-Semitism |
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Poverty |
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The immigrant experience |
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Neurotics on New York's Upper West Side |
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Which Jewish person famously said “Anyone who is meshuga (Yiddish word for ‘mad’) enough to call himself a Jew, is a Jew”? |
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The rather vocal American comedienne Joan Rivers |
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Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion |
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English singer Amy Winehouse |
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American singer Pink |
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Mel Gordon, a professor of theatre arts at the University of California, Berkeley claims that Jewish humour was ‘officially’ born in .... |
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1066 at the Battle of Hastings |
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1215 at the signing of the Magna Carta |
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1415 at Agincourt |
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1661 and the Chmielnicki massacres in the Ukraine |
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Approximately what percentage of American Jewish people consider having a sense of humour to be an essential part of being Jewish? |
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10% |
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26% |
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33% |
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42% |
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When the highly talented and respected comedian, singer and dancer Sammy Davis Junior died in 1990 .... |
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an entire chapter of the racist Klu Klux Klan was arrested for celebrating the death of a black man who also happened to be Jewish |
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the neon lights of the famous Las Vegas Strip were darkened for ten minutes in tribute |
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a one-man show in which he was due to appear in Seattle went ahead despite his absence |
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Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Garrett Morris, Jim Carey and Tim Meadows who have all impersonated him on stage or TV, sang at his funeral |
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The most famous Jewish hip-hop rapping group of all time is considered to be .... |
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Beastie Boys |
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The Fugees |
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Public Enemy |
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Run-DMC |
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A very surprising Jewish celebrity wrote a book of Jewish jokes that was very well received. Who was it? |
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Former film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner |
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Politician and former government minister Edwina Currie |
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Actor and Star Trek's Mr Spock, Leonard Nimoy |
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British businessman, Lord Alan Sugar |
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The most prolific, stand-up comedian in television history is still reckoned to be .... |
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Jack Benny |
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Jerry Lewis |
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Jack Carter |
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Mel Brooks |
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