Treasury of Jewish Humor

by Nathan Ausubel

Prose and poetry from ancient and modern times reveals the many faces of Jewish humor

Genres: Humor, Judaica

735 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Nathan Ausubel (June 15, 1898 - November, 1986) was an American historian, folklorist and humorist. He specialized in Jewish culture. Wikipedia

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe I would’ve been more interested if I was Jewish. It’s a really big book and, to me, it was as dull as it was big!

[Daniel A. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Let me be short but sweet here: I didn't even make it through the introduction of Nathan Ausubel's collection A Treasury of Jewish Humor before I gave up in disgust. I already had mixed-to-poor expectations for this volume based on Ausubel's other collection I attempted, A Treasury of Jewish Folklore, but upon reading an introduction that somehow mixed parochialism with magnanimous, indulgent egalitarianism, I didn't even want to pick it up anymore. Not my cup of tea.