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    Jewish Comedy Stars: Classic to Cutting Edge
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    Jewish Comedy Stars: Classic to Cutting Edge

    By Norman H. Finkelstein

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    From vaudeville to viral comedy on the web, here are more than 40 short biographies of Jewish comedians who heavily influenced the entertainment industry in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Sorted chronologically into chapters like “On Stage,” “On Air,” “On Fire,” and “Comedy 2.0,” this book profiles Jewish comedians from George Jessel to Sarah Silverman.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKar-Ben Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2014
    ISBN9781497632851
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